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University of Lethbridge’s Feb. 1 Brown Bag Lecture Series tackled water conservation

Dr. Maura Hanrahan discussed the impact of Canada’s decentralized water governance system for residents across the country Prairie Post [http://www.prairiepost.com/index.php/news/alberta/item/13782-university-of-lethbridge-s-feb-1-brown-bag-lecture-series-tackled-water-conservation.html]

Hatters among operatic voices doing ‘Vienna’ at Monarch

The University of Lethbridge Opera Workshop presents “Vienna” City of Dreams on Feb. 10 at the Monarch Theatre Medicine Hat News [http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2018/02/06/destination-exploration-honoured/]

Alumnus Linder carving out niche as Olympic host team coach

Alumnus Linder carving out niche as Olympic host team coach

Alumnus Florian Linder (BSc ’00) has carved out quite a reputation in the international bobsleigh community. For the third consecutive Olympics he will serve as a technical coach for the host nation’s bobsleigh programs – this time the South Korean contingent. One might even call him a sled whisperer. “This

University sets standard for Styrofoam recycling

University sets standard for Styrofoam recycling

Have you ever wondered what happens to the Styrofoam packaging that came with your new standing desk, or the egg carton you brought home from the grocery store? When you throw it in the trash, does it break down or will future archaeologists be finding it in our landfills 10,

Culture of Achievement

Culture of Achievement

Nearly 20 years after the program was founded, University of Lethbridge Pronghorns Rugby knows what it is, having confidently carved out a recognizable identity. Reflected in the championship banners that hang in the 1st Choice Savings Centre for Sport and Wellness, on the Pronghorns Hall of Fame wall that celebrates

Former Wood Buffalo fire chief reflects on Canada’s largest wildfire evacuation

Former Wood Buffalo fire chief, Darby Allen, was the keynote speaker at the eighth annual Management Student Professional Development Program Conference, hosted by the University of Lethbridge Global News [https://globalnews.ca/news/4015619/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-darby-allen-fire-chief/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter]

Wait is over for Horns

For the first time since the 2009-10, the Pronghorns women's basketball team is post season bound Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/sports/lethbridge-sports/2018/02/08/wait-is-over-for-horns/]

Robinson finds rich story in research quest

Robinson finds rich story in research quest

Research can be like any expedition – sometimes your proposed route isn’t near as interesting as the side road upon which you happen. For Dr. Tom Robinson (religious studies), one of those side roads led to an unintended research project and eventual biography of a superstar child evangelist who had

Registration opens for new LC ag program

A joint University of Lethbridge Agricultural Enterprise Management program gets its start at Lethbridge College Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2018/02/08/registration-opens-for-new-lc-ag-program/]

SACPA to discuss future of bison in area

Dr. Leroy Little Bear will present Will Bison once again be Roaming Southern Alberta and Northern Montana? Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2018/02/07/sacpa-to-discuss-future-of-bison-in-area/]

U of L opens doors to prospective students

Prospective students of the University of Lethbridge had an opportunity to check out everything the institution has to offer on Saturday Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2018/02/03/u-l-opens-doors-prospective-students/]

Fort McMurray fire chief to speak at U of L event

Darby Allen, the regional fire chief who directed operations when a wildfire struck in 2016, will be the guest of the University of Lethbridge Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2018/02/07/fort-mcmurray-fire-chief-to-speak-at-u-of-l-event/]

Pronghorns primed for playoffs

The Pronghorns women’s basketball team is ready for its first post-season appearance in years Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/sports/lethbridge-sports/2018/02/05/pronghorns-primed-playoffs/]

Putting science on display

Putting science on display

February 7 is National Periodic Table Day. To celebrate, the U of L is asking for your help to put science on display with an interactive, physical periodic table for the new Science and Academic Building. The Periodic Table Display project aims to bring the elements to life, sparking interest

Coding the iCub – making connections with cognitive robotics

Coding the iCub – making connections with cognitive robotics

An international partnership between University of Lethbridge neuroscience professor Dr. Matthew Tata and Dr. Francesco Rea (Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa) has given three undergraduate students the unique opportunity to work on an independent study focused on cognitive robotics. Tata started working with Rea during a sabbatical year in

Local companies investing in southern Alberta’s future

Local companies investing in southern Alberta’s future

The University of Lethbridge’s new Science and Academic Building is set to be the home of innovation for southern Alberta and beyond. The most sustainable building on the Lethbridge campus to date, the building will also showcase the work of some of southern Alberta’s most skilled trades and

Students step into the future

For a group of current University of Lethbridge students, the future home of science became a reality recently when they took a step onto the construction site of the new Science and Academic Building. Members of the Organization of Residence Students (ORS) and residence advisors Kate Potts, Jaylyn Potts, Brady

Asper student receives G. Clarence Elliott Fellowship

Incoming U of L assistant professor Anastasia Sizykh has been named the 2018 recipient of the prestigious G. Clarence Elliott Fellowship UManitoba [http://news.umanitoba.ca/asper-student-receives-g-clarence-elliott-fellowship/]

Lethbridge awarded 2019 men's university hockey championship

U SPORTS has awarded the 2019 University Cup to the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns Lethbridge News Now [http://www.lethbridgenewsnow.com/article/590811/lethbridge-awarded-2019-mens-university-hockey-championship]

Secrets to scholarship success

Student Success

Secrets to scholarship success

Sworn to secrecy, the first thing University of Lethbridge student Jill Tataryn did when she found out she was the recipient of the Futures Fund Scholarship for Outstanding Leadership was to treat her mom to a coffee. The fourth-year, Faculty of Management finance major [http://www.uleth.ca/management/Finance]

UBCO Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies to put on Living Things International Arts Festival

Alumna and drawing teacher Corinne Thiessen presents as part of UBCO's Living Things International Arts Festival UBCO [https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/UBCO_Faculty_of_Creative_and_Critical_Studies_to_put_on_Living_Things_International_Arts_Festival/]

8 Reasons Playing With Children Is Great For Adults And Kids

Dr. Sergio Pellis's research on the benefits of play is cited TechSite [http://www.techsite.io/p/769484]

Older Adult Caregiving in an Amish Community

Dr. Judith Kulig contributes to this report on how Amish older adults and their caregivers experience health care services outside of their family and community Healio [https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/rgn/2018-1-11-1/%7B34702744-a765-402e-8ee8-78c21a29df6c%7D/older-adult-caregiving-in-an-amish-community]

A tale of two writers

Dr. Goldie Morgentaler's article on her mother and her best friend, two women who survived the Holocaust and became writers Tablet [http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/253817/chava-and-zenia]

Destination Exploration receives CanCode funding through Actua to expand digital programming for youth

As a network member of Actua, Destination Exploration is pleased to receive $95,000 from Actua’s CanCode funding NationTalk [http://nationtalk.ca/story/destination-exploration-receives-cancode-funding-through-actua-to-expand-digital-programming-for-youth-university-of-lethbridge]