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Students compete for cash at annual Chinook Symposium

More than 30 of the U of L's top Chemistry and Biochemistry [http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/chemistry-biochemistry] students will have their work on display on Friday, Sept. 27 at the 7th Annual Chinook Symposium, a one-day research presentation competition hosted by the Chemistry and Biochemistry departments. There&

5 Questions with Dr. Paul Vasey

5 Questions with Dr. Paul Vasey

Dr. Paul Vasey is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Lethbridge. He conducts cross-species and cross-cultural research to answer the question: If reproduction is the engine that drives evolution, why engage in non-conceptive sex? For the past decade he has done research on the development

Kulig and wildfire group are community focussed

Kulig and wildfire group are community focussed

Recently published research from University of Lethbridge Faculty of Health Sciences researcher Dr. Judith Kulig and the Rural Wildfire Study Group suggests that communities affected by significant traumatic events invest in recovery efforts that focus on the community as a whole, and not just those who experienced losses as a

Remember the people factor

Remember the people factor

A University of Lethbridge geography researcher is suggesting that flood mitigation and future planning processes involve people in the communities most affected – to help cities and towns look ahead and reduce some of the challenges faced across the province by recent flooding. Dr. Tom Johnston, who studies the human dimensions

Doolittle appointed teaching and learning research coordinator for national project

Doolittle appointed teaching and learning research coordinator for national project

University of Lethbridge professor Lisa Doolittle will be the Teaching and Learning Research Coordinator for the Art for Social Change (ASC) project, a five-year national research program that will examine the effectiveness of using the arts as a means of community engagement and to encourage positive social change. Doolittle, a

Alumnus Clark returns to CCBN in search of answers to brain's puzzle

Alumnus Clark returns to CCBN in search of answers to brain's puzzle

Every time you turn your head one way or another, the nerve cells in your brain, called neurons, keep you oriented in space. Scientists have clues about how this brain-based compass works. But the nuts and bolts of the system, and its possible role in the way memories form and

5 Questions with Dr. Elizabeth Galway

5 Questions with Dr. Elizabeth Galway

Dr. Elizabeth Galway has been a faculty member in the Department of English since 2003 where she teaches courses in Canadian literature, children's literature and nineteenth-century literature. She is the author of From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood: Children's Literature and the Construction of Canadian Identity (Routledge

Birth experiences often fail to meet mothers' expectations

Birth experiences often fail to meet mothers' expectations

What expectant mothers envision for their birth experiences often isn't what they realize, according to a University of Lethbridge study. The result is a drastic rise in Caesarean section rates that has alternative health-care providers, feminist advocates for women's health and mainstream medical providers all expressing

To sleep perchance to dream

To sleep perchance to dream

Once upon a time in a land far away, a beautiful maiden lay asleep on a bed of white satin, waiting to be awoken by true love's first kiss. People came from all over and gazed in wonder as the beauty stirred, turned and dreamed – her face relaxed

5 Questions with Dr. Ute Wieden-Kothe

5 Questions with Dr. Ute Wieden-Kothe

Dr. Ute Wieden-Kothe joined theDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge in 2006 after completing her PhD in biochemistry at the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Her research focuses on RNA (ribonucleic acid), an important molecule in life that resembles our genetic information, DNA. Wieden-Kothe is particularly

Passion for fishing fuels research ambition

Passion for fishing fuels research ambition

Make no mistake, the University of Lethbridge's new Chair in Aquatic Health, Dr. Greg Pyle, loves to dangle a line in the water. In fact, it's that love for fishing and environment that motivated Pyle to pursue a career in aquatic studies. It is also a

5 Questions with Dr. Olu Awosoga

5 Questions with Dr. Olu Awosoga

Dr. Olu Awosoga completed his dissertation on Meta-Analysis of Multiple Baseline Time-Series Design Intervention Models for Dependent and Independent Series. This study developed a traditional meta-type analysis and corresponding robust methodology for multiple baseline series. This is a statistical approach used in applied statistical research to investigate the validity of

Research ties established through Japanese macaques

Research ties established through Japanese macaques

When Dr. Jean-Baptiste Leca was studying for his undergraduate degree in his hometown of Bordeaux, France, it's likely he never expected that one day he'd be doing post-doctoral work at the University of Lethbridge, and that the Japanese macaques would be the conduits for that link.

Searching for genetic connections

Searching for genetic connections

Dr. Olga Kovalchuk, a biological sciences researcher at the University of Lethbridge, has received a significant award from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – Prairies/NWT Region Research Grant program to study how something as simple as sleep disruption could make cells vulnerable to cancer. "The disruption of circadian rhythms

5 Questions with Dr. Sergio Pellis

5 Questions with Dr. Sergio Pellis

Dr. Sergio M. Pellis has been a professor at the University of Lethbridge since 1990 with the main focus of his research being on the role peer-to-peer play has in the development of social competence. Using various species, ranging from laboratory rodents to primates, such as the great apes, Pellis

5 Questions With Dr. Martin Lalumiere

5 Questions With Dr. Martin Lalumiere

Dr. Martin Lalumiere is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology. He studies the etiology of sexual aggression, the development of atypical sexual preferences, the physiological assessment of sexual arousal, sex differences in genital arousal, the effect of birth order on development and the determinants of risk taking. Prior

Healthy futures

Healthy futures

Why do some women go into premature labour? University of Lethbridge neuroscientist Dr. Gerlinde Metz has been searching for the answer for nearly a decade. Today, she is deepening her exploration with help from a new research grant, an international team of investigators and numerous student researchers at the University

Rowing for research

Rowing for research

They're rowing across the Atlantic Ocean? Are they out of their minds? Actually, no – but Adam Kreek and his teammates are mindful of the stresses, both physical and mental, that taking on a more than 3,700 nautical mile (6,700 km) trip entails. The group will set

Computer programming group off to Russia

Computer programming group off to Russia

The recent winners of a spot in a prestigious international computer science and mathematics challenge competition are going to have to brush up on their Russian – and quickly. A team of University of Lethbridge computer science and physics students, coached by Dr. Howard Cheng, placed second of 49 teams from

Facial hair might not always get the girl

Facial hair might not always get the girl

As Movember winds down around the world, men will be faced (pardon the pun) with a few serious decisions – to keep their new moustache, augment it with a beard, or to shave it off. University of Lethbridge researcher Dr. Paul Vasey (psychology) has some advice – based on research conducted in

Penner's dedication recognized with honour

Penner's dedication recognized with honour

To say Jennifer Penner wears many hats would be an understatement. She's the team lead and nurse clinician at Lethbridge's Heart Function Clinic/Heart Failure Network, a regular guest lecturer in University of Lethbridge nursing classes and an advocate for more connected and patient-centric health care.

5 Questions with Dr. Claudia Gonzalez

5 Questions with Dr. Claudia Gonzalez

Dr. Claudia Gonzalez (MSc '00, PhD '04) is a Canada Research Chair in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Born and raised in Mexico, she earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico before continuing her education at the University

IRDF project investigates world of new media

IRDF project investigates world of new media

The very aspect of new media that makes it so engaging is also what makes the discipline challenging. While change is both exciting and invigorating, the pace at which new media practices and software evolve is almost too quick to fully explore the medium. "I've been really

Hazell enthusiastic about research future

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Hazell enthusiastic about research future

Dr. Tom Hazell has got a deal for you. Give him just 30 minutes of exercise, three times a week, and your return is a loss of fat mass and gain in muscle mass that rivals and even betters longer and more sustained workout regimens. No, it's not

Golsteyn on cutting edge of cancer research

Golsteyn on cutting edge of cancer research

Roy Golsteyn is an associate professor of biology and an Alberta Ingenuity faculty member at the University of Lethbridge. He is an example of the growing numbers of faculty who conduct world-class research while maintaining a teaching schedule that brings that research into the classroom. He directs the Cancer Cell