News Releases

ULFA refusing invitations to meet to discuss reasonable salary demands The University of Lethbridge is increasingly concerned about the impacts of the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association (ULFA) strike on students and the union’s refusal to meet at the negotiating table to discuss our fiscal circumstances. Since 2019/20, our provincial grant has been cut by more than 20%. We have lost $21M in annual provincial funding.

Virtual film screening of Black Lives in Alberta: Over a Century of Racial Injustice Continues available on Wednesday, February 23 Anyone wanting to learn more about what it’s like to be Black in Alberta is invited to attend the virtual screening of a collaborative film project sponsored by the Lethbridge Diversity & Inclusion Alliance, the United Way of Lethbridge and South Western Alberta and the Centre for Oral History and Tradition (COHT) at the University of Lethbridge.

The University of Lethbridge’s Bridge Prize, Canada’s largest literary prize for post-secondary students, has once again received an overwhelming number of entries. When the deadline for entries closed at midnight on Jan. 24, 186 manuscripts from 49 post-secondary institutions across nine provinces had been received.

Dr. Athan Zovoilis, Canada Research Chair in RNA Bioinformatics and Genomics at the University of Lethbridge, will continue his groundbreaking research into the molecular mechanisms involved in Alzheimer’s disease thanks to a grant of $918,000 over five years from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Scientists have long understood the majority of primate births, including humans, occur during the inactive phase, or at night.

Increased leveraging opportunity now available for small to medium enterprises University of Lethbridge researchers will help quantify the fuel load in Alberta forests affected by the mountain pine beetle, thanks to a Mitacs Accelerate grant in partnership with fRI Research worth $180,000. Pine beetle study will help guide forest management

A major upgrade to lighting fixtures in the University of Lethbridge Library has significantly brightened the University’s most utilized research and study spaces, decreased the environmental footprint of the building and enhanced sustainability efforts on campus. Image

Participants aged 25-70 sought for 12-month trial

The University of Lethbridge has struck gold with the new Science Commons building — achieving LEED Gold status for the first time in its history and further solidifying its commitment to employing environmentally sustainable practices in its construction and operation of campus buildings.

The University of Lethbridge is proud to announce the first recipients of its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Scholars program, Drs. Glenda Bonifacio, Sandra Dixon and Roy Golsteyn (BASc (BSc) ’84). The program was established in 2021 and is designed to acknowledge and support individuals involved in EDI work at the scholarly level. The scholars will be engaging in projects that advance the University’s EDI priorities and, when completed, share the information with the broader campus community.