UVic’s Higgs detectives
On July 4, the triumphant cheering from scientists and armchair cosmologists was thunderous in response to the announcement of the latest results in physicists' search for the elusive Higgs boson. And a large group of UVic researchers who have had significant involvement in the experiments had good reason to join in the celebrations.
MVP makes modernism new (again)
Dr. Stephen Ross (English), co-director of UVic’s recently unveiled Modernist Versions Project (MVP), thinks James Joyce—if he’d lived in this century—would have tweeted incessantly but probably about flatulence or something similarly irreverent, and Virginia Woolf would have been “too much of an elitist” to bother. A fellow MVP co-director, Jentery Sayers (English), kindly disagrees: “I like to imagine Woolf live-tweeting British Labour Party conferences with not a little cynicism.”
Mega-events like the Olympics leave behind much more than fond memories
When the world comes to town for a “mega event”—like the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver or the upcoming Olympics in London—the pressure for increased security is intense. Everyone wants to make sure that nothing goes wrong.
New research casts doubt on basic physics theory
It may not have the same sex appeal as the discovery of the elusive Higgs boson, but there’s another related news story that recently rocked the particle physics world. And it too has a strong University of Victoria connection.
Green research ship project delayed
The University of Victoria has deferred plans to develop a plug-in hybrid “green ship” powered by electricity, hydrogen fuel cells and low-emission diesel fuel.
From discovery to market—with the help of UVic Industry Partnerships
Eureka! You’ve discovered it. Now what? You could publish your discovery; that’s what your academic supervisor and colleagues might suggest. You could also try to commercialize your discovery, which can sometimes result in a delay in publication if you need to protect your idea through a patent.
Humanities Computing and Media Centre—From Book of Kells to the ebook
Digital humanities projects at UVic have received invaluable support since 2000 from UVic’s Humanities Computing and Media Centre. The HCMC has assisted with, among others, the hugely popular Internet Shakespearean Editions; the constantly enriched Map of Early Modern London; the award-winning Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History site serving as a “cold squad” research training site; and The Governor’s Letters archive of colonial correspondence between BC and London.
Apps help revitalize Aboriginal languages
For millennia, Aboriginal words have been passed along orally from generation to generation. Now, on iPads and iPhones, speakers and learners of the Tłįchǫ language can hear and see over 1,300 words and phrases with sounds, pictures and the voices of elders.
Global attention on Higgs detectives
No one heard it. It wasn’t as if lightning had zipped around the subterranean tunnel near Geneva. But the triumphant cheering was thunderous on July 4 after CERN officially confirmed the latest ATLAS results. Global media attention was immediate.
Growing a clean-tech “ecosystem”
To create a viable and vibrant clean-tech sector in British Columbia, firms, public and non-profit sector organizations and interested individuals must work together to form an ecosystem of support for clean-tech policy and practice changes, says Dr. Charlene Zietsma of the Gustavson School of Business.
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