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WHAT: The University of Lethbridge, with the support of Alberta Innovates, the Regional Innovation Network of Southern Alberta and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, will host a one-day conference to discuss the pharma/biotech industry, its trends and how academia and industry can collaborate. WHEN: Friday, February 8, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (media are invited to attend at 11:15 a.m. for interviews) WHERE: Dr. Foster James Penny Building, 324 5th St S, Lethbridge

African development efforts have gone through sharp turns and twists since the dawn of independence in the late 1950s. Lessons from analyzing these efforts point to the reorientation of the incentive structures for politicians, business elites and the electorates, as the critical pillar among the building blocks of Africa’s development.

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. PUBlic Professor Series — The Building Blocks of Africa’s Development Thursday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m., Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge, 320 Scenic Dr. S.

University of Lethbridge adjunct history professor Dr. Jenna Bailey will receive the Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Community Programming for her work with Edmonton’s Shiloh Centre for Multicultural Roots (SCMR).

One of southern Alberta’s most established legal firms and community supporters, North & Company LLP, is on board to help deliver one of the region’s most attended family traditions, the annual University of Lethbridge Play Day. What began as a pilot project in 2012 has grown into a Family Day mainstay, as the eighth annual Family Day play event will take place Monday, February 18, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the 1st Choice Savings Centre for Sport and Wellness.

Eleanor Wachtel, host of CBC Radio’s Writers & Company, will explore The Lives of Writers during her presentation as the featured speaker for the University of Lethbridge’s F.E.L. Priestley Lecture Series. Her talk, which is open to the public, will be held Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the 1st Choice Savings Centre for Sport and Wellness, room PE250.

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. Providing asylum to refugees: A right or a duty? Monday, Jan. 14, 7 to 9 p.m., Turcotte Hall, TH201 The Department of Political Science presents a public lecture with Dr. Jeremy Geddert, a professor of political science at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts.

The University of Lethbridge is adding two new graduate programs for health and business professionals who want to expand their skills in health-care management. The new programs, which will be offered at the U of L’s Calgary campus, include a graduate certificate and master’s in Health Services Management. Both are designed for health-care practitioners and entry-level managers who want to move to more senior positions.

A team of researchers at the University of Lethbridge is conducting research in a quest to uncover the mechanisms that make glioblastoma such an aggressive cancer, with hope the results could lead to new therapeutic interventions in the future. Glioblastoma (GBM), the brain cancer that killed Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip and former American senator John McCain, has a dismal prognosis and survival rate.

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 Series: Skawennati Friday, Jan. 11., noon to 12:50 p.m., Recital Hall, W570