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Graduate students in biophysics at the University of Lethbridge have joined their counterparts at the University of Montana in Missoula to form the first student Biophysical Society chapter in Western Canada, and the first that spans borders. The connection across the Canada-United States border came about since one of the chapter sponsors, Dr. Borries Demeler, a U of L professor, is cross-appointed at the University of Montana.

Robotics is a transformative technology, and within the coming decade, we’ll likely have smart and helpful machines that will exist alongside us at home and in the workplace. Those machines should, quite literally, do what we tell them to do. That is, we should be able to communicate our goals to robotics systems in the same way we interact with other people; we should be able to talk to robots. However, there’s a significant problem: most robots can’t hear.

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. Annual UVolunteer Fair Wednesday, Oct. 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Atrium, 1st Choice Savings Centre

A love of all things outdoors — mountain biking, skiing and fly fishing — led Justin Vigar (BSc ’12) to the town of Whistler, British Columbia after he graduated from Lethbridge Collegiate Institute. There he found the good life, surrounded by a beautiful environment and happy, fit, excited people doing what they loved. The fly in the ointment? Most people in Whistler were under the age of 25 and couldn’t afford to live there.

The University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge College are proud to co-host the 5th annual Cor Van Raay Agribusiness Case Competition, the first of its kind in western Canada. This unique two-day event (Friday, Oct. 18 and Saturday, Oct. 19) is designed for students from Lethbridge College, the University of Lethbridge and other post-secondary institutions. Participants can be in any year of study and from a range of disciplines, including agricultural studies, economics, commerce and business programs.

The University of Lethbridge is excited to celebrate the culmination of years of hard work and achievement of its newest group of graduates at the Fall 2019 Convocation ceremony, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 in the 1st Choice Savings Centre gymnasium.

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. F.E.L. Priestley Lecture Series presents: Gary Geddes Wednesday, Oct. 16, 7:30 to 9 p.m., PE264, 1st Choice Savings Centre

An exhibit devoted to local queer history, set to open on Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Galt Museum & Archives, is the first of its kind in southwestern Alberta. For the past year, University of Lethbridge professors Drs. Kristine Alexander (history) and Suzanne Lenon (women and gender studies) have been working with Aimee Benoit, curator of the Galt Museum, undergraduate students and the teenage members of the Queer Impact Club (QIC) of the Boys & Girls Club of Lethbridge & District on a project that documents the queer histories of Lethbridge and southwestern Alberta.

WHAT: 2019 Chinook Symposium in Chemistry & Biochemistry WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 WHERE: Science Commons atrium, 7th and 9th floors WHO: Undergraduate and graduate students of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, department faculty members, MLAs Nathan Neudorf (Lethbridge East) and Shannon Phillips (Lethbridge West), and member of Parliament Rachel Harder will be on hand throughout the day

On November 2, 2019, Let’s Talk Science will offer numerous fun, hands-on science activities for enthusiastic children, as well as captivating and explosive demonstrations from several different streams of science at the 9th Annual Spooky Science Weekend.