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BCTECH Summit 2019: UFV’s weed-blasting robot and phantom lung on
Students and alumni of UFV's Engineering Physics Diploma in Mechatronics program were at the university's BCTECH Summit booth this week showing off their involvement in some impressive creations. The RoboWeeder — an autonomous, sustainable, and eco-friendly arm-on-wheels that finds and blasts weeds with microwaves — was one of the projects on display in the Vancouver…
New UFV daffodil beds sprout to kick off Cancer Society’s
For the seventh year in a row, Daffodil Days are coming to UFV from March 26 to 28, 2013. Over the years, UFV student volunteers have raised more than $8,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society by selling fresh cut daffodils on campus in March. But this year, the UFV campaign comes with a twist. Last…
NDP members join with UFV’s Cindy Stewart to raise awareness
Adrian Dix and Gwen O’Mahony of the NDP visited Canada Education Park (CEP) this past Friday to help raise awareness of colorectal cancer. UFV’s new building at CEP, which will house UFV’s Health Sciences was the natural choice for the press conference. The issue of colorectal cancer awareness is close to Dix’s heart — his…Daffodils brighten up UFV campus with hope
Daffodil sales in support of the Canadian Cancer Society ran in Alumni Hall from March 23 to 25, 2011. Intenational student volunteers raised $1,883.95 to support cancer prevention, advocacy and research in Canada. This was the fifth year the daffodil campaign, a longstanding cancer fundraiser, ran on the UFV campus. “This year, we had 32…
BCTECH Summit 2019: UFV’s weed-blasting robot and phantom lung on
Students and alumni of UFV's Engineering Physics Diploma in Mechatronics program were at the university's BCTECH Summit booth this week showing off their involvement in some impressive creations. The RoboWeeder — an autonomous, sustainable, and eco-friendly arm-on-wheels that finds and blasts weeds with microwaves — was one of the projects on display in the Vancouver…New UFV daffodil beds sprout to kick off Cancer Society’s
For the seventh year in a row, Daffodil Days are coming to UFV from March 26 to 28, 2013. Over the years, UFV student volunteers have raised more than $8,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society by selling fresh cut daffodils on campus in March. But this year, the UFV campaign comes with a twist. Last…NDP members join with UFV’s Cindy Stewart to raise awareness
Adrian Dix and Gwen O’Mahony of the NDP visited Canada Education Park (CEP) this past Friday to help raise awareness of colorectal cancer. UFV’s new building at CEP, which will house UFV’s Health Sciences was the natural choice for the press conference. The issue of colorectal cancer awareness is close to Dix’s heart — his…Daffodils brighten up UFV campus with hope
Daffodil sales in support of the Canadian Cancer Society ran in Alumni Hall from March 23 to 25, 2011. Intenational student volunteers raised $1,883.95 to support cancer prevention, advocacy and research in Canada. This was the fifth year the daffodil campaign, a longstanding cancer fundraiser, ran on the UFV campus. “This year, we had 32…
