donors Education changes the world A student-driven initiative to help refugee students achieve their education has received a significant financial boost from Dr. Al Barnhill.
research & innovation Creating a brighter future Working with a local elementary school, uLethbridge alumna and neuroscience researcher Dr. Robbin Gibb is taking leading brain research right into the classroom.
research & innovation Lighting the Way: Alzheimer's Research at the University of Lethbridge Researchers the U of L's CCBN and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry are working together to shine new light on Alzheimer's disease.
volunteers Swim Team Gives Back The uLethbridge swim team is built on a belief that excellence in sport extends past the winners’ podium and they continually work to develop a culture that fosters community service.
alumni Ten Thousand Coffees Builds Connections Thanks to a grant from RBC Future Launch, uLethbridge is connecting alumni and students through Ten Thousand Coffees.
scholarships, awards & student funding Scholarships Light the Way Drs. Shelly and Stephen Wismath have created two new student awards to recognize excellence and commitment.
scholarships, awards & student funding Honouring a Passion for Learning and Knowledge The late Dr. Bhagwan Dua always made students a top priority and now a scholarship in his name will honour his legacy.
alumni For the Love of the Game The Seamus Daley Memorial Hockey Award keeps players on campus and on the ice.
research & innovation Shining new light on virus pandemics From Dengue fever to Zika virus, a different virus pandemics makes headlines almost monthly. University of Lethbridge's Dr. Trushar Patel and his team are shining new light on viruses in an effort to inhibit their replication.
alumni Pulling together to fight Parkinson's Siblings Eleanor (Hummel) Smith (BEd ’91), Bernie Hummel and Ruth Hummel Thomson (MA ’10) have established the George and Alice Hummel Neuroscience Award in honour of their parents.
research & innovation Giving youth-at-risk a chance with chess As part of a unique youth sentencing initiative, uLethbridge faculty member Dr. Lance Grigg, a multidisciplinary team of researchers and graduate students, and a Provincial Court of Alberta judge are exploring how chess affects youths' thought-processes and decision-making.
scholarships, awards & student funding Success through scholarship support When Annette Kerpel (BHS/BMgt ’18) crossed the stage at the University of Lethbridge Fall 2018 Convocation, she was a bundle of emotions. Thanks to donors, one thing Annette didn’t have to worry about on convocation day was the burden of student debt.
scholarships, awards & student funding uLethbridge Students Say Thanks Earlier this fall, uLethbridge students wrote more than 600 thank-you cards to scholarship donors, sharing the impact financial awards have had on their educational journeys.
alumni Bryn Hewko (MFA ’16) named 2018 Young Alumnus of the Year A bright, engaging and innovative entrepreneur, Bryn Hewko has already made huge inroads into the cinema industry and worked with some long trusted and recognizable brands while providing new media students and recent grads internships and employment opportunities.
alumni Bill Spenceley (BSc ’81) named 2018 Alumnus of the Year A business leader with a strong research background, alumnus Bill Spenceley has guided his local company to worldwide success, all while taking a leading role in environmental sustainability and empowering the next generation of uLethbridge students through collaborative projects and ventures.
research & innovation Mapping Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Annita Lucchesi's work to create a database of missing and murdered Indigenous women has garnered significant attention internationally, covered by NPR in the United States, The Daily Mail in the United Kingdom, on The Stream through Al Jazeera and more.
liberal education Finding Academic Success in Uncommon Ways Drawn to the University of Lethbridge by its small class sizes and the natural beauty of the city, Jamie Lewis found a community and her place in the world.
research & innovation Exploring the Atomic Era through Nuclear Tourism Each year, atomic tourists arrive by the thousands to Trinity, New Mexico, site of the first nuclear bomb detonation. A project by professor Mary Kavanagh explores nuclear anxiety in the post-Cold War era through a series of interviews with these visitors.
students Setting Sail for a Semester at Sea Gift provides students global perspectives, international and intercultural skills and the knowledge to succeed in an increasingly interdependent world.
research & innovation Solving World Hunger with Potatoes With a thriving potato-growing industry worth $1 billion annually, Alberta is home to nearly 200 varieties of potatoes. Dr. Dmytro Yevtushenko is one of the few researchers in Western Canada dedicated to further enhancing the success of the potato industry.
research & innovation Leading the Gender Revolution With his research featured in National Geographic, The New York Times, The Nature of Things, Oprah, Discovery Channel and more, Dr. Paul Vasey is the go-to voice for cross-cultural issues related to sex and gender.
research & innovation Investigating Health Equity from a Rural Viewpoint Focusing on care for older adults in rural Alberta, Dr. Julia Brassolotto is using her interdisciplinary expertise as a social scientist and health-services researcher to examine how living in a rural area affects health and health care.
alumni Making a Vision of Campus a Reality One visionary donor began imagining possibilities for a new science building long before the shovels hit the ground.
donors Donation of Thousands of Historic Books Creates New Reading Room A voracious love of the written word and a lifelong pursuit to quench this thirst for knowledge led to an historic gift to the University of Lethbridge’s Library.
alumni Local Family Gives to Addictions Research The new Tom and Lillian Beswick Fellowship Award in Addictions Research at the Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience could help crack the code on addiction.
