News and Events
As I chose my specialist lectures and other events months ago it can be hard to remember what I signed up for. Meeting up with my lecture group I learned that the first topic of the day would be a familiar one for me, particle physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Thankfully my current … Read more
We began our day, once again, on the bus, this time we were headed to the Mullard Space Science Laboratory. Though we travelled through the countryside, given the nature of modern science I assumed we were just travelling to another city centre. You can imagine my surprise when the bus dropped us off in the … Read more
Hello everyone and welcome to LIYSF day 5! After the long day trips and early mornings of the last couple of days it was nice to have our first event at 9:30 this morning; Who doesn’t love to wake up and start the day with a particle physics lecture? Being the first time I could … Read more
Finally, today is the day! Scoffing down breakfast I ran across town because today is the day! I waited anxiously because todays the day! Today is the day I visit Stonehenge! Unfortunately, Stonehenge is a bit of a drive from Kensington. Thus I tried my best to distract myself on the drive by reading here, … Read more
Thankfully, today was a calmer day. Opening with Professor Dame Molly Stevens’ principal lecture on her work developing biomatter for various medical applications. From the plethora of examples, some of my favourites included growing bones for transplant surgeries and a vaccine that provided both the initial dose and its booster after a pre-set time delay. … Read more
Waking up bright and early again, unfortunately, I was able to grab some wall adapters and finally felt like I was starting to settle in. With my phone charged and my body somewhat rested I was ready for our trip to London’s National Physical Laboratory, or NPL for short. Throughout all 300+ laboratories located at … Read more
Hello everyone, welcome to UFV’s 2024 LIYSF blog series written by yours truly, Connor Goodvin! Though I arrived in London yesterday, the opening ceremony events started today at 11:00 BST or 3 am in BC. This opening ceremony, in which I had the honour to bear Canada’s flag, was in no way the beginning of … Read more
Each year the Dean of Science in consultation with the department heads decide the recipients of these awards. They were announced at our final Faculty Council meeting of the year. Sherii Myroshnychenko – Awesome Achievement Award for overall excellence in academic endeavors Sherii is an Assistant Professor in Math & Stats. He is always willing to … Read more
From UFV Now: A local family with a long history of generous support for UFV has come forward once again with financial contributions for student researchers in the Food and Agriculture Institute (FAI). Bruna Giacomazzi, her husband Bob Burnett, joined by her sister Gina Alary, and several other family members recently visited UFV’s Abbotsford campus … Read more
A huge thank you to BC Hydro’s Community Giving Program for helping support our Science Rocks! Summer camp program with the $1,500 Grassroots grant. Thanks to your grant, we can sustain our camps where students enjoy learning and exploring science. Your support truly means everything to us, and we deeply appreciate it. UFV has been offering … Read more