Research & Creative Activity

From Prairie to pharmacy: Haley Shade blends traditional knowledge with scientific approaches

In the Cancer Cell and Natural Product Laboratories at uLethbridge, biological sciences student Haley Shade is gaining valuable research experience testing prairie plants for anti-cancer compounds.

Saving the Greater Sage-Grouse: Dr. Graham's Research Highlight

Dr. Brendan Graham has been studying Canadian birds for seventeen years. His research is involved in ecological investigations, and often assists in conservation efforts. One such project is Graham’s work with the

Coping with COVID-19: Loneliness

“The definition of loneliness is feeling alone against our will,” says Dr. Dawn McBride, drawing on the words of developmental psychologist, Susan Pinker. At a time of mandatory social isolation and distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this definition can apply to all of us.

PhD student earns prestigious, highly competitive postgraduate scholarships

Congratulations to Tyler Mrozowich, a PhD student in Dr. Trushar Patel’s laboratory at the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute and the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. He is a recipient of the prestigious and highly competitive NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships-Doctoral program.

Undergraduate student authors manuscript published in leading international journal

Undergraduate student, Marielle Stoutjesdyk, is the lead author of a manuscript published in a leading international journal.

Five questions with Dr. Kelly Williams-Whitt: Psychosocial hazards and employer and employee well-being

Dr. Kelly Williams-Whitt, Associate Dean of the Dhillon School of Business and a Labour Arbitrator, discusses Psychosocial Hazards and the Well-being of Employers and Employees.

Coping with COVID-19: Harnessing Our Natural Stress Response

The goal while in this global health crisis is not to chase feeling calm, but rather to build confidence that ‘I will survive this.’ Once we can start taking control of what we can control, hope returns and thriving is reactivated.

Alumna artist takes visitors to the Helen Christou Gallery via Instagram

Artist and curator Katie Marie Bruce (BFA – Art ’11) opened her exhibition, Field Notes: Inhabiting that Skin [https://www.uleth.ca/artgallery/?p=18369], in the University of Lethbridge Helen Christou Gallery, on

Graduate Student Profile: Benjamin Dosu Jnr, PhD

Benjamin hopes his study will be the first steps towards improving water security for marginalized communities.

Graduate Student Profile: Harley Morman, PhD

Harley is a visual artist who blends his artistic talent with his interest in contemporary art, material culture, and trans studies.

Canada Research Chair Monique Giroux hopes to inspire future Indigenous researchers

Canada Research Chair Dr. Monique Giroux (Music) engages students in her research projects with the hope of inspiring the next generation of Indigenous researchers and ethnomusicologists.

Research Highlight: Dr. Mark Walton

Can theories of the microscopic be reconciled with our everyday, macroscopic world?

Research Highlight: Dr. Amy Shaw

What happens when Canadian citizens finally meet their fabled ‘enemy’?

Short Film by Fine Arts Alumni Hits Film Festival Circuit

Short film “A Wink or a Smile”, written and directed by Blake Evernden, had its first screening and was awarded “Short best comedy” by the Alternative Film Festival, and has been accepted to the International Shorts Film Festival

Canada's Most Advanced Facility for Science

A new era in scientific research and education has dawned with the official opening of the University of Lethbridge’s $280-million Science Commons.

Employee Spotlight: Dr. Brendan McAllister, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience

Meet Dr. Brendan McAllister, a post-doctoral fellow conducting research in Dr. Majid Mohajerani's neuroscience lab.

Employee Spotlight: Nicole Bach (BSc '19), Project Manager, Destination Project

Nicole Bach has been involved with the Destination Project from its earliest days through to completion, all while finishing her degree!

Employee Spotlight: Dr. Borries Demeler, Professor and Canada 150 Research Chair, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Dr. Borries Demeler, whose expertise is in analytical ultracentrifugation, once made his living as a carpenter.

Alumni Profile: Samuel Williams (BFA-New Media '08)

Alumni profile of Samuel Williams, (BFA - New Media '08). Samuel is a concept artist, visual developer and art director working for companies such as Nickelodeon, Disney and LEGO.

Digital Audio Arts Student Buoyed by Support From Sakamoto Research Prize and Chinook Summer Research Award

As an accomplished musician, Ryland Chambers-Moranz is comfortable on the stage and in the recording studio. As a Digital Audio Arts (DAA) student and researcher in the University of Lethbridge’s Faculty of Fine Arts, he’s proving just as adept at analyzing music in its analog and digital forms.

Mitacs Award Winner Takes Studies Overseas to Italy

Austin Kothig was awarded the Mitacs Globalink Research Award through collaboration between uLethbridge neuroscience professor, Dr. Matthew Tata, and Dr. Francesco Rea from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa, Italy.

Diverse Skill Set Aids Geography Graduate Banting in Professional Career

For geography alumnus James Banting (BSc ’09, MSc ’16), the University of Lethbridge was the environment he needed to discover his passion. He started with general science, looked at political science and finally settled on geography.

Graduate Student Profile: Elani Bykowski, MSc

Elani Bykowski searches for more efficient and cost-effective ways of diagnosing brain and spinal cord injury

Faculty-member Commissioned by Renowned Penderecki String Quartet

Dr. Arlan Schultz, chair of the University of Lethbridge Department of Music, has been commissioned to write a new work for Ontario's internationally celebrated Penderecki String Quartet.

Graduate Student Profile: Migueltzinta Solis, MFA

Through cultural hybridity and queering of rural political and cultural paradigms, Migueltzinta disentangles ideas of land and gender, western expansion and the imaging of colonially occupied territory.