Campus news

Two major world university rankings released in the last two weeks cast a glowing light on UVic. The 2013 QS World University Rankings by Subject, released May 8, put UVic in the world's top 200 universities in five fields. The Leiden rankings, announced last month, show that UVic is Canada’s most intensive environment for international research collaboration.

Researchers and students at the University of Victoria will receive nearly $10 million in federal government grants and scholarships through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

UVic’s Gustavson School of Business and the Tribal Resources Investment Corporation (TRICORP), which provides financial services to First Nations entrepreneurs, have formed the Northwest Aboriginal Canadian Entrepreneurs™ (NW-ACE™) to support people who want to start their own business.

An exhibition of photos by famed Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen and text from abridged versions of manuscripts from public lectures about his time in the Arctic will be on display at the University of Victoria June 1–8.

Five individuals with exceptional records of distinction in public service, research and teaching will accept honorary degrees from the University of Victoria at spring convocation ceremonies.

Join the Friends of Finnerty Gardens for an evening of botanical discovery as Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson of Far Reaches Farm—a rare plant specialty nursery in Port Townsend, Washington—give a special presentation on their 2012 plant hunting expedition to Sichuan, China.