Faculty Friday | Dr. Carlos Romero, postdoctoral fellow This week we're chatting with Dr. Carlos Romero, a postdoctoral fellow doing excellent work in unraveling the complex systems of soil, crops, and land resilience to help people like farmers and policy makers make sense of it all.
Book Launch: Sometimes Reading is Hard by Dr. Robin Bright In this webinar, author-educator Robin Bright will explore a new perspective of what balanced literacy looks like, and how to apply that new perspective to teaching reading every day. Teaching reading is everyone's responsibility.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Nicole Emsley In this undergraduate research profile, we highlight the work of General Sciences student Nicole Emsley, who is spending her summer with the Faculty of Health Sciences researching ER visits and psychiatric care wait times.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Nik Josafatow In this undergraduate research profile, we speak with Neuroscience student Nik Josafatow about his project focusing on the sleeping brain and memory recall.
Dr. Shayne Dahl (BA '07) named uLeth's first Banting Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Shayne Dahl (BA '07) has been named the University of Lethbridge's first Banting Postdoctoral Researcher. Shayne will be studying global Shugendo with the Department of Religious Studies.
HYRS - Joel Jansen Through the HYRS program, Joel Jansen participated in cutting-edge research, met new friends and experienced meaningful collaboration to take with him into university. He learned how to use affinity chromatography and Microscale Thermophoresis among other interesting lab techniques.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Davis Juell In this undergraduate research profile, we feature Neuroscience student Davis Juell, who is spending his summer vacation in the Mohajerani Lab studying Alzheimer's Disease.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Makayla Koshuta In this undergraduate research profile, we speak to Makayla Koshuta, who is spending her summer vacation researching how the pandemic has impacted consumer behaviour.
Undergraduate Teacher Research: Generating New Knowledge and Resources We want to prepare teacher graduates to think with a disposition of curiosity,” says Dr. Pamela Adams, noting that the Faculty of Education was founded on a strong base of reflection.
Megan Hebert (BA/BMgt '16), professional development coordinator Megan Hebert (BA/BMgt '16) is the new professional development coordinator for the Office of Graduate Studies at U of L. After working in post-secondary for almost five years, she joined uLethbridge in July. Megan is extremely passionate about experiential learning.
Faculty Friday | Dr. Michele Konschuh, irrigated crop scientist "Researchers have a role as liaison officers to bring science solutions to people who need them." Wise words from Dr. Michele Konschuh, an irrigated crop scientist from the University of Lethbridge.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Julia Stroud In this undergraduate research profile, we speak with Biochemistry student Julia Stroud, who is spending her summer researching the effects of long-duration space travel on NASA astronauts.
HYRS - Zaynab Enayetullah Zaynab Enayetullah worked in the Department of Biological Sciences during her time in the HYRS program. She looked at genes controlling root elongation, research which enhanced her understanding of plant genetics.
Gold medal winner Dr. Katie Wilson (BSc Co-op '13, PhD '19) blends research with travel At uLethbridge Dr. Katie Wilson (BSc Co-op '13, PhD '19) majored in biochemistry during her BSc and then went on to complete a PhD in computational chemistry. She won many awards including an NSERC Vanier Scholarship, which is one of the most prestigious PhD scholarships in Canada.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Mark Lea In this undergraduate research profile, we highlight the work of Mark Lea, who is spending his summer in the Wetmore Computational Lab analyzing the structural dynamics of the tRNA molecule.
Faculty Friday | Dr. Kim Stanford This summer, the University of Lethbridge is hosting an Agri-Food Summer Speaker series. Dr. Kim Stanford was on the panel of the first event on June 29, so we caught up with her to see what else she's working on.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Giselle Tiede In this undergraduate research profile, we highlight the work of Giselle Tiede, who is spending her summer conducting ground-breaking research on Alzheimer's Disease.
HYRS - Elisha Wong During the HYRS program, Elisha Wong sparked her interest in neuroscience and Alzheimer's Disease. Throughout her time in the program, Elisha studied many aspects of Alzheimer's Disease including sex differences in the disease, and now the effects of certain drugs on the disease.
HYRS - Tabitha Gangur-Powell Tabitha Gangur-Powell had a dynamic HYRS program experience. At the Lethbridge Research and Development Centre through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, she spent time in immunology, trace analysis, soil biochemistry, and entomology labs.
HYRS - Trinity Deak Trinity Deak heard about the HYRS program through her chemistry 30 teacher and decided to take the opportunity and apply. During HYRS, Trinity worked in a computational chemistry lab and conducted research about changes in shape of a DNA double helix when DNA is damaged.
International recruitment manager, Gill Adhiraj Meet international recruitment manager, Gill Adhiraj. He has been at the U of L for the past nine months, working to promote uLethbridge internationally and attract international students to come and study with us. He enjoys spending time with his children and taking them on road trips.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Meghan Rennie In this undergraduate research profile, we highlight the work of Meghan Rennie, who is spending her summer vacation studying political orientation and multi-level marketing.
Rosie Costen Shines by Keeping an Open Mind and Letting Opportunity Flow In "You’re going to be a very different person when you leave university. You have to give yourself room to grow and learn about yourself, as cliché as that sounds." From her first moment at the U of L, neuroscience student Rosie Costen immersed herself in every experience she could.
Gift provides tuition awards for oral history summer institute Blaise Bastien was one of five Indigenous students who received tuition awards to the Oral History Summer Institute.
Tackling Racial Underrepresentation in Majority White Schools: Deema Abushaban (BSc/BEd ’21) “I was the only person of colour with a level of authority in the school. When they [female Muslim students] told me they couldn’t speak to anyone else, I realized the detriments of underrepresentation are very, very great,” says Deema Abushaban (BSc/BEd ’21).
