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Media contact: Darren McDonald darren.mcdonald@ufv.ca UFV hosts valley’s brightest math students Some of the area’s best and brightest young mathematical minds descended on UFV’s Abbotsford campus for the Fraser Valley Math Challengers Regional Competition recently. Grade 8 and 9 contestants battled through three rounds of competition — two individual rounds and a cooperative team round … Read more
Seeking Undergraduate Wildlife Conservation Research Assistants for Summer 2014 Western Painted Turtle Surveys Application Deadline: March 30th, 2014 (Letter of Interest and CV) Submit to: Dr. Vicki Marlatt (Vicki.Marlatt@ufv.ca) We are seeking UFV students to assist in two projects studying the endangered Western painted turtles in the lower mainland during the summer of 2014. Position … Read more
Every year UFV hosts the Fraser Valley Regional Science Fair where 200+ projects from students in grades K- 12 are presented and judged. To host the event requires 100s of hours of volunteer time over the 3 day period of the fair (April 1, 2, and 3) to help set up and take down the … Read more
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm UFV Abbotsford Campus – Envision Athletic Centre (map) The UFV Career Fair on March 12 is the perfect event to connect employers on the lookout for young talent, graduate or professional schools promoting their programs, and students or alumni looking to go on to further studies … Read more
If the opportunity was there, would you go on a no-return trip to Mars? Calgarian Zac Trolley will give us his views as to why he would. Date: Friday, March 7 Time: 3:30 Where: A225 (Abby) Zac Trolley – Mars One Round 2 Candidate Zac Trolley was chosen from over 200,000 applications to move on … Read more
As featured in Discover Magazine and Mathematical Art Galleries [hr] Robin Endelman Associate Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics & Statistics, UFV robin.endelman@ufv.ca This scarf depicts the Yang-Baxter equation of statistical mechanics, a variation of which is the braid equation in algebra, or the 3rd Reidemeister (equivalence) move in knot theory. Assigning the numbers 1, … Read more
UFV hosts Canadian Association of Physicists Lecture Series Dr. Federico Rosei March 4, 2014 3:00 – 4:30pm Room A353 – Abbotsford Campus As the age of cheap oil and fossil fuels is coming to an end, humanity will face an energy crisis. Many alternative energy sources have already been identified. However, there is no optimal … Read more
Through the poetry of the world: Toward an Ecology of Being Tues, Mar 11 3:30 pm Abbotsford Campus, B101 [hr] Daniela Elza has lived on three continents and crossed numerous geographic, cultural and semantic borders. Her work has appeared nationally and internationally in over 80 publications. Daniela’s poetry collections are: “the weight of dew” (Mother … Read more
Canada Education Park February 27, 2014 4:30—7:30 PM Sent on behalf of Dr. Lucy Lee & Nicole Klassen A big thank you for all who took the time out of your busy schedules to make last night such a success! The tour and the micro lectures presentations were fascinating. There was plenty of positive feedback from … Read more
If you are interested in attending, contact nicole.klassen@ufv.ca for more information. Thursday, February 27, 2014 4:30-6:00 pm: CEP A Building – Common Area – Tour of technology and research facilities 6:00 -7:30 pm: Presentations and Microlectures [hr] The profile of research in science at UFV is diverse, dynamic–and growing! This peer-reviewed and practically applicable community … Read more