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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 competition in March. Beginning in 2014, there will be a … Read more
Rosalie Luymes from Geography and the Environment won the student T-shirt design at the American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2013 in San Francisco. Rosalie and two other UFV students presented posters from their research on the Fraser River.
Mathematics and Statistics Department present Anna Kuczynska and Judy Larsen Faculty, UFV Dept of Math and Stats University of the Fraser Valley DATE: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 TIME: 4:45 – 6:05pm PLACE: Room D215 Abbotsford All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend. Flipping Your Class Abstract:What would you do in your class if … Read more
Wear your craziest sweater on Thurs, Feb 6. This year UFV is encouraging everyone to layer up, so we can keep our energy use down. Come and get your photo taken from 12-12:15 pm by our intrepid sweater photographer near the Tim Horton’s in Abbotsford, or make an appointment and get your photo taken in … Read more
OIL SANDS AND FISH CELLS WHEN: February 4, 2014 WHERE: Abbotsford Learning Plus Society [hr] Dr. Lucy Lee, Dean, Faculty of Science, UFV A vital part of the oil sands extraction process is reclamation of the affected waters. These reclamation projects require rapid and reliable toxicity assessment, but conventional toxicity tests using whole animals are … Read more
Bat disease headed west – “The News” Jan. 31, 2014 by Jason Roessle – Abbotsford News posted Jan 31, 2014 at 3:00 PM A disease afflicting bats across eastern North America has a local veterinarian “dreading” its arrival. White Nose Syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease that kills bats during their winter hibernation period. It … Read more
NEW THIS SEMESTER! CHEMISTRY DROP-IN SESSIONS First-Year (110, 113, 114) Organic (213, 214) Chemistry Classes Tuesday to Thursday in A252 and A254 Starts 2nd week of Winter 2014 Come and work with other students, or get help from a faculty member. During January, there will be three sessions a week for first-year courses, and two … Read more
The 17th Annual British Columbia Secondary Schools Math Contest at UFV Divisions: • Junior (up to grade 10) • Senior (up to grade 12) Preliminary Round: Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Location: Individual schools Final Round: Date: Fri, May 2, 2014 Location: UFV Abbotsford Campus Final Round 2014 includes: T-Shirts with Contest Puzzle Raffle Prizes … Read more
This is a teleconference from New Brunswick. Centre for Sustainability 2014 greenSPEAK Seminar Series: Tuesday, Feb. 4th at 3:30 B121, Abby Campus (B Bldg.) – Note the room change. Open to the public (free) A presentation by Robert Krausz, PhD Environmental Policy and Planning Everything done by human societies has one thing in common: the … Read more