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Local youth involved in the criminal justice system are being referred to a program where they learn to play chess as part of their sentence. The Chess for Life program is a University of Lethbridge research project that aims to explore how learning to play chess affects youths’ thinking and the choices they make every day.

The University of Lethbridge is lessening its environmental footprint through the introduction of a new recycling initiative, becoming the first Canadian university to recycle Styrofoam on its own campus.

The University of Lethbridge is lessening its environmental footprint through the introduction of a new recycling initiative, becoming the first Canadian university to recycle Styrofoam on its own campus.

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. Consent Week Monday, Feb. 12 and Tuesday, Feb. 13, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Anderson Hall, UHall Atrium

Drs. Athan Zovoilis, a professor of bioinformatics in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Majid Mohajerani, a professor of neuroscience, have secured a grant worth $200,000 from the Alberta Prion Research Institute to study how the misfolding of proteins causes symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

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. Lunch & Learn — Resilience in Work and in Life Tuesday, Feb. 6, noon to 1 p.m., AH137, Anderson Hall

Fourth-year Dhillon School of Business student Jill Tataryn of Lethbridge is one of 10 university business students from across the country who will be honoured with a Futures Fund Scholarship for Outstanding Leadership at Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year Gala in Toronto later this month.

WHAT: Chartered Professional Accountants Leadership & Innovation Speaker Series – It Takes a Team: Vision, Passion, Respect and Community WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 8, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Coast Lethbridge Hotel & Conference Centre TICKETS: $30 (includes dinner and keynote address) available at tinyurl.com/DarbyAllenLeth

Post-doctoral fellows at the University of Lethbridge will soon have a new administrative home with the establishment of the Office of Post-Doctoral Affairs. “We’ve had post-doctoral fellows on this campus for a number of years now,” says Dr. Robert Wood, dean of Graduate Studies and Post-Doctoral Affairs. “In the past, they were considered trainees. That changed recently with the passing of Bill 7 and now they are considered employees, creating some needs institutionally to provide further accommodation.”

The University of Lethbridge is throwing open its doors for prospective students, their families and the community on Saturday, Feb. 3 for its Exploration Open House. This is the second successive year that the University has offered a spring open house event in addition to the traditional fall open house, giving even more students the opportunity to explore campus, meet faculty and staff and discover the opportunities that await at the U of L.