November 2007

Writing

Writing student wins national Aboriginal writing prize

Her powerful tale of the life of a young girl at a residential school has earned writing student Kerissa Dickie a top prize (for the 19–29 age category) in The Aboriginal Writing Challenge

Features

cosmic

“Cosmic train wreck” baffles astronomers

A recent study by a team of University of Victoria researchers has raised new questions in the international astrophysics community about the fundamental nature of dark matter.


iceberg

UVic congratulates Nobel Prize-winning researchers

Several University of Victoria-based researchers woke up on the morning of Oct. 12 to find out they were co-winners of the most coveted award on the planet—a Nobel Prize.


David

Canada’s deadly environment

Contrary to Canada’s reputation as a relatively clean and pristine land, environmental hazards can be found almost everywhere—in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat and the products we buy.

   
 
 
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