• Frank van Veggel - Chemistry - May, 2013
  We are pleased to announce that Dr. Frank van Veggel, Department of Chemistry, has received the 2013 Craigdarroch Award for Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.  Congratulations!
• Pauline van den Driessche - Mathematics and Statistics - May, 2013

  Pauline van den Driessche was recently awarded the 2013 Craigdarroch Gold Medal for Career Achievement (in research). This is thought to be Uvic's most prestigious internal research award.  Congratulations Pauline!

• Alexandre Brolo & Francis Nano - April, 2013

  SFU hopes to put 'lab on a chip' tests onto smartphones

  The Vancouver Sun is reporting on recipients of Grand Challenges Canada grants. The funding recipients include UVic researchers Alexandre Brolo and Francis Nano, who are developing innovative disease diagnostics and preventions.  Read More.

• 2012-13 Faculty of Science award winners

  The 2012-13 Faculty of Science Award winners were recently announced: 

  Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching	Dr. Scott McIndoe, Department of Chemistry
  Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Research	Dr. Pavel Kovtun, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Service	Dr. Jody Spence, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

   A reception will be held in the fall to honor these recipients.

• Sarah Thornton - Earth and Ocean Sciences - March, 2013

  UVic teacher among 18 educators doing research aboard ocean drilling ship

  Sarah Thornton is one of two Canadian educators aboard a scientific vessel. The “School of Rock” is a professional development program hosted aboard the JOIDES Resolution, where 18 teachers are using the same laboratories, tools, samples and data as researchers aboard the ship.  UVic News

• Pauline van den Driessche - Mathematics and Statistics - March, 2013
  Pauline van den Driessche was recently elected SIAM Fellow, Class of 2013.  Click here to read more.
• Andrew Weaver - Earth and Ocean Sciences - March, 2013
  It's coal, stupid
  
  A columnist for the Toronoto Sun has written an opinion piece about how the media is obsessed with oil and how it affects climate change, but that the far bigger threat to global warming is coal.  The columnist mentions the UVic study released last year.  Toronto Sun.
• Michael Whiticar - Earth and Ocean Sciences - March, 2013

  Trustworthy information on energy issues

  From fuel cells to fracking, tailpipes to pipelines, debates both public and political are raging acrossthe province over energy issues. Recognizing a need for an easily accessible, independent source ofinformation on energy, Dr. Michael Whiticar (earth and ocean sciences) set out to create anextensive, comprehensive assemblage of unbiased information on BC energy sources, types andissues. He believes he’s accomplished that with the new website: www.energybc.ca.  Read More

• Higgs boson research takes another step forward
  An Associated Press article that is appearing around the world is reporting that scientists are confident the particle discovered last summer at the Large Hadron Collider is a Higgs boson. Although scientists have identified more properties of the new particle, more analysis is required to verify if it is the predicted Higgs boson. Data analysis is being conducted at UVic.  Read More
  

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