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Potatoes are an important economic crop in southern Alberta and, around the world, the humble potato is a key component of global food security. Researchers from the University of Lethbridge have been awarded nearly $250,000 through the Agriculture Funding Consortium to improve sustainable potato production by looking at ways to reduce disease in the field and in storage and to increase production while minimizing the use of resources.

An online survey in February delivered by Leger and sponsored by the University of Lethbridge’s Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy and the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) shows a distinct lack of support for the creation of a provincial police force among rural Albertans.

With burgeoning research into both psychedelic, or so-called magic mushrooms, and non-psychedelic mushrooms, Gregory Robinson, a PhD candidate at the University of Lethbridge and entrepreneur, is poised to take advantage of the surge in interest in mushrooms.

The final PUBlic Professor Series talk of the 2022-2023 calendar comes with a warning — there will be poetry. Image

Researchers in Dr. Trushar Patel’s Laboratory of Medicinal Biophysics at the University of Lethbridge have revealed that certain viruses mediate RNA-RNA interactions and their findings lay a foundation for developing future antiviral treatments.

The University of Lethbridge’s Student Mentor Team in the Student Enrolment and Registrar Services office will host a petting zoo to help students take their minds off the end-of-term stresses and impending final exams. WHAT: Gentle Giant Acres Petting Zoo WHEN: Monday, Apr. 3, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Markin Hall Quad, ULethbridge campus

Esteemed researcher, Dr.

Family members of the late Claire Goodman (BA ’03) are honouring their sister and daughter through the establishment of a new endowed scholarship in her name. Goodman, aged 41, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in May 2022 in Chicago, where she lived and worked as a financial advisor. As a director at PFM Financial Advisors LLC, Goodman worked with leading borrowers in the Midwest. Her colleagues and those who knew her called her a smart and skilled professional who cared deeply about her clients and acted as a mentor to younger professionals.

The University of Lethbridge has taken a major step forward in the development of its new program focused on the ethics of politics, by announcing Dr.

Health care in Alberta has faced numerous challenges in recent years and members of the University of Lethbridge’s Collaborative Health Research Institute of Southern Alberta (CHRISA) are organizing an unconference event designed to bring forth bold new ideas.