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Ian Manners and materials science
Mother’s nature
Bike-assist powers student to Tesla co-op
Peru field school teaches ecology, economy and spirituality
Looking deep into space from the deep sea
Star Wars and Star Trek courses
The arrival of renowned UK chemist and materials scientist Ian Manners this fall as the University of Victoria’s Canada 150 Research Chair underlines UVic’s determination to take
its place as a world leader in the growing field.
Solo show by theatre alumni spotlights the ups and downs of new motherhood—running October 9–20 at the Phoenix.
Engineering student Simon Park's Caboost invention—a trailer which converts any bicycle into an e-bike—helped him stand out to co-op recruiters at Tesla. Park is one of 44 UVic
students who have secured co-ops with the energy and automobile technology company.
Walking along the foothills of the northern Peruvian Amazon, 14 UVic environmental studies students—along with instructors Ana Maria Peredo and Kate Turner and mentors Murdith
McLean and Frederique Apffel-Marglin—embarked on a unique learning experience this spring that wove together ecology, economy and spirituality in an Indigenous setting.
Could the world’s next large-scale neutrino detector be built at the bottom of the ocean? This summer, as part of its 2018 Wiring the Abyss expedition, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC)
is installing specialized equipment at its deepest site in the northeast Pacific Ocean to assess the location’s suitability for observing neutrinos
This fall, UVic students can beam into Edwin Hodge’s “The Sociology of Star Trek” (SOCI 390) or David Christopher’s “Star Wars: A Cultural History” (AHVS 392 A02) course. But what
specifically makes these sci-fi mainstays worthy of study?
The Irving K. Barber BC Scholarship Society delivers a series of scholarship and award programs that support BC students throughout the province and outside the country. In 2018,
10 UVic students were awarded 33 per cent of the Premier’s awards, more than any other BC institution this year.
