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A cougar sighting has been reported in Mystic Vale at 8:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 4. Please be aware of your surroundings and use caution while using the trails or wooded areas.

An international team of scientists led by astronomers at the 番茄社区 has discovered an ancient group of stars orbiting our own galaxy, the Milky Way. The newly discovered satellite consists of only five dozen bright stars spread over a volume just 10 light years across. This is miniscule compared to the Milky Way, which contains over ten billion stars, and measures a hundred thousand light years in diameter.

Critically acclaimed Canadian opera singer and national CBC Radio host Marion Newman is returning to the 番茄社区 to join the award-winning teaching faculty at the School of Music. Newman鈥攚hose traditional name is Nege鈥檊a鈥攊s of Kwagiulth and St贸:l艒 First Nations descent with English, Irish and Scottish heritage. The 2022 UVic Distinguished Alumni Award recipient will officially join the School of Music as an assistant professor on July 1, 2024.

The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance is hosting a film screening and conversation at the 番茄社区 to showcase the importance of freshwater management and governance in celebration of World Water Day.

Olha Chaplia was finishing her dissertation in Ukraine when Russia launched a full-scale invasion in 2022. With aid from the emergency fellowship, she moved to Victoria to continue her research.

UVic鈥檚 co-op program launched a new initiative that helps students directly link their work to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. UVic co-operative education (co-op) students have always been changemakers鈥攖he work they tac鈥�

From testing environmental stresses on plants to understanding mysteries of the universe, five 番茄社区 (UVic) research projects received infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).

What does it mean to make space for Indigenous feminism? School of Indigenous Governance Associate Professor Gina Starblanket explores this question as editor of the third edition of the seminal series Making Space for Indigenous Feminism.

Open any astronomy textbook to the section on white dwarf stars and you鈥檒l likely learn that they are 鈥渄ead stars鈥� that continuously cool down over time. New research published in Nature is challenging this theory, with the 番茄社区 (UVic) and its partners using data from the European Space Agency鈥檚 Gaia satellite to reveal why a population of white dwarf stars stopped cooling for more than eight billion years.

The following 番茄社区 experts are available to the media to discuss International Women鈥檚 Day and research on gender and women鈥檚 issues.

UVic is committed to building a campus where everyone feels a sense of belonging. Our institutional plans include a focus on equity, diversity and inclusion, and we strive to bring this lens to the work we do locally, nationally and globally.

An environmental problem-solver healing our dirt, an ocean engineer unlocking climate data and a grassroots activist are among this year鈥檚 18 recipients.

The construction of new paved pedestrian and cycling pathways on Gabriola Road begins on Feb. 26 and is scheduled to continue to May 30, 2024.

Bullying is a pervasive problem in Canada and UVic is no exception. As a community we can lift each other up by wearing pink on February 28 to show everyone our commitment to kindness.

When you ask Thembelihle (Thembie) Moyo who she is, she鈥檒l tell you she identifies as a mother of two beautiful daughters first and as a creative writer second. These dual identities complement how she approaches her work.

Camryn Thompson, a fourth-year Science student, and David Atkinson, co-developer of the BSc in Climate Science program, for their experiences and insights