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A team of seven women from Lethbridge will take their business savvy, computer coding and blockchain knowledge to an international competition in Toronto this week. They will compete at the CryptoChicks Hackathon, May 31 to June 2, an event that will...

Article - /unews/article/lethbridge-students-take-business-tech-skills-international-competition - May 29, 2019

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When Kaitlynn Weaver (BA ’16) walks across the stage to receive her Master of Arts, she’ll do so knowing she took every opportunity available to learn and develop as a person and as a scholar.“What has made my master’s experience so great are the people...

Article - /unews/article/kaitlynn-weaver-found-her-niche-child-youth-studies - May 29, 2019

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The University of Lethbridge, thanks to funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), is launching a new series called Celebrating Connection: A SSHRC Exchange Series.The series is designed to help disseminate research...

Article - /unews/article/new-u-l-series-highlight-research-social-sciences-and-humanities - June 3, 2019

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Dr. Noella Piquette has been a consistent presence at University of Lethbridge Convocation ceremonies over the years, as an attending faculty member and convocation volunteer. Beginning with Fall 2019 Convocation, she’ll be front and centre as the new...

Article - /unews/article/piquette-eager-assume-chief-marshal-role-duties - June 3, 2019

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The University of Lethbridge celebrated the achievements of 1,347 graduates at 2019 Spring Convocation on May 30 and 31.The four spring ceremonies included the installation of Chancelor Charles Weaselhead, the institution's first Indigenous chancellor,...

Article - /unews/article/look-2019-spring-convocation - June 3, 2019

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Two University of Lethbridge students completing Applied Studies courses have developed unique tools to help educate school children about local history.Ashley Henrickson (MA ’19), museum educator at the Galt Museum & Archives, and Dr. Kristine...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-students-create-innovative-programming-galt-museum - June 4, 2019

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The University of Lethbridge welcomes a new member to its leadership team for fall 2019 through the appointment of Dr. Mary Ingraham as the new dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts.Ingraham is currently the director of the Sound Studies Institute and a...

Article - /unews/article/university-welcomes-dr-mary-ingraham-new-dean-faculty-fine-arts - June 4, 2019

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The University of Lethbridge iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines) teams are once again demonstrating their innovative spirit.The collegiate team is attempting an ambitious project inspired by the works of Banting and Best, the...

Article - /unews/article/lethbridge-igem-teams-hit-ground-running - June 5, 2019

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A solo musician, supporting guitar and banjo player for Leeroy Stagger, and former front-man of Sophomore Jakes, Ryland Chambers-Moranz is no stranger to a recording studio. At the end of May he hit the road for the first of his summer tour dates,...

Article - /unews/article/chambers-moranz-buoyed-support-sakamoto-research-prize-and-chinook-summer-research-award - June 13, 2019

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As the Canadian Premier League — Canada’s new Division II professional soccer circuit — continues to gather momentum in its inaugural season, University of Lethbridge economics professor Dr. Duane Rockerbie is justifiably proud of its success.Rockerbie...

Article - /unews/article/economic-health-new-canadian-premier-league-based-groundwork-rockerbie - June 13, 2019

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Accomplished administrator and researcher Dr. Robert Wood has been appointed dean of the University of Lethbridge’s Faculty of Health Sciences.Wood, who has served in a similar role as Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and subsequently Dean of...

Article - /unews/article/dr-robert-wood-appointed-new-dean-faculty-health-sciences - June 18, 2019

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The University of Lethbridge is furthering its commitment to honouring the traditional territories of Aboriginal peoples for both its Lethbridge and Calgary campuses by officially adopting territorial acknowledgment statements.The statements, in both...

Article - /unews/article/university-formalizing-territorial-statements-acknowledging-its-place-traditional-territory - June 25, 2019

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The University of Lethbridge Board of Governors recently approved an updated Sexual Violence Policy that reinforces its intolerance of sexual violence and promotes a safe and supportive community for all who work, live and study at the University.The...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-approves-revised-sexual-violence-policy - June 26, 2019

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Three University of Lethbridge researchers have received $2.4 million in new and renewed funding through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program.Dr. Matthew Bogard, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology, has been named a Tier 2 Canada...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-researchers-receive-canada-research-chair-funding - June 27, 2019

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One of the University of Lethbridge's founding faculty members passed away this past weekend. Laurence Hoye, a mathematician who helped found the Department of Mathematics in 1967 and later served as its Chair, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the...

Article - /unews/article/university-loses-one-its-founding-faculty-passing-laurence-hoye - July 4, 2019

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In the summer of 2017, the community of Lethbridge came together to support artist Sarah Russell, a University of Lethbridge student studying indigenous art studio, after her hillside art installation was vandalized near Fort Whoop Up. Inspired by the...

Article - /unews/article/indigenous-artist-sarah-russell-seeks-support-community-art-installation - July 19, 2019

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Eleven University of Lethbridge researchers have been awarded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants worth approximately $1.8 million, payable in instalments of anywhere from one to five years.“University of...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-researchers-awarded-more-18-million-nserc-funding - July 22, 2019

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Article - /unews/article/u-l-social-scientists-net-sshrc-awards-worth-nearly-440000 - July 23, 2019

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Jaisie Walker, a University of Lethbridge graduate student in the Department of Women & Gender Studies, has been awarded the 2019 Parkland Institute Graduate Research Award for their project, Unsettling Lateral Violence: Queer Genealogies of Non...

Article - /unews/article/look-nonmonogamous-relationships-earns-student-parkland-institute-graduate-research-award - July 25, 2019

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Ceramic artists from around the world are drawn to the prestigious Medalta Potteries facilities in Medicine Hat for the opportunity to study and practice at the Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics. After receiving the Faculty of Fine...

Article - /unews/article/uchikura-nurtures-passion-ceramics-medalta - July 24, 2019

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Contrary to popular opinion that millennials are entitled and narcissistic, three Alberta sociologists have found that millennials are not only looking good, but may well be an upgrade on previous generations.In their newly released book, The Millennial...

Article - /unews/article/canada%E2%80%99s-millennials-are-upgrade-previous-generations - August 7, 2019

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Dr. Joe Ross, a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Nehal Thakor’s lab, is poised to make the move to working in industry thanks to the many diverse experiences that came his way as post-doc, including the chance to work in Thakor’s lab beginning in 2016.“I was...

Article - /unews/article/diverse-experience-post-doc-opens-doors-industry - August 12, 2019

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In 1955, when two drawings by Spanish artist Joan Miró were up for sale at the Curt Valentin Gallery in New York, Roloff Beny (LLD’72), a Medicine Hat-born artist and internationally known photographer who frequently shopped at the gallery, contacted...

Article - /unews/article/companion-pieces-artist-joan-mir%C3%B3-reunited-after-60-years - August 14, 2019

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The University of Lethbridge has received nearly $90,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund to help provide essential rat housing infrastructure in the newly constructed Science and Academic Building.Dr....

Article - /unews/article/funding-provide-state-art-housing-u-l-lab-animals - August 14, 2019

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The University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts & Science is pleased to honour mathematics professor, Dr. Dennis Connolly (LLD ’17), at its second annual Wine & Dine: Arts & Science Scholarship Dinner. The dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday,...

Article - /unews/article/dr-dennis-connolly-be-honoured-second-annual-arts-science-scholarship-dinner - August 15, 2019

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