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Media are invited to get a glimpse behind the scenes of Borderline Human on Thursday, October 10, at 10 a.m. at the Hess Gallery located on Level 6 of the Centre for the Arts. What happens when an artist and a curator work with a team of monkey scientists? The answer will be on display at the Hess Gallery in October with an exhibit that invites visitors to explore what it means to be human with Icelandic artist Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir.

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.

WHAT: The Lib Ed Living Room Speakers Series — Building Brains and Futures: One Connection at a Time with Dr. Robbin Gibb (neuroscience) WHEN: 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019 WHERE: PB210, Dr. Foster James Penny Building, 324 5 Street South WHO: Dr. Robbin Gibb, Department of Neuroscience Alberta’s children are scoring below Canadian norms when it comes to developmental milestones, leading many to ask how do we improve kindergarten readiness?

University of Lethbridge students and faculty continue to excel as leaders in research and innovation, their successes reflected in the annual Maclean’s University Rankings report. Image

Join the University of Lethbridge’s Management Students' Society for a polar plunge that helps make local issues like social isolation and education inequality #UNIGNORABLE! WHAT: Chillin’ 4 Charity polar plunge fundraiser to benefit the United Way, Lethbridge & South Western Alberta Community Fund WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 7, 2019 WHERE: University of Lethbridge bus loop

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. Art NOW — Dr. Ian MacLachlan Wednesday, Oct. 2, noon to 12:50 p.m. Recital Hall, W570

The Centre for Oral History and Tradition (COHT) at the University of Lethbridge is taking its oral history workshops farther afield thanks to the efforts of alumnus Dale Leffingwell (BASC ’71). As president of the Milk River Historical Society, Leffingwell partnered with the U of L to bring an oral history workshop to the community on Saturday, Oct. 5. The workshop will focus on the basics of doing an oral history project, including interviewing and transcription.

Media are invited to attend on Monday, Sept. 30 between 9 and 10:30 a.m. in the Students’ Union Ballroom University of Lethbridge education students will be participating in Orange Shirt Day on Monday, Sept. 30 as part of a three-day conference designed to build foundational knowledge about First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. Orange Shirt Day was created to educate people about the residential school system and the impact it had on Indigenous communities.

For her incredible and consistent commitment to University of Lethbridge public health students, the Faculty of Health Sciences is pleased to recognize Dr. Vivien Suttorp with this year’s Friends of Health Sciences award.

Seeing ourselves in other animals is a very human thing to do. On the one hand, this is entirely appropriate — we are animals ourselves after all. On the other hand, it can give rise to a misleading view of other species if we insist on comparing them to humans, especially as we often consider ourselves to be above the other animals: our large relative brain size, and spectacular ability to invent and use technology, seems to place us at a remove from the rest of the Animal Kingdom.