Graduate Scholarship opportunity – June 15th deadline to apply

Rotary/UNESCO-IHE scholarships available The Rotary Foundation and UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education are offering up to 10 scholarships for graduate study at UNESCO-IHE’s Delft campus in the Netherlands. The application deadline is 15 June. Scholars will receive a Master of Science degree in urban water and sanitation, water management, or water science and engineering. Graduates … Read more

Free Course (EDX) – May 5 – Innovative Urban Solutions to the Global Water Crisis

If the information below is not displaying properly, please click here. Learn about innovative urban solutions to the global water crisis, from inspiring architects, engineers, planners, ecologists, and artists. This free, 6-week course will be offered on edX, the non-profit, open source online learning platform founded by Harvard and MIT.  Sign up now! About this … Read more

SUS Student Tech support referendum – Vote Jan. 25-29

Originally posted by Anne Russell on UFV Announce: http://blogs.ufv.ca/announce/2015/01/26/sus-student-tech-support-referendum/ “The Student Union Society is running a referendum on student IT tech support from Jan 25 to 29. IT Support Service is proposed by the Student Union Society as a service to provide free repair, diagnostics, and advice on computing devices for students. In addition to providing … Read more

Science Student receives SUS entrance scholarship

Sahil Chawla, a bachelor of science student Starting this academic year, Student Union Society (SUS) is giving away an entrance scholarship valued at $40,000. Although SUS is funding the scholarship, they do not choose the student to whom it is awarded. SUS’s governance committee makes a list of requirements that they want the winner to … Read more

UFV Biology Student, Andrew Alexander, wins Outstanding BSc Thesis Award in Aquatic Toxicology

“Enrichment, isolation, and identification of oil degrading bacteria from the Fraser Valley of British Columbia.” Andrew received the Playle Award at the 41st Aquatic Toxicity Workshop in Ottawa, ON from Sept 28 – Oct. 1, 2014. The very strict criteria makes it a difficult award to be sought, and one is not necessarily given out … Read more

Earth’s new address: Laniakea, our home supercluster

Article taken from: Nature.com September 2014 The supercluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way is 100 times bigger in volume and mass than previously thought, a team of astronomers says. They have mapped the enormous region and given it the name Laniakea — Hawaiian for ‘immeasurable heaven’. Watch Video: youtu.be/rENyyRwxpHo Galaxies tend to huddle … Read more

UFV Biology Grads Participated in Canada’s Amazing Race

Congratulations to Sukhi and Jinder Atwal for your amazing achievements participating in this amazing opportunity. ———————- Related Articles: Sept 17, 2014 – CTV ‘The Social’ – Five questions with Sukhi and Jinder Watch full episodes on CTV —- Twitter Feeds: twitter.com/SukhiAtwal2 twitter.com/jinderatwal —- Sept 10, 2014 – Atwal Siblings win another ‘Amazing Race’ leg! TORONTO … Read more

Dr. Tim Cooper on Motivating Students

Dr. Cooper’s primary method for motivating students is to show as much enthusiasm for physics as possible. He does this by relating what the students are learning in class to real world situations that the students are familiar with or interested in. In a study published by Scientific American/Nature, it found the more science courses … Read more