Featured Transparency, taxes key concerns for candidate U of L Faculty of Management alumnus Jesse Krsa is filing his intent to run for Okotoks council in the upcoming municipal election Western Wheel [http://www.westernwheel.com/article/Transparency-taxes-key-concerns-for-candidate-20170825]
Featured Local receives Gold Medal at U of L The University of Lethbridge awarded CCHS grad Allison Farfus with the Faculty of Arts and Science Gold Medal Pass Herald [http://passherald.ca/archives/170823/index1.htm]
Featured The Washboard Union looking forward to U of L Shine On Festival The Washboard Union is ready to “Shine” at the Shine On Summer Festival Saturday at the University of Lethbridge Community Sports Stadium Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2017/08/28/the-washboard-union-looking-forward-to-u-of-l-shine-on-festival/]
Community Traditional Blackfoot naming ceremony a highlight of Homecoming Weekend The University of Lethbridge is excited to welcome everyone to a special Homecoming Weekend this year, Sept. 1-3, 2017, as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. Proud to be located in Treaty 7, the heart of traditional Blackfoot Territory, the University will see five outstanding members of its community, including four
Community Former Off The Record host Michael Landsberg to headline 6th annual Pronghorns Scholarship Breakfast Mental health speaker and former host of TSN’s Off The Record Michael Landsberg will be the keynote speaker as Pronghorn Athletics hosts its annual Pronghorns Scholarship Breakfast on Thursday September 28th, 2017 in the 1st Choice Savings Centre gym. "We're thrilled to welcome Michael Landsberg as
Featured WHL powers CW: Pronghorns bolster back end with WHL recruits University of Lethbridge Pronghorns coach Spiros Anastas has turned to a handful of WHL alumni to flesh out his teams’ back end as they look to climb back into the Canada West playoff picture WHL.ca [http://whl.ca/article/whl-powers-cw-pronghorns-bolster-back-end-with-whl-recruits]
Featured Parkinson's Disease boxing program to make debut in Lethbridge Dr. Jon Doan, the Parkinson Association of Alberta, and the Lethbridge Boxing Club, are offering a program aimed specifically at studying and improving the overall health of those suffering from Parkinson’s Disease Lethbridge News Now [http://lethbridgenewsnow.com/article/570241/parkinson-s-disease-boxing-program-make-debut-lethbridge]
Featured A taste of the big leagues Fine arts alumna Fiona Chisholm has now had two chances to play the French horn in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the top professional orchestras in the world Medicine Hat News [http://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2017/08/06/a-taste-of-the-big-leagues/]
Featured Celebrating Japanese-Canadians Shannon Phillips, NDP MLA for Lethbridge West, speaks about the Nikkei Memory Capture Project, a joint study between the U of L and Plymouth University Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/commentary/opinions/2017/07/28/celebrating-japanese-canadians/]
Featured Horns hockey rounds out recruiting class with four freshmen The University of Lethbridge Pronghorn men’s hockey team and head coach Spiros Anastas has announced four more freshmen for the 2017-18 Canada West season Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/sports/lethbridge-sports/2017/08/18/horns-hockey-rounds-out-recruiting-class-with-four-freshmen/]
Featured Does living in collectives make people happier? This Lethbridge prof intends to find out Dr. Catherine Kingfisher agrees with the old Three Dog Night song lyric about how one is the loneliest number, so the U of L anthropology professor is setting out to study urban collective living. CBC News [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/urban-collective-living-challenges-perceptions-city-living-happiness-studies-1.4255687]
Featured Travel notes, Galloping around in exotic places and getting the kids in free to San Diego's best spots The U of L's Shine On Summer Festival makes the list as a place to visit in September Calgary Herald [http://calgaryherald.com/travel/travel-notes-galloping-around-in-exotic-places-and-getting-the-kids-in-free-to-san-diegos-best-spots]
Featured U of L part of brain research collaboration Research conducted at the University of Lethbridge has assisted in the identification of neural activity patterns which could help scientists understand how the brain processes spatial information Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2017/08/21/u-of-l-part-of-brain-research-collaboration/]
Featured Watch Monday’s solar eclipse if you can, says professor- next one visible in Lethbridge in 2044 There’s a lot of excitement throughout North America, ahead of Monday’s solar eclipse Lethbridge News Now [http://lethbridgenewsnow.com/article/569863/watch-monday-s-solar-eclipse-if-you-can-says-professor-next-one-visible-lethbridge]
Community Battle of the Bands to showcase outstanding local musical acts Six southern Alberta bands will battle it out for $1,000 in cash and a Cottonwood Records monthly feature package at the Shine On Summer Festival Community Fair. Battle of the Bands will take place Sunday, Sept. 3 at the University of Lethbridge Community Stadium. Part of the U of
Featured Are Octopuses Smart? Dr. Jennifer Mather talks about some octopuses' ability ability to plan ahead, play and show personality LiveScience [https://www.livescience.com/60168-how-smart-are-octopuses.html]
Featured Tech Girl camp: no boys allowed This week's Tech Girl camp encourages young girls to consider pursuing a career in computer science. Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2017/08/18/tech-girl-camp-no-boys-allowed/]
Featured iGEM team going green with printer ink This year’s University of Lethbridge iGEM team is working turn printer ink green. Just not the way you might think. Lethbridge Herald [http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2017/08/17/igem-team-going-green-with-printer-ink/]
Featured Navigation And Spatial Memory: New Brain Region Identified to Be Involved Dsr. Dun Mao and Bruce McNaughton of the U of L identify a brain region that may assist with spatial memory and navigation Science Newsline [http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2017081614280094.html]
Featured U of L and Red Crow College to launch Niitsitapi Teacher Education Program next fall The Faculty of Education at the University of Lethbridge, in partnership with Red Crow Community College, is pleased to offer the Niitsitapi Teacher Education Program Pincher Creek Voice [http://www.pinchercreekvoice.com/2017/08/u-of-l-and-red-crow-college-to-launch.html]
Alumni Khan family shares U of L memories For five University of Lethbridge alumni, Fall Convocation 2016 was a special day for their entire family as Manwar Khan (BSc ’07) and his wife Nashid Sultana (BSc ’06), along with their two small children, cheered from the stands in the 1 st Choice Savings Centre as three of their
Featured Latrace breaks Games long jump record Duchess native and Horns track star Sandra Latrace has reason to be smiling following her record setting gold medal performance at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg Brooks Bulletin [http://brooksbulletin.com/default.aspx?contentid=6678]
Featured Coaldale triple-jumper wins silver at Canada Summer Games Aaron Hernandez, who currently attends the University of Lethbridge, brought home silver in the male triple jump competition Sunny South News [http://www.sunnysouthnews.com/sports/2017/08/15/coaldale-triple-jumper-wins-silver-at-canada-summer-games/]
Campus Life U of L and Red Crow College to launch Niitsitapi Teacher Education Program next fall The Faculty of Education at the University of Lethbridge, in partnership with Red Crow Community College, is pleased to offer the Niitsitapi Teacher Education Program, beginning in the fall of 2018. “We look forward to working with the U of L on the Niitsitapi Teacher Education Program,” says Roy Weasel
Research Navigation and spatial memory — brain region newly identified to be involved Research conducted in a collaboration between Drs. Dun Mao, a researcher in Dr. Bruce McNaughton’s lab at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, and Steffen Kandler, a researcher in Professor Vincent Bonin’s lab at Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders (NERF) in Belgium, has found neural
