Here are some great suggestions for new students from UBC Computer Science profs. Lots of this advice would be helpful for students of any discipline.

Dr. Andrew Trites, a marine mammal expert and professor at @UBCoceans, points out that the biggest contributors to underwater noise are BC Ferries and recreational vessels.

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@nadineborduas talks about why distance doesn’t make wildfire smoke safer with @JWagstaffe @CBCVancouver 🔗 https://t.co/JhmPAkzuxG

Congratulations to the UBC Science profs who have been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada: Drs. William Cheung, Tamara Munzner, Ingrid Stairs, Allan Bertram and Joanna McGrenere. @src_rsc @UBC_CS @UBCphas @UBCChem @UBCoceans https://t.co/FasZN3HUPh

An air quality warning is in effect for Metro Vancouver, including UBC. More info here: https://t.co/7L7xYQSuPi

"These AI models are trying to mimic the statistics of the real world data, the real images," says UBC computer scientist Dr. @VeredShwartz. "The better they're getting, the harder it is for detection tools to say it's different from a real image." @UBC_CS

UBC researchers outline the theory and the mathematics behind the "matter-out-of-nowhere" theory: "It’s exciting to understand how ... this affects our understanding of #quantum tunnelling processes ..." @UBCphas @NSERC_CRSNG @PNASNews

UBC botanists discovered an unknown mechanism in two species of fungi that splits their genomes across multiple nuclei, with each nucleus receiving only part of the total chromosomes. @UBCBotany @ubcmsl

While it’s a great sign to see the big sockeye returns, Dr. William Cheung of @UBCoceans says, "the salmon have not been doing really well in the past, and it will continue even though we have a good year this year.”

"Just a hobby": Meet UBC's Dean of Science who creates crosswords for New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. https://t.co/J7qrTyTxvv

Congratulations to Dr. Kayla King who was awarded the 2025 Francis Crick Medal & Lecture by the Royal Society of London for contributions to the fields of evolutionary biology & genetics of infectious disease. @ZoologyUBC @UBCMicroImmuno @royalsociety https://t.co/mcfJIr6aFN

“Crosswords do have a certain science to them. Creating them requires a mathematical, puzzle-inclined mind,” says Dr. Mark MacLachlan, crossword creator and dean of UBC Science. @UBCChem https://t.co/lLWCDAONd8

Congratulations to the winners of the Wall Research Awards – Team Faculty, for Smell Steers the Salmon, that explores how high levels of CO₂ & urban pollutants affect salmon’s sense of smell which harms their ability to spawn. @ZoologyUBC @BenMatthewsUBC https://t.co/DYOLywoqnv

New book by @UBC_CS computer scientist Dr. @VeredShwartz "Lost in Automatic Translation" explores how technology is changing the experience of speaking a foreign language.

In his day-to-day life, Dr. Mark MacLachlan is a professor of chemistry researching something called ‘supramolecular materials’ (don’t ask) and dean of science at #UBC. To relax he creates crossword puzzles.

We had the honor of hosting Dr. Paul Hébert, President of @CIHR_IRSC, marking the first visit of a CIHR President in the department's history. 🔗 https://t.co/78UUaU6Bkd

1 in 8 Canadian men will develop #prostate cancer during their lifetime. 1 in 30 will die from it. Now UBC chemists have developed a new tracer that lets surgeons see and hear prostrate cancer. @UBCChem @CIHR_IRSC

“Our tracer would allow a surgeon to use a hand-held Geiger counter probes to ‘hear’ areas of high radiation density that would accumulate in cancerous tissue not immediately visible," said UBC chemist Dr. David M Perrin. @UBCChem