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A student-driven initiative to help refugee students achieve their education has received a significant boost from international educator and former University of Lethbridge professor, Dr. Al Barnhill.

The University of Lethbridge has several events lined up this week that may be of interest to your readers, viewers and listeners. Members of the media who are interested in covering these events are encouraged to contact the individual event organizer directly. ‘I’m not moving:’ Resettling the new urban sporting frontier Wednesday, March 20, 7 to 8:30 p.m., PE 261, 1st Choice Savings Centre

For immediate release — Monday, March 11, 2019 University of Lethbridge highlights for the week of March 11 to 17 The University of Lethbridge has several events lined up this week that may be of interest to your readers, viewers and listeners. Members of the media who are interested in covering these events are encouraged to contact the individual event organizer directly.

The 2019 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) season launched at the beginning of March with the annual geekStarter Wet Lab Skills workshop hosted by the University of Lethbridge’s own SynBridge Maker Space.

A new study from the University of Lethbridge provides evidence that a mother’s experience of residential school may have biological impacts on her children. The research, published in the journal SSM Population Health, found that adult children of mothers who attended residential school had increased impairment in biological regulation compared to those whose mothers had not attended residential school.

The University of Lethbridge has several events lined up this week that may be of interest to your readers, viewers and listeners. Members of the media who are interested in covering these events are encouraged to contact the individual event organizer directly. Indigenous Awareness Days Monday, March 4, 9 a.m. to Friday, March 8, 11 a.m., various locations

The University of Lethbridge has several events lined up this week that may be of interest to your readers, viewers and listeners. Members of the media who are interested in covering these events are encouraged to contact the individual event organizer directly. Vancouver Chamber Choir on Tour Monday, Feb. 25, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Southminster United Church The Vancouver Chamber Choir will join the U of L Singers and the SWATCA (South Western Alberta Teachers’ Convention Association) Honours Choir for an evening of choral offerings.

Winning a coffee or donut in Tim Hortons’ Roll Up the Rim to Win contest can be a bright spot for many Canadians feeling the grip of an unending winter. Breanna Schoenroth, a third-year nursing student at the University of Lethbridge, was moved to share her bright spot with others after a class assignment during her first year of study.

Only in the second semester of his master’s program with University of Lethbridge astrophysicist Dr. David Naylor, Adam Christiansen was selected to present at SPIE Photonics West, the world’s largest photonics innovation conference. “I was excited when I found out I’d been chosen to present,” says Christiansen. “It was nice to know that I was at least doing something that other people considered to be on the right track and worthy of a presentation. I was nervous because everybody there knows a lot, but it ended up going quite well.”

The University of Lethbridge has several events lined up this week that may be of interest to your readers, viewers and listeners. Members of the media who are interested in covering these events are encouraged to contact the individual event organizer directly. U of L Honour Ensembles Thursday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m. to Friday, Feb. 22, 3:30 p.m., University Centre for the Arts, W470 and W570