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Dr. Athan Zovoilis, Canada Research Chair in RNA Bioinformatics and Genomics at the University of Lethbridge, will continue his groundbreaking research into the molecular mechanisms involved in Alzheimer’s disease thanks to a grant of $918,000 over five...

Article - /unews/article/alzheimer%E2%80%99s-research-u-l-gets-significant-funding-boost - February 2, 2022

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The University of Lethbridge’s Bridge Prize, Canada’s largest literary prize for post-secondary students, has once again received an overwhelming number of entries.When the deadline for entries closed at midnight on Jan. 24, 186 manuscripts from 49 post...

Article - /unews/article/bridge-prize-contest-draws-entries-across-canada - February 14, 2022

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Darren Schell has been appointed the interim associate vice-president (information technology) effective March 1, 2022. Schell follows Mark Humphries in this role, who recently announced he has accepted a position at another organization in Ontario...

Article - /unews/article/schell-named-interim-associate-vice-president-information-technology - February 28, 2022

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Darren Schell has been appointed the interim associate vice-president (information technology) effective March 1, 2022. Schell follows Mark Humphries in this role, who recently announced he has accepted a position at another organization in Ontario...

Article - /unews/article/schell-appointed-new-role - February 28, 2022

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Dr. Monique Sedgwick has been appointed interim dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences effective March 1, 2022. Sedgwick began her career at the University of Lethbridge nearly 15 years ago as an assistant professor primarily teaching in the nursing...

Article - /unews/article/dr-monique-sedgwick-appointed-interim-dean-faculty-health-sciences - March 14, 2022

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University of Lethbridge student Lionel Migrino has won a national work-integrated learning award after his efforts through a co-operative education work placement led to tangible change at a major Alberta employer.Migrino, an undergraduate student...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-student-earns-national-work-integrated-learning-award - March 24, 2022

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Southern Alberta high-school and mature students looking to pursue a career in finance will have one more educational option available to them thanks to a new, two-year, 20-course finance diploma being offered by the University of Lethbridge’s Dhillon...

Article - /unews/article/new-dhillon-school-business-finance-diploma-lucrative-option-those-seeking-career-finance - March 29, 2022

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The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns swim team posted a record-setting weekend in Quebec City, returning home with five medals and a pair of impressive records.Overall, the U SPORTS Championships were a special one for the program. The team of seven...

Article - /unews/article/pronghorns-swimmers-post-historic-results-nationals - March 29, 2022

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Thanks to a Mitacs Accelerate grant worth $150,000, Allos Bioscience is set to work on developing better biosensors to detect specific carbohydrates in solutions.Over the next two years, the grant will allow Allos Bioscience to hire two interns to work...

Article - /unews/article/allos-bioscience-develop-better-biosensors-thanks-mitacs-grant - March 29, 2022

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Alberta’s Eastern Slopes are changing, and with land use practices under increasing pressure, it’s imperative policy makers fully understand the relationship between snowpack and downstream river runoff in managing our water resources.A new project,...

Article - /unews/article/health-water-resources-alberta%E2%80%99s-eastern-slopes-focus-new-university-lethbridge-led-project - March 31, 2022

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Indigenous students at the University of Lethbridge will have the opportunity to connect with Indigenous and non-Indigenous professionals across a range of career paths thanks to a new partnership between ULethbridge and the Influence Mentoring Society...

Article - /unews/article/new-partnership-influence-mentoring-creates-innovative-mentoring-program-indigenous-students - April 5, 2022

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Green Shirt Day 2022 will have a fresh look thanks to the work of a University of Lethbridge alumnus who has designed a new logo for the annual event. What will never change is the need for this important day to continue.Joshua Wong (BFA/BMgt ’20)...

Article - /unews/article/alumnus-joshua-wong-utilizes-logan-boulet-effect-inspiration-green-shirt-day-2022-logo - April 5, 2022

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Using measurements collected by the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Canada over the last 20 to 40 years, Dr. Sarah Ellen Johnston, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Lethbridge, and Canada Research Chair Dr. Matthew Bogard have mapped...

Article - /unews/article/healthy-river-systems-depend-protected-headwaters - April 7, 2022

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While multiple research studies have shown how important it is to avoid long bouts of sitting and incorporate movement into your every day, older adults — like many others — often fail to achieve these goals. A new study from Dr. Paige Pope at the...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-study-examining-movement-and-activity-levels-older-adults-seeking - April 7, 2022

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The University of Lethbridge is pleased to announce that its spring convocation ceremonies will once again be held in person after two years of virtual convocation ceremonies because of the COVID-19 pandemic.“I am especially excited to see the return of...

Article - /unews/article/spring-convocation-ceremonies-be-held-person-ulethbridge - April 12, 2022

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Biopharmaceutical research company GB Sciences’ plant-inspired formulations entering the final stages before first-in-human clinical trialsGb Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB:GBLX), a leading plant-inspired biopharmaceutical research and development company, has...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-chosen-conduct-dosage-study-novel-parkinson%E2%80%99s-disease-formulations - April 12, 2022

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A $1-million gift from Art and Mary Jane Crooks will help University of Lethbridge students apply what they learn in the classroom to a paid-work setting.The Crooks Work-Integrated Learning Program in Liberal Education will give students the opportunity...

Article - /unews/article/donation-provides-more-work-integrated-learning-opportunities-university-lethbridge-students - April 12, 2022

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During his nearly 40-year career at the University of Lethbridge, Bob McKay was often moved by the tenacity shown by many of his students who had to work at extra jobs to fund their education. After McKay passed away earlier this year, his family...

Article - /unews/article/bursary-be-established-bob-mckay%E2%80%99s-honour - April 14, 2022

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As the treads on tires wear down, small particles of rubber fall off onto roadways where they react with oxidants such as ozone. And when it rains, these particles get flushed down storm drains and into waterways where they can be toxic to certain...

Article - /unews/article/compound-found-tires-toxic-certain-fish - April 19, 2022

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Developed under the guidance of Dr. Leroy Little Bear (BASc (BA) ’72, DASc ’04) and the Elders in Residence, the Iniskim Governance Process outlines how ULethbridge will meet the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action. The process...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-adopts-iniskim-governance-process - April 19, 2022

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The University of Lethbridge is investing in its students through paid work-integrated learning positions in Student Affairs — and if the experiences of the first cohort of student employees is any indication, Work2Learn (W2L) is a huge success...

Article - /unews/article/work2learn-creating-opportunities-students-through-valuable-campus-roles - April 20, 2022

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Many medications on the market today target disease-related proteins, but a new study by scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Merck Research Laboratories and the University of Lethbridge has shown that small-molecule...

Article - /unews/article/new-possibilities-therapeutic-interventions-revealed-collaborative-study - April 20, 2022

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The stories of Japanese Canadians and the challenges they faced as they settled in southern Alberta is the focus of a new collaborative effort between University of Lethbridge researcher Dr. Carly Adams and University of Plymouth (UK) associate...

Article - /unews/article/nikkei-memory-capture-project-key-feature-new-bunka-centre - April 25, 2022

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Alicia Anderson (BSc ’20) has always aimed high — her study of astrophysics can attest to that — and she’s now earned one of the highest honours in academia. Anderson has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which will see her study her PhD at...

Article - /unews/article/graduate-student-alicia-anderson-earns-world-renowned-gates-cambridge-scholarship-study - April 28, 2022

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The University of Lethbridge has received a $100,000 grant from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to train the next generation of space scientists in the development of a cryogenic post-dispersed polarizing Fourier transform spectrometer (PDPFTS)....

Article - /unews/article/canadian-space-agency-grant-help-develop-next-generation-space-scientists - April 29, 2022

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