By STACY SEGUIN
When Chelsea Matisz (BSc ’05, MSc ’09) began her academic journey at the University of Lethbridge in 2001, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to be – knowing only that she loved studying biology and was good at it. Ten years, plenty of hard work and several incredible opportunities later, Matisz is a PhD student with a passion for parasitology, ecology and evolution who has earned the distinction of being an award winning research scientist.
The infrastructure is in place, the expertise is on campus and the precedent has been set – so it is hardly surprising that the University of Lethbridge is formalizing its established reputation as a leader in water research with the creation of the Water Institute for Sustainable Environments (WISE).
By TREVOR KENNEY
Every path to a convocation procession is unique, even when it involves three siblings who are all graduating from the same discipline at the same time. Brian, Alan and Shari Ward all completed their bachelor of science (neuroscience) degrees this spring, and all three did it in their own way.
By KALI MCKAY
Lottie Austin and Dr. George Evelyn are all warmed up and ready to put on a show. As Co-Chairs for Music in the Making, a campaign for the University of Lethbridge Music Conservatory, the couple is showing thanks for the opportunities they’ve had by encouraging others to support something they love – music.
By TREVOR KENNEY
In the manner of a week, Dr. Hans-Joachim (HJ) Wieden learned he’d be receiving two teaching awards this spring – one from the University and another from the students. It’s safe to say his philosophy, and the subsequent delivery on that promise, has hit the mark.
“It was a good week, it kind of raised the hair on my forearms,” says Wieden, a chemist by nature and professor of physical biochemistry.
By CAITLIN CRAWSHAW
This year’s winner of The Ingrid Speaker Medal is helping science understand the cognition and behaviour of octopuses and other cephalapods.
A world-renowned authority on octopus and squid behaviour, Dr. Jennifer Mather has been profiled in publications like the New York Times and Discover magazine, spoken at the prestigious TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference, and conducted research around the world.
By BOB COONEY
University of Lethbridge Economics instructor/researcher Donna Townley spent a recent weekend in Montana doing some cross border teaching that she hopes will help the regional economy in the Flathead Valley.
Townley was outlining the benefits of improving and increasing relationships with Canadian visitors and their neighbours. The Flathead Valley is an area frequented by Canadian visitors, and encompasses Whitefish, Kalispell and other communities.
By TREVOR KENNEY
“It is 1971. I have just turned twenty. The soles of my weathered Canadian boots are being hit from below by splashes of flying red mud. Then the road’s texture changes from oozing muck to industrial-grade gravel as I chug along on my single-cylinder, British-made motorcycle – a BSA 250.”
By BOB COONEY
It’s not every day that you get to make a definitive decision on a new species. But after a number of years of review, research submitted for peer review in 2008 by Dr. Theresa Burg and then-undergraduate student Derek Raines has been recognized as being a key factor in distinctly defining a group of endangered albatrosses located on remote Amsterdam Island in the South Indian Ocean.
By TREVOR KENNEY
It’s funny what can be revealed when you begin to scratch the surface.
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