By researching the complex mechanisms behind stress, Dr. Gerlinde Metz hopes to help those suffering from brain injuries like stroke
Plastering the pages of magazines and self-help books, stress is a hot topic for overworked North Americans – it’s also a poorly understood concept, says neuroscientist Dr. Gerlinde Metz.
Welcome to the fall 2008 issue of FIAT: Furthering Innovation and Teaching
Welcome to the fall 2008 issue of FIAT: Furthering Innovation and Teaching
The U of L’s growth as a comprehensive academic and research institution is reflected by our growth in research performance: the recruitment of 10 research Chairs; the development of the Prentice Institute for Global Population and our first endowed research Chair; and the evolution of the graduate program to embrace doctoral studies.
Water researchers ask important questions
As Alberta’s economy and population continue to boom, the demand for water is soaring and so is the need to know how well we’re managing this invaluable resource.
Biological scientists Drs. Alice Hontela and Stewart Rood are part of a team of world-renowned researchers at the University of Lethbridge who are seeking to answer the province’s most pressing questions related to water.
Dr. Andrea Cuéllar’s study of pre-Columbian communities in Ecuador involves international partnerships and local participation
Despite international accolades, anthropological archeologist Dr. Andrea Cuéllar hesitates to take all of the credit for her success – after all, unearthing artifacts requires the patience and elbow grease of a committed crew.
“They are literally the ones that make a lot of this possible – as an archeologist, you cannot work on your own,” says the assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Lethbridge.
Dr. Bryson Brown collaborates with two researchers at opposite ends of the country in his latest SSHRC project
Just as a scientist places a sample beneath a microscope lens to understand its subtlest parts, philosophers minutely examine an argument to determine how its components work together.
Drs. Debra and Mike Basil investigate what makes a social marketing campaign effective
Like any type of marketing, social marketing (including work safety appeals and cause-related marketing) takes savvy and an intimate knowledge of one’s audience.
Dr. Amy von Heyking and her colleagues from The History Education Network receive $2.1 million to study how Canadian history is taught
Are we becoming a historically illiterate nation or are we already there? What teaching strategies would pique the interest of today’s techno-generation?
These are a few of the types of questions U of L education professor Dr. Amy von Heyking and her colleagues from The History Education Network/Histoire et Education en Reseau (THEN/HiER) are investigating.
Three award-winning student researchers delve a little deeper
While you cannot see individual waves of light, they collectively compose a spectrum that allows our eyes to perceive emerald hills and brilliant blue oceans.
As the University of Lethbridge continues to gain momentum as a leader in water research, it is achieving a critical mass of outstanding scholars.
Dr. Sarah Boon, who came to the U of L a year-and-a-half ago, is one of the University’s newest researchers. She’s also part of a diverse group of scholars conducting research at the new Alberta Water and Environmental Science Building (AWESB). Focusing on mountain hydrology, Boon studies snow melt and glacial melt and how they contribute to runoff in mountain systems.
U of L takes a multidisciplinary approach to water research
Teaching upcoming generations about the environment is critical to ensuring a healthy future for all of us, says long-time educator Dr. Rick Mrazek.
“The bottom line is, you can’t have healthy human beings in an unhealthy environment. We have to understand that relationship,” he explains.
