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Board confirms appointments

The University of Lethbridge Board of Governors recently confirmed the re-appointments of Dr. Muriel Mellow (sociology) as an associate dean in the Faculty of Arts& Science and Dr. Richard Perlow (human resources management and organizational behaviour) as an associate dean in the Faculty of Management. Dr. Matthew Letts (geography)

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WISE researchers study Red Deer River spill

A recent pipeline rupture in the Red Deer River might have relatively short term environmental damage, but a larger concern is the vast number of older pipeline locations at river crossings and their vulnerability to floods, according to a leading expert in floodplain and river bank ecosystems. Dr. Stewart Rood,

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RiboWest Conference, June 10-13

The University of Lethbridge is once again serving as host to the annual RiboWest Conference, inviting some of the top researchers in the field of RNA to campus. The RiboWest Conference is an annual meeting of RNA researchers from western Canada and beyond. In particular, it welcomes whole research groups

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U of L joins PIMS as full member

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce that the University of Lethbridge, Alberta has joined the PIMS consortium as a full member. The site has been a PIMS [http://www.pims.math.ca] affiliate for many years and has had significant participation in PIMS activities.

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Jansen headlines SACPA

The front page headline recapping the Alberta provincial election in the Lethbridge Herald on April 24 read, Same Old Story. Was it really? Was this another automatic victory for the PC's? How did the Conservatives manage to win this one? Much has been made of the failure of

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Naylor, U of L researchers contribute to latest space find

Compelling new images from the Herschel Space Telescope – parked more than 1.5 million kilometres from earth and facing into deep space – are showing researchers what the formation of our solar system must have looked like at its early stages: a violent, comet-laden disk of debris where thousands of 1

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Bright speaks to a safer Internet

Tuesday, Feb. 7 is International Safer Internet Day. International Safer Internet Day promotes the positive use of the Internet among children and youth. Dr. Robin Bright, a University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education [http://www.uleth.ca/education] researcher has been looking at the effects of bullying, and now, cyberbullying

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Small Business Institute set to launch

Small businesses can be big business for southern Alberta – that's the message two University of Lethbridge Faculty of Management [http://www.uleth.ca/management] researchers are sending as they launch a new institute that will focus on the specific needs of small businesses. On Tuesday, Jan. 17, the

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Library brings Herbarium to life

For more than 30 years, botanists and botany students have been visiting the University of Lethbridge to study a unique collection of more than 20,000 preserved plant specimens from Waterton Lakes National Park and environs. Now, thanks to a partnership between Herbarium collection curator Dr. John Bain in the

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Hanson honoured with Lawrence prize

Faculty of Fine Arts professor Nicholas Hanson (Drama) was recently awarded the Robert Lawrence Prize after presenting a paper at the Canadian Association for Theatre Research conference in Fredericton. The adjudicators' summation said that, "The committee applauds the freshness and clarity with which Hanson engages with an important

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Lapadat named first VP Students

The University of Lethbridge Board of Governors has approved the appointment of Dr. Judith C. Lapadat as the institution's first associate vice-president (students). Lapadat is currently a professor in the School of Education, College of Arts, Social and Health Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia [http:

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Alex Johnson Lecture Series exploring land use issues

The organizers of the 2011 Alex Johnson lecture are inviting people to listen to soil scientist and Agriculture Canada [http://www.agr.gc.ca/] researcher Henry Janzen. Janzen's presentation, Listening to the land: From one century to the next, takes place on Thursday, Nov. 10, beginning at 7:

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U of L leads way in establishing ACCRU

This story by Léo Charbonneau appeared in the Sept. 12 edition of University Affairs. It is re-posted here with their permission. There is a new university group in Canada: the Alliance of Canadian Comprehensive Research Universities. Created at a meeting in Ottawa in June, ACCRU brings together the vice-presidents, research,

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Student-managed fund to provide real-life experience

The establishment of Markin Hall's Centre for Financial Market Research and Teaching (CFMRT) underpins the development of a student-managed investment fund, meaning that University of Lethbridge students will soon be trading real money in real financial markets. Still in the development stages, the fund will be used by

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Green computing - the way of the future

Innovation was at the forefront when it came to planning the technology needs for Markin Hall. "What we did in this building is a pilot project for green computing that could be expanded to labs and offices on all three of the University's campuses," says Trevor

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Evolving empires

What began as a project in the University of Lethbridge's Integrated Management Experience (IME) class evolved first into a book, and now into a Small Business Institute centred at the U of L. Dan Kazakoff [http://zapp.uleth.ca/Applications/CampusDirec/users/dan.kazakoff], director of the University&

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A healthy collaboration

The inspiration to house the faculties of Management [http://www.uleth.ca/management] and Health Sciences [http://www.uleth.ca/hlsc] in Markin Hall has already begun to generate important inquiry through cross-disciplinary collaboration. It has brought together great thinkers and masters of knowledge to tackle some of society'

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How eating fish can improve your diet

By DIANE BRITTON Are you confused about whether or not to eat fish? Eating fish regularly is part of a healthy diet. In fact, Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating recommends at least two servings of fish per week. Current research shows more benefits of fish consumption than

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New MEd Neuroscience program debuts

Brain-based neuroscience research will soon be applied in the classroom through a first-of-its-kind Master of Education program at the University of Lethbridge. Combining inclusive education and neuroscience principles, the new Inclusive Education and Neuroscience MEd program offers teachers the opportunity to become their school's expert on children with

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Sutherland makes top 50 list

Dr. Robert Sutherland [http://ccbn.uleth.ca/people/primary/sutherland.php], a neuroscience researcher at the University of Lethbridge's Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN [http://ccbn.uleth.ca/]), is among 50 people named by Alberta Venture Magazine as their 50 Most Influential Albertans for 2011. Sutherland made

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StatsCan Research Data Centre a valuable resource

It's a tiny, plain research space, with four small workstations and no Internet access. It requires, among other things, an RCMP security clearance to access the information located within it, and has steel reinforcement built into the walls – so forget about cell phone use. Card key access is

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Przybylski recognized by Premier

More healthy food products are on the shelves because of the efforts of three Alberta food producers and University of Lethbridge researcher Dr. Roman Przybylski [http://zapp.uleth.ca/Applications/CampusDirec/users/roman.przybylski], ( chemistry and biochemistry [http://www.uleth.ca/fas/chm]). All four were recently recognized for their

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Lasting Images - Roloff Beny

Through the museum studies internship program, I am both entrusted with the responsibility and granted the opportunity to co-curate an exhibition for the Helen Christou Gallery. During the research and planning phase for the 1950s exhibition, I came across Arctic Vertical by Roloff Beny, and was disappointed that I couldn&

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Impact of ORIS seen everywhere

The Office of Research and Innovation Services [http://www.uleth.ca/research] is active in promoting the interests of the University of Lethbridge on a number of fronts. This includes ongoing support for faculty researchers and the establishment of research initiatives and partnerships at local, regional, national and international levels.

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Corkin to give Milner Series address

Dr. Suzanne Corkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, appears at the Lethbridge Public Library Monday, May 9, 7 p.m., as the guest speaker for the Brenda Milner Lecture Series. Corkin, a professor of neuroscience at MIT, is best known for her work with the famous amnesic patient H.M. who