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Upcoming Orientations for New Students Learn how to plan your Fall semester, register for courses, and much more. Abbotsford May 28 6:00-7:30 pm Room B132 June 8 6:00-7:30 pm Room B132 Chilliwack June 3 6:00-7:30 pm Room A2213 RSVP Required to science.advice@ufv.ca Parents can register for Supporter Organizations organized through Student Life. Register at ufv.ca/studentlife. … Read more
3rd Annual Science Open House As you may or may not be aware, we are organizing the 3rd annual Science Open House, which will be open to our community industry partners as well as to our UFV community at large. Event details: April 14th, 2015 5 pm B121 and select Science labs This open house … Read more
Publishing Your Article: Research and Graduate Studies workshop for faculty and students interested in publishing Tues Apr 14 10am-12pm Abbotsford Campus, room A225 Are you unsure what to do with the results of your research project? Do you have a completed literature review, discourse analysis, scientific experiment, or theoretical analysis that you would like published? Do … Read more
London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) Applicant Presentations UFV will send one Science student to London, UK summer 2015 to attend the annual London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) from July 22 to August 5, 2015. LIYSF information can be found at liysf.org.uk/liysf-2015. Four applicants have been shortlisted and we welcome assistance in choosing the successful … Read more
The New Science of Nutrition: How I lost 27 pounds Dr. David. G. Harper Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education | Faculty of Health Sciences Tuesday, April 7, 2015 UFV Abbotsford Theatre (B101) 5:00 p.m. This will be a one-hour presentation followed by Q&A. The science of nutrition is undergoing a paradigm shift. The long-held conventional … Read more
The UFV Centre for Sustainability greenSPEAK Seminar series, in conjunction with the Department of Geography and the Environment Discovery Series, present: Garry Fehr, PhD, discussing his research on deforestation and the challenges posed by it. Thurs, March 26 1pm Abby A413
Release some stress and beat your profs during a casual ice hockey game! Friday, March 20th 4:00-5:15 at Matsqui Recreation Centre (3106 Clearbrook Road, Abbotsford). Co-ed and non-contact. Students, Staff, and Faculty welcome! Please contact Allan Arndt (allan.arndt@ufv.ca) if you would like to join the fun!
The movie Wild (and the book that inspired it) has focused attention on long-distance hiking. Biology lab instructor Pat Harrison is president of both Hike Canada and Hike B.C. In that role, he coordinates work on the National Hiking Trail, a project that would link existing single-track and heritage footpaths, stretching 10,000 kilometres, from Port … Read more
Analysis of Randomized Algorithms: A talk by Petra Berenbrink, Associate Professor of Computing Science at SFU Thursday, March 19 2:30 – 4:00 pm A310 on the Abbotsford UFV campus Dr. Petra Berenbrink will present several randomized graph-based algorithms. The first algorithm is a random walk process on a graph. Here we analyse the so-called cover time … Read more
Faculty and staff play critical roles in the fostering the success of our students in school and in the job market. Hear how some of recent alumni parlayed undergraduate success into careers in environmental fields, and hear what recommendations they would give to current students and faculty about making the leap! When: Doors open at 12.30pm … Read more