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Three prominent UVic scientists were among those awarded Canada Research Chairs in an announcement Friday by Kirsty Duncan, federal minister of science and sport.

The University of Victoria's spring Convocation ceremonies take place June 10 to 14, 2019, with 3,777 receiving degrees, diplomas and certificates. Six honorary degrees will also be awarded.

A new University of Victoria study suggests humans are unknowingly consuming tens of thousands of micrplastics every year.

UVic Properties is providing a long-term lease to Chard Development for its proposal that adds to the vibrancy of downtown while honouring Michael William's intention that his bequeathed properties provide ongoing revenue to support the university's educational mission.

The University of Victoria’s spring Convocation ceremonies take place June 10 to 14, 2019. Honorary degrees will be awarded to six outstanding individuals: STOLȻEȽ John Elliott; Simon Asher Levin; Joe Gallagher, k̓ʷunəmɛn; Neil Gold; Andy Lamb; Sti'tum'at Ruby Peter.

UVic researchers and students received $18.8 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada in the form of grants, scholarships and other funding.

Lin Cai is designing networking solutions to self-driving vehicles by creating a safe and seamless wireless network that connects vehicles, roadside infrastructure, pedestrians and the “cloud.” Cai is the recipient of a 2019 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, awarded today in Ottawa by NSERC.

The 2019 Gustavson Brand Trust Index indicates consumers view brands positively when a crisis is responded to with honest, authentic remedies. The insight is evidenced by Mountain Equipment Co-op leading this year's ranking. MEC took several positive actions in response to criticism over the lack of diversity of people in their ads.

An innovative program designed by a chemist and social worker at the University of Victoria is being piloted at Victoria harm reduction sites to provide a quick, accurate chemical analysis of drugs in order to prevent overdoses while also comparing and evaluating different drug-checking technologies.

A strong knowledge of how the body processes sugar is crucial in designing one-of-a-kind cancer treatments. University of Victoria immunologist Julian Lum, the recipient of a $1.08 million research grant, is engineering natural immune cells to fight cancer using a kind of immunotherapy called CAR-T therapy.

The Witness Blanket by Carey Newman, UVic’s sixth Audain Professor of Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest with UVic’s Department of Visual Arts, is the centrepiece of a historic agreement which Newman signed April 12 with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. It unites Western legal principles with Indigenous ways of knowing and being. UVic Law plans to incorporate the agreement into its curriculum.

A new genetic tool developed by UVic researchers can detect an endangered species' DNA from water, making environmental impact assessments more effective and reliable. The eDNA—or environmental DNA—technology detects the presence of a species in a matter of days.