By TREVOR KENNEY
A cooperative effort has helped to thwart a non-compatibility issue and for that, University of Lethbridge students, staff and faculty can be thankful this winter.
When the Central Plant’s hot water heating system began to see a number of its valves fail, their rubber linings chewed away to the point where they no longer held water, TJ Hanson and his Utilities staff suspected something more sinister than wear and tear was at the heart of the problem.
By BOB COONEY
A group of University of Lethbridge undergraduate chemistry, biochemistry, biology and neuroscience students has been rewarded with Gold Standing at the 2010 International Genetically Engineered Machines competition (iGEM).
This is the third gold-level victory for the 18-person synthetic biology research group, which competed against 128 teams at an event held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston, Mass.
By TREVOR KENNEY
It would be easy for Andrew Courtney to feel disillusioned about his five years with the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s hockey team. A laundry list of injuries has left Courtney in the trainer’s room or on the operating table as much as he’s been on the ice.
