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The University of Lethbridge will be closed during the holiday season from Monday, December 25, 2023, to Monday, January 1, 2024 inclusive, with recognition and appreciation of those who will be working at some time during the holiday period.The...

Article - /unews/article/university-closed-throughout-holiday-season-%E2%80%94-reopening-jan-2-2024 - December 21, 2023

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Heather Takahashi (BA '04) has been appointed the Associate Vice-President (Human Resources) at the University of Lethbridge effective January 1, 2024. She has been with the University since September 2018, serving as a Senior HR Consultant and later as...

Article - /unews/article/heather-takahashi-ba-04-appointed-associate-vice-president-human-resources - January 5, 2024

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The web is an integral part of our digital lives and like all media, how websites are designed and developed reflects cultural values. This influences what we see and what we don’t see, what we can do there and what we can’t.On Thursday, Jan. 25, 7 p.m....

Article - /unews/article/public-professor-series-examine-biases-web-creators-and-strategies-advance-cultural-renewal - January 11, 2024

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An important journey is beginning for University of Lethbridge employees with the launch of the Respect at ULethbridge program.As part of the University’s commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging, as well as an ongoing investment in the...

Article - /unews/article/respect-ulethbridge-program-launches-important-initiative - January 15, 2024

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The University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education is adding a new undergraduate degree that will prepare future educators for the unique challenges of teaching in Kindergarten to Grade 3 classrooms. The Bachelor of Education in Early Years Education...

Article - /unews/article/faculty-education-rising-meet-demand-early-years-educators-new-bachelor-education-program - January 15, 2024

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The new year got off to an auspicious start for Dr. Trushar Patel, University of Lethbridge Canada Research Chair in RNA and Protein Biophysics and associate dean in the Faculty of Arts & Science, when he learned he was named a Fellow of the Royal...

Article - /unews/article/dr-trushar-patel-elected-royal-society-biology - January 16, 2024

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An innovative device developed by University of Lethbridge music professor Dr. Arlan Schultz that can move sound in two or three dimensions with human gestures is garnering interest from some of the largest technology companies in the world. The...

Article - /unews/article/innovative-audio-creation-technology-first-its-kind-faculty-fine-arts - January 22, 2024

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The University of Lethbridge is excited to introduce Dr. Rebecca Schiff, a transdisciplinary scholar and administrator whose research spans the fields of health sciences, social sciences, humanities and environmental sciences, as its new Deputy Provost...

Article - /unews/article/university-welcomes-dr-rebecca-schiff-new-deputy-provost - January 29, 2024

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A total of 184 submissions from 36 universities and colleges across nine provinces have been received for the 2024 Bridge Prize post-secondary short story fiction writing competition.The biennial competition, the largest literary cash prize event for...

Article - /unews/article/bridge-prize-short-story-competition-continuing-attract-country%E2%80%99s-most-talented-post - January 30, 2024

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The first stage of a collaborative multi-phased approach to enhance health and well-being on the Kainai Nation is underway in a good way, and today the project between the Blood Tribe Department of Health Inc. (BTDH) and University of Lethbridge was...

Article - /unews/article/sokkinakia%E2%80%99pi-collaborative-project-shape-future-health-care-delivery-kainai-nation - February 5, 2024

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Tannis Chartier, a third-year University of Lethbridge student in the Therapeutic Recreation Program, is providing meaningful opportunities for unhoused people to enjoy recreational pastimes like bingo, movies and karaoke.She got the idea for the...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-student-develops-recreation-opportunities-unhoused-residents - February 6, 2024

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Inland waters including ponds and wetlands are one of the largest natural sources of methane. Pound for pound, methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Now, a University of Lethbridge-led study has found that many of the ponds...

Article - /unews/article/study-shows-methane-emissions-prairie-wetlands-are-lower-expected - February 6, 2024

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is certainly a hot topic — some people tout it as the next best thing for increasing productivity and reducing costs while others are concerned robots will be replacing workers. Every day brings a new headline, and the...

Article - /unews/article/artificial-intelligence-%E2%80%94-bane-or-boon-humanity - February 6, 2024

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An impressive roster of leaders will grace the University of Lethbridge campus for its inaugural International Women’s Day Leadership Conference on March 13.Featuring keynote presentations by Manjit Minhas, CEO of Minhas Breweries, Distillery and Winery...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-hosting-inaugural-international-women%E2%80%99s-day-leadership-conference - February 12, 2024

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Dr. Sandra Dixon is a registered psychologist, an award-winning researcher and an associate professor in the University of Lethbridge’s Faculty of Education. She is also a woman of colour in a predominantly white post-secondary landscape where colonial...

Article - /unews/article/public-professor-series-talk-examines-inequity-representation-dr-sandra-dixon - February 12, 2024

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There’s a culture building at the University of Lethbridge, one that will take centre stage Feb. 26 to Mar. 1 when the campus recognizes its first Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Prevention Week.Led by the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Prevention...

Article - /unews/article/growing-culture-consent-focus-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-prevention-week - February 21, 2024

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Each year, the University of Lethbridge’s Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience celebrates Brain Awareness Week (March 11 – 17) by providing opportunities for the public to learn about advances in brain research from our neuroscientists.  The...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-celebrates-brain-awareness-week-three-public-events - February 23, 2024

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The Dhillon School of Business and Agility at the University of Lethbridge are delighted to present the annual RBC Family and Small Business Summit on Friday, March 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. in the Science Commons Atrium.The RBC Family and Small...

Article - /unews/article/rbc-family-and-small-business-summit-invites-students-community-explore-digital-business - February 27, 2024

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Dr. Brenda Leung, a professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge, and a team of researchers found that multi-nutrients positively affected the behaviour and physical health of children diagnosed with ADHD.The study was...

Article - /unews/article/ulethbridge-led-study-finds-multi-nutrients-can-have-beneficial-effect-adhd - February 27, 2024

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Dr. Jennifer Copeland did her homework, and then some, before embarking on her 19-night tour of Antarctica as part of the Homeward Bound global leadership initiative for women with a background in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and...

Article - /unews/article/antarctica-leaves-impactful-lasting-impression-copeland - March 1, 2024

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The past informs the present — it offers perspective and experience — and in the case of the Pronghorns Women’s Hockey Alumni Foundation, it offers generous support.The hockey alumni group recently rewrote the parameters associated with its Women’s...

Article - /unews/article/pronghorns-women%E2%80%99s-hockey-alumni-foundation-pays-it-forward - March 8, 2024

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The University of Lethbridge will receive $500,000 from the Embark Student Corp., Canada’s education savings and planning company, as part of a $2.7 million grant program aimed at supporting innovative programs, services and initiatives that have a...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-expanding-rec-room-initiative-thanks-embark-student-foundation-major - March 12, 2024

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The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced funding through several grant programs today and three University of Lethbridge projects are among those receiving awards.The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport and...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-research-projects-earn-sshrc-funding-support - March 13, 2024

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Bearing a commitment to further the work being done to advance reconciliation and Indigenization at the University of Lethbridge, the Faculty of Fine Arts has been gifted a Blackfoot name – Piiksinaasin – by Iikaisskini (Low Horn) Dr. Leroy Little Bear ...

Article - /unews/article/manifesting-beauty-university-lethbridge-faculty-fine-arts-receives-blackfoot-name - March 13, 2024

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It’s a simple question, and yet the answers are a lifetime’s work, and more.Dr. Robert Sutherland, chair of the University of Lethbridge’s Department of Neuroscience and director of the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, will present the...

Article - /unews/article/facing-epidemic-dementia-public-professor-series-explores-why-brain-important - March 21, 2024

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