News and Events
The Faculty of Science would like to welcome our new tenure track hires, Dr. Justin Lee and Dr. Mariano Mapili. Although their faces are very familiar within our faculty they bring with them many years of expertise! Dr. Justin Lee has been a long term Sessional and LTA in the Department of Biology at UFV … Read more
Faculty Focus is an online newsletter and website that is dedicated to higher education and instructors like you! They publish articles on effective teaching strategies for online and university and college classrooms. Their latest article, A Four-Step Plan: The First Day of Class on Zoom, written by Crystal Wong, EdD shares some great insights that … Read more
The Faculty of Science is pleased to announce that UFV Physics student, Annabelle Czihaly, was selected to represent UFV this summer at the London International Youth Science Forum. Unfortunately due to Covid-19 the 62nd LIYSF has been postponed to 2021. The shortlisted candidates, Annabelle Czihaly, Chandy Dancey, Connor Frey and Heather Kelly, were to present … Read more
Each year the science faculty and staff look forward to celebrating with our graduates at convocation. 2020 has proven to be a little challenging and threw a wrench into our plans! However, pandemic or not, we were determined to celebrate with our grads! On Thursday, June 18th a Zoom celebration was held with our grads. … Read more
Congratulations to Aisa Dobie, the recipient of the 2020 Faculty of Science Dean’s Medal of Excellence. Aisa has been on the Dean’s list every year and achieved an overall GPA of 4.07. The Dean’s medal is awarded not only for academic achievements but also for leadership and participation in the life of the University. She … Read more
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the following students from the Fraser Valley Region for participating in the BC/Yukon Virtual Science Fair held on June 17, 2020. They joined over 190 students from across BC where they received mentor feedback while competing for awards and prizes that were graciously donated by regional … Read more
The University of the Fraser Valley was excited to present 40 of our most curious students with research awards totaling over $24,000. These students were nominated by their faculty supervisors for extraordinary research work, either as part of the UFV work study program, as research assistants, or for an outstanding research project as part of … Read more
We are excited to announce the launch of our first issue of the Faculty of Science magazine. Thank you to all of our faculty and staff who collaborated to make this happen. A special thanks to Dr. Carin Bondar for turning Dr. Lucy Lee‘s vision into reality! Our annual magazine highlights the amazing science that … Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Lucy Lee, Dean of the Faculty of Science at UFV for receiving the Fellow Award at the 2020 World Congress on In Vitro Biology. This Award recognizes Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) members who have outstanding contributions in their area of specialization to include: research, teaching or administration in the area … Read more
Register today to join experts as they discuss and answer questions on issues including health equity, race and ethnicity, governance, food security, city policy, and international security. Please join this free virtual Politalk Roundtable Series hosted by the Centre for Global Development at UFV. Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM Join … Read more