This week the UVic Concussion Lab attended the BC Technology Summit in Vancouver. Brian Christie was accompanied by graduate students Erika Shaw, Stela Musteata and Rebecca Kenny, and project coordinators Amy McQuarry and Francesca Bell Peters, to present their current research results and methods.
Dr. Pedro Grandes is visiting UVIC on sabbatical from the University of the Basque Country where he is a Professor in the Department of neurosciences. He is here to expand his research on the endocannabinoid system and share his expertise in brain imaging techniques.
Congratulations Brianna Crighton, Laila Drabkin and Samantha Kennedy!
Read more: Christie Lab Students Accepted to UBC Medical School
This foodshare program provides food for UVic students through the Multifaith Centre.
2024 Engineering Showcase
Friday, September 20, 2024 | 12pm – 5pm | Bay Street Armoury
Join Rainhouse Manufacturing Canada Ltd. and the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (ESC) at UVic at the 2024 Engineering Showcase! This event stands as a testament to innovation andcollaboration within the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) community. Explore groundbreaking projects from talented local STEAM students. This dynamic event offers valuablenetworking opportunities, interactive exhibits, and prizes for outstanding teams.
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On Friday, September 20 th, Tim Kenyon visits the Philosophy Colloquium.
He will be giving his talk, "Cooperative Communication and Audience Tuning" from 2:30pm until 4:00pm in Room A320 of the Clearihue Building. For those who prefer to join online via Zoom, pleaseemail the Graduate Secretary at uvicphil@uvic.cafor the link.
Abstract:
Cooperative impulses in communication sometimes stand in considerable tension with widespread assumptions in the epistemology of testimony. Not only may communicators' attempts at relevance crowdout accuracy, but they may unintentionally tune the content and valence of their testimony to fit their audience's preconceptions. These messages can then influence communicators' own subsequentimpressions and testimony on that topic. In tuning the message for their audience, they also tune themselves. This subtle collaboration on content and the two-way traffic between communicator andaudience – the "saying is believing" effect, audience tuning, and the potential role of a sense of shared reality between communicator and audience in mediating them – provide an additional healthycomplication to our understanding of what social epistemology ought to explain, as it moves, very unevenly, towards a non-ideal approach.
Thank you,
Ruth Spooner
Graduate Secretary
Department of Philosophy
Dr. Justin Merondun
Postdoctoral Researcher at Ludwing-Maximilians-University of Munich.
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