News Releases

National Volunteer Week from April 16 to 22 celebrates the contributions of some 24 million volunteers across the country, including nearly 200 of them from the University of Lethbridge. The theme of this year’s volunteer week is Volunteering Weaves Us Together. Whether that’s sharing time or talent, volunteering strengthens the fabric of the community and helps weave supportive interconnections between people.

The applied studies projects resulting from the nascent partnership between the City of Lethbridge and the University of Lethbridge’s Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy will be on display. WHAT: City of Lethbridge Community LAb/Prentice Institute Showcase WHEN: Thursday, April 20, 2023, 12 to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: University of Lethbridge Dr. Foster James Penny Building (324 5 St S)

The University of Lethbridge welcomes respected theatre scholar Dr. Heather Davis-Fisch as the incoming dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts. Image

Respected researcher and academic leader Dr. Lisa Starr has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Education, bringing extensive experience as an educator across Canada and internationally to her new role at the University of Lethbridge.

One of the University of Lethbridge’s most respected professors and administrators is prepared to take on a new role this spring as Dr. Harold Jansen has been named the new University Librarian and Dean of the School of Liberal Education.

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.