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The television adaptation of The Last of Us is proving to be a worldwide hit and, for University of Lethbridge alumna Lindsey Kapitzke (BFA - Dramatic Arts ’15), being able to be part of the production crew marked a major career milestone.Touted as the...

Article - /unews/article/alumna-lindsey-kapitzke-helps-last-us-characters-dress-part - February 17, 2023

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Who is a Russian? Who is a Ukrainian? The answers are complex, problematic and illuminate the fighting in 2022.On Thursday, Feb. 23, University of Lethbridge history professor Dr. Chris Burton will present Identity and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine....

Article - /unews/article/public-professor-series-examines-long-and-uneasy-history-between-ukraine-and-russia - February 21, 2023

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After four months on display in the community at Park Place Mall, the University of Lethbridge’s OKI sign has come home to campus. Designed by Blackfoot artist William Singer III, Api'soomaahka (Running Coyote) (Mgt Cert ’89), the OKI sign is currently...

Article - /unews/article/ulethbridge-celebrates-arrival-oki-sign - March 6, 2023

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The University of Lethbridge is inviting the public to learn more about the brain and the world-renowned research being done at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN) in advance of Brain Awareness Week from March 13 to 19.“The CCBN is a...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-celebrate-brain-awareness-week - March 8, 2023

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What began as conversations between a University of Lethbridge graduate student and Blackfoot elders more than a decade ago came full circle Wednesday when the University became the first post-secondary institution to sign on as a supporter of the...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-becomes-first-post-secondary-school-sign-supporter-buffalo-treaty - March 9, 2023

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A new scholarship has been created at the University of Lethbridge’s Dhillon School of Business to honour the Every Child Matters movement.The Aikimmisa Pookaiksi Graduate Scholarship in Management supports Indigenous students pursuing a master’s degree...

Article - /unews/article/dhillon-school-business-introduces-graduate-scholarship-support-indigenous-students - March 9, 2023

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Terry Whitehead (BA ’94), one of the University of Lethbridge’s most engaged and impassioned alumni, has been elected by the ULethbridge Senate as the institution’s 15th chancellor. It is just the second time in the 56-year history of the school that an...

Article - /unews/article/alumnus-terry-whitehead-named-university-lethbridge%E2%80%99s-15th-chancellor - March 14, 2023

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Health care in Alberta has faced numerous challenges in recent years and members of the University of Lethbridge’s Collaborative Health Research Institute of Southern Alberta (CHRISA) are organizing an unconference event designed to bring forth bold new...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-hosting-unconference-cultivate-health-care-solutions - March 16, 2023

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The University of Lethbridge has taken a major step forward in the development of its new program focused on the ethics of politics, by announcing Dr. Susan Dieleman as the inaugural Jarislowky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership.Dieleman, an...

Article - /unews/article/dr-susan-dieleman-named-university-lethbridge%E2%80%99s-first-jarislowsky-chair-trust-and-political - March 17, 2023

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Family members of the late Claire Goodman (BA ’03) are honouring their sister and daughter through the establishment of a new endowed scholarship in her name.Goodman, aged 41, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in May 2022 in Chicago, where she lived...

Article - /unews/article/new-endowed-scholarship-honours-alumna - March 21, 2023

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Esteemed researcher, Dr. Jon Doan (PhD ’06), whose work has focused on improving the lives of those affected by disease and disability, has been appointed dean of the University of Lethbridge’s Faculty of Health Sciences.Doan, who has worked primarily...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-appoints-dr-jon-doan-new-dean-faculty-health-sciences - March 21, 2023

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The University of Lethbridge Singers, under the direction of Dr. Janet Youngdahl and assistant conductor, Jaimee Jarvie (BMus ’13), present a spectacular evening of choral works, including the premiere of two important pieces.How Can I Keep from Singing...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-singers-premiere-two-works - March 22, 2023

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The southern Alberta community is invited to come together to say farewell to outgoing University of Lethbridge President & Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Mike Mahon, all while supporting the endowment of a student award that will continue as a legacy of the...

Article - /unews/article/celebrating-contributions-outgoing-president-and-vice-chancellor-dr-mike-mahon - April 3, 2023

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Researchers in Dr. Trushar Patel’s Laboratory of Medicinal Biophysics at the University of Lethbridge have revealed that certain viruses mediate RNA-RNA interactions and their findings lay a foundation for developing future antiviral treatments.They...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-researchers-laying-groundwork-development-new-antiviral-treatments - April 5, 2023

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With burgeoning research into both psychedelic, or so-called magic mushrooms, and non-psychedelic mushrooms, Gregory Robinson, a PhD candidate at the University of Lethbridge and entrepreneur, is poised to take advantage of the surge in interest in...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-grad-student-sees-world-possibilities-mushrooms - April 11, 2023

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An online survey in February delivered by Leger and sponsored by the University of Lethbridge’s Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy and the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) shows a distinct lack of support for the creation of a...

Article - /unews/article/poll-shows-rural-albertans-opposed-provincial-police-force - April 13, 2023

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Potatoes are an important economic crop in southern Alberta and, around the world, the humble potato is a key component of global food security. Researchers from the University of Lethbridge have been awarded nearly $250,000 through the Agriculture...

Article - /unews/article/sustainable-potato-production-focus-new-funding-university-lethbridge-researchers - April 13, 2023

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One of the University of Lethbridge’s most respected professors and administrators is prepared to take on a new role this spring as Dr. Harold Jansen has been named the new University Librarian and Dean of the School of Liberal Education.Jansen, a...

Article - /unews/article/dr-harold-jansen-appointed-new-role-university-librarian-and-dean-school-liberal-education - April 17, 2023

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Respected researcher and academic leader Dr. Lisa Starr has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Education, bringing extensive experience as an educator across Canada and internationally to her new role at the University of Lethbridge.Starr joins...

Article - /unews/article/faculty-education-welcomes-experienced-educator-dr-lisa-starr-new-dean - April 18, 2023

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The University of Lethbridge welcomes respected theatre scholar Dr. Heather Davis-Fisch as the incoming dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts.Davis-Fisch is the founding director of the School of Creative Arts at the University of the Fraser Valley. Prior to...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-welcomes-dr-heather-davis-fisch-dean-faculty-fine-arts - April 18, 2023

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National Volunteer Week from April 16 to 22 celebrates the contributions of some 24 million volunteers across the country, including nearly 200 of them from the University of Lethbridge.The theme of this year’s volunteer week is Volunteering Weaves Us...

Article - /unews/article/celebrating-university-lethbridge-student-volunteers - April 21, 2023

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Since the beginning of the Fall 2022 semester, eight University of Lethbridge students participated in five applied studies projects as part of an emerging Work Integrated Learning (WIL) partnership between the City of Lethbridge and the University of...

Article - /unews/article/ulethbridge-students-benefit-unique-wil-partnership-between-prentice-institute-and-city - April 24, 2023

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Future hunting seasons for Alberta’s Ruffed Grouse population may be managed differently once the results of a new study by University of Lethbridge researchers Drs. Theresa Burg and Andrew Iwaniuk are analyzed.The study, which received $30,400 in...

Article - /unews/article/ruffed-grouse-study-aid-management-prized-game-bird - April 25, 2023

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Since joining the University of Lethbridge in 2018 as an international PhD student, Dr. Marta Gerasymchuk (PhD '22), a medical doctor with two additional PhDs, has made it a priority to positively influence her community by volunteering her time at...

Article - /unews/article/postdoctoral-fellow-dr-marta-gerasymchuk-receive-2023-university-lethbridge-volunteer-award - April 25, 2023

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The University of Lethbridge and Flexahopper Plastics have partnered in numerous ways over the years and now the company is pledging $125,000 to the central scholarship fund in support of both merit- and financial need-based awards.Flexahopper Plastics,...

Article - /unews/article/flexahopper-supports-university-lethbridge%E2%80%99s-campaign-students - April 26, 2023

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