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Broadcast of Arctic live dive

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Two UVic alumni who went on to found the innovative non-profit Fish Eye Project led a live dive Aug. 27 in the icy waters of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, as part of the Canada C3 expedition.

EU field school

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Students from the humanities, social sciences, fine arts and law—now back in Victoria after a transformative trip overseas and also in Winnipeg—came together for a powerful and challenging field school that brought them to historic sites in Europe and taught them valuable lessons about Canada.

UVic alumni take Arctic plunge

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Two University of Victoria alumni who went on to found the innovative Fish Eye Project are headed for Cambridge Bay, Nunavut next week for a live dive in Arctic waters that will be broadcast simultaneously across the country as part of the Canada C3 expedition.

CFI funding for UVic research

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Five UVic projects, with $823,000 in new funding from a leadership fund from the Canada Foundation for Innovation as part of a $52-million federal investment announced Aug. 15, will carry out ground-breaking research including in an aquatic disease research facility at UVic.

Can brainwaves predict baseball performance?

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Many consider baseball to be one of the most difficult skills in any sport. So, what makes a batter successful? Some think it requires that the athlete be in “the zone”—a mental state in which performance is optimal. But what is “the zone”? Can it be quantified? Olav Krigolson, UVic neuroscientist, paired up with Anthony Pluta, a pro-ball-player-turned-grad-student to find out.

Can brainwaves predict baseball performance?

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Olav Krigolson, a neuroscientist with the University of Victoria’s Centre for Biomedical Research, and professional baseball veteran and graduate student, Anthony Pluta, used portable brainwave technology to see if they could predict baseball batting performance.

New humanities field school

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UVic students are currently visiting historic sites in Europe in a field school examining migration, the refugee crisis and memorialization of the Holocaust. And the learning doesn't stop in Europe: they'll be at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in mid August, then home to UVic for a symposium.

3-D models could result in custom drugs

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Unraveling the mysteries of proteins whose changed structures cause conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease is key to the development of new drug treatments for difficult neurological disorders, says University of Victoria biochemist Christoph Borchers.

Scuba divers for fish count

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A new research program led by marine ecologist John Volpe and grad student Stefania Gorgopa is a great opportunity for scuba divers to get involved as citizen scientists. The UVic researchers are turning to the local sport diving community for help conducting surveys of marine fish populations around Victoria and the Gulf Islands.

Two UVic PhD students win top Canadian award

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An impassioned community volunteer who knows what it's like to live on the streets, and a legal scholar who wants to change how the legal system deals with Aboriginal land claims are two UVic students receiving three-year doctoral scholarships, the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation announced today.

New study on salmon hot spots

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Tracking the salmon-eating habits of grizzly and black bears for nearly two decades has revealed some surprising results for UVic geography PhD candidate and Raincoast scientist Megan Adams. She hopes the study will inform land-use managers on how the bear-salmon system goes well beyond the coastal areas into interior habitats of BC.

Light improves brain circuits damaged by stroke

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A UVic team led by neuroscientist Craig Brown has found that stimulating brain circuits with light can improve recovery from a stroke. Study results were published June 23 in Nature Communications.

Forum tackles diversity, inclusion

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UVic and Global Affairs Canada join forces in November to highlight diversity and inclusion in the 21st century. The inaugural Victoria Forum brings together business leaders, visionaries, politicians, youth, and civil society leaders to stimulate new thinking and action.

Psychology grad aims to make a difference in autism research

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Patrick Dwyer is confident, articulate and sharply focused on his future. Born and raised in Victoria, he loves the outdoors, hiking and reading. He's particularly grateful for the support of his family especially while he completed a BA in psychology with a minor in political science.

Ryan Tonkin, 1st student in PhD program

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Tonkin is the recipient of a 2017 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, administered through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and on July 5, was named a Trudeau Scholar 2017 by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. He is the eighth UVic student (and the first in philosophy) to win the prestigious Trudeau scholarship since the program's inception in 2004.

Guggenheim Fellowship

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Internationally recognized composer and UVic music professor Dániel Péter Biró can now add one of North America's most prestigious awards to his list of honours—the Guggenheim Fellowship. He'll be using the one-year award worth $50,000 US to reflect on one of the most important issues of today: global migration.

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