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Are you making the most of your Study Days break from classes? The library and other key services remind you to check in with them this week if you need support. Read on to learn more. Need to know Mariners at PACWEST Provincial Championships 🏐 Follow and cheer on the VIU Mariners volleyball and basketball teams […]

Have you noticed the extra activity around campus this week? It’s Global Citizens Week, and there’s lots more opportunities for you to get involved and learn more about issues ranging from climate change, human rights and equity to international security, peace and trade, and global health. 

Makella Coudray is passionate about advocating for disadvantaged groups. “I personally like championing causes for those that society may overlook, and I try to do that through my work,” she says. “Hence, my work focuses on marginalized populations such as sexual and gender minorities and racial and ethnic minorities.” Coudray is originally from Trinidad and […]

On the Amami Islands of Japan, wonder blooms from a nibble and some droppings. In February 2020, an amateur naturalist named Yohei Tashiro was walking through the evergreen forests of the islands, situated about halfway between mainland Japan and Taiwan. On the ground, nestled against the roots of a tree, he noticed a cluster of […]

Black and White Ball United for the Arts In Celebration of the UNITED Theatre and its Partners, Salt Marsh Opera and the Chorus of WesterlyProceeds of February 25 to benefit Performing Arts Organizations WATCH HILL, R.I., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Ocean House, the Forbes triple Five-Star destination hotel nestled on the bluffs of scenic Watch […]

WASHINGTON —  The Biden administration is nearing deals with two Pacific Island nations to extend ties that are considered critical to maintaining balance in the U.S.-China rivalry for influence in a region where the Chinese are rapidly expanding their economic, diplomatic and military clout. This week, the U.S. signed memorandums of understanding with the Marshall […]

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is nearing deals with two Pacific Island nations to extend ties that are considered critical to maintaining balance in the U.S.-China rivalry for influence in a region where the Chinese are rapidly expanding their economic, diplomatic and military clout. This week, the U.S. signed memorandums of understanding with the Marshall […]

The administration believes that extending those so-called “Compacts of Free Association” agreements will be key to efforts to retain American power and blunt Chinese assertiveness throughout the Indo-Pacific. The memorandums signed this week lay out the amounts of money that the federal government will provide to the Marshall Islands and Palau if their compacts are […]

TAIPEI, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s economy minister said on Wednesday that the island remains chipmaker TSMC’s most important production base after the company announced it would more than triple planned investment at its new Arizona plant to $40 billion.

HAVANA/WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Cuba´s Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio on Thursday accused long-time rival the United States of doublespeak after the Biden administration proposed to scrap a plan to install a new undersea telecommunications cable to Cuba. The administration of U.S. president Joe Biden said after widespread protests on the island […]


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