High School Math Challengers Arrive

Grade 8 and 9 students descend to UFV for the Math Challengers Fraser Valley Regionals! Math Challengers is an inter-school math competition in which students in grades 8 and 9 compete in teams of four or five. Regional competitions are held across BC each year in February, with the top teams from each regional tournament … Read more

Classroom Math Visits in Hope

A group of nine volunteers spent all of February 10 in Hope, sharing math/logic puzzles with the 15 K-6 classes at Coquihalla Elementary.  They also spent two hours on campus on Family Day (math is your family, too?), taking part in a workshop on the puzzles and effective methods of presenting them to a class.  … Read more

Talk Feb. 19 – Plenty of Fish = Plenty of data

LDA to Find User Archetypes for Search and Matching: A Talk by Thomas Levi, Senior Data Scientist at PlentyOfFish.com Thomas Levi started out with a doctorate in Theoretical Physics and String Theory from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. His post-doctoral studies in cosmology and string theory, where he wrote 19 papers garnering 700+ citations, took … Read more

Math Challengers BC Fraser Valley Regional Competition – Feb. 12

Math Challengers is an inter-school math competition in which students in grades 8 and 9 compete in teams of four or five. Regional competitions are held across BC each year in February, with the top teams from each regional tournament moving on to compete at the annual Provincial comptition in March or April. The Fraser … Read more

Science Grad School Workshop – Nov. 6

Spread the word! The Faculty of Science and the Science Advice Centre are hosting a FREE graduate school workshop for students in science fields. Guest speakers will discuss their experiences with graduate school and information on how and when to apply will be available. Grad School Workshop Thurs, Nov 6 5:30–7 pm Abby A264 Contact: … Read more

Math Mania success at local schools

June 4, 2014 – Sardis Elementary May 7 – Dewdney Elementary Thanks to Susan Milner and her dedicated group of volunteers that make this program a huge success! Math Mania is an evening of mathematical demonstrations, puzzles and hands-on activities for elementary or middle school children. It’s been designed by members of the University of … Read more

UFV salutes long-term employees

Referenced from UFV Today, May 7, 2014 Several groups of long-term employees were honoured recently at celebrations for those marking 10, 20, 25, and 35 years at UFV including many of our Science Faculty and Staff.  Thank you all for your hard work and dedication! (Full list): Carol Konkle, Christine Carter, Cyrus Chaichian, D.J. Sandhu, David … Read more