UBC Okanagan reaches across Atlantic with University of Exeter partnership

UBC Okanagan reaches across Atlantic with University of Exeter partnership

UBC’s Okanagan campus has entered a new partnership agreement with the UK’s University of Exeter that commits CAD$120,000 to develop and expand relationships across both universities. Deborah Buszard, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UBC Okanagan, and Steve Smith, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter signed the agreement in Exeter last week.

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Lowlanders are no match for Nepal’s Sherpa, says UBC Okanagan study

Lowlanders are no match for Nepal’s Sherpa, says UBC Okanagan study

The Sherpa people of the Himalayas have long been recognized for their unique ability to excel physically in the thin air of higher altitudes. But new research from UBC’s Okanagan campus, published this week in the Journal of Physiology, now suggests that their specially adapted muscles give them up to twice the resistance to muscle fatigue of lowlanders.

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