Q & A with Kyly Whitfield, PhD Candidate in Human Nutrition
Q & A with Kyly Whitfield, PhD Candidate in Human Nutrition April 24, 2015 Kyly Whitfield is a PhD Candidate in UBC’s Human Nutrition program. Her current research combines food science and nutrition as she tests the efficacy of thiamin-fortified fish sauce to combat infantile beriberi in Prey Veng, Cambodia. (Watch Kyly present her 3-Minute-Thesis […]
Elevated toxic metals at community garden site raise concerns
Elevated toxic metals at community garden site raise concerns April 23, 2015 Elevated levels of toxic metals at a Vancouver community garden site raise questions about the city’s approach to promoting urban agriculture. In research outlined in the Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, lead author Gladys Oka, an Masters student in our soil science […]
Toasting Five Successful Years of the Think & Eat Green @ School Project
Toasting Five Successful Years of the Think & Eat Green @ School Project April 2, 2015 The Think & Eat Green at School Project is a research partnership led by the Faculty of Land and Food Systems (LFS) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). It is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research […]
Alejandro Rojas to Receive CAFS Excellence in Food Studies Award
Alejandro Rojas to Receive CAFS Excellence in Food Studies Award April 4, 2015 Associate Professor Alejandro Rojas (Principal Investigator, Think&EatGreen@School Project) will be this year’s recipient of the Canadian Association for Food Studies Excellence in Food Studies Award. The awards ceremony will be held during the CAFS conference in Ottawa, Ontario on the evening of June 2nd, 2015. Congratulations, […]
Human Nutrition PhD Places First in Nutrition Poster Competition
Human Nutrition PhD Places First in Nutrition Poster Competition Mar 31, 2015 Congratulations to PhD candidate Crystal Karakochuk (Supervisor: Tim Green) who tied for First Place in the Global Nutrition Council Emerging Leaders in Nutritional Science Poster Competition, presented by the American Society for Nutrition. Crystal received the award in Boston last night as part of the Experimental Biology conference, an annual […]
Kyly Whitfield (Human Nutrition) Places 2nd at UBC 3MT
Kyly Whitfield (Human Nutrition) Places 2nd at UBC 3MT Mar 16, 2015 Kyly Whitfield, a PhD Candidate in Human Nutrition under the supervision of Dr. Tim Green, placed 2nd in the UBC finals of the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective […]
Results: 2015 LFS Graduate Student Conference
Results: 2015 LFS Graduate Student Conference Mar 10, 2015 The 2015 LFS Graduate Student Conference was held on March 5 at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC-Vancouver. Over 35 graduate and senior undergraduate students presented their research to an audience of ~100 students, faculty, staff, and guests. Congratulations to all of our presenters! […]
UBC expert on cooking oils and the coconut oil craze
UBC expert on cooking oils and the coconut oil craze Mar 9, 2015 By Corey Allen, UBC News Coconut oil sales are on the rise. Sainsbury’s in the United Kingdom reports coconut oil sales are up 442 per cent over 2013. The popularity of coconut oil as a multi-purpose oil, used both as a beauty […]
UBC Graduate Course Highlights the Importance of Rainwater Management
UBC Graduate Course Highlights the Importance of Rainwater Management Mar 15, 2015 As anyone living on BC’s coastal climate will tell you, we get a lot of rain. So it’s not surprising that rainwater management is extremely important in order to avoid flooding, increased erosion and high concentrations of pollutants in our waterways. With those […]
Soil science alumna turns ideas into action with a community grant
Soil science alumna turns ideas into action with a community grant Feb 26, 2015 We all know the feeling – the energizing spark of a great idea. Fuelled by positivity and the best intentions, your mind races through all the awesome things you can do. That heady feeling goes on for awhile, but inevitably you hit a wall – “how am […]