Calling the introduction of the online graduate studies application process a win-win scenario undersells just how many wins will be realized now that the new system has been launched.

Now available, the new online application system sees an end of a process whereby paper application forms, colour-coded by program, had been submitted for the past 30 years.

Initiated through the Recruitment and Retention Integrated Planning project, the online application system will not only be of significant improvement for students looking to enter graduate programs at the U of L, but it will greatly enhance the efficiency of University staff and faculty who must accept and review the applications and supporting documents submitted.

Nine Canadian universities and eight indigenous universities in Mexico will together focus on improving Aboriginal educational experiences and research collaborations during a one-day round table meeting at the University of Lethbridge on June 22, 2013.

Building on the momentum of a similar meeting held in Mexico City in March 2012, university presidents, Aboriginal advisors and elders will move forward initiatives pertaining to student mobility, research collaboration and community engagement as it relates to Aboriginal higher education.

The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery and University Archives is calling on Albertans to assist in a historical project in support of their vast Nicholas de Grandmaison collection of artworks and artifacts.

A cultural icon of southern Alberta, artist Nicholas de Grandmaison (1892-1978) captured the history of the region and its First Nations people in an entirely distinctive and personal manner.

As an itinerant painter, de Grandmaison often stayed with ranchers, farmers and Aboriginal families for several days at a time while he painted their portraits. His unique lifestyle, character and attitude having left a plethora of interesting experiences that augment the context of his paintings.

A tour of duty by her grandfather a lifetime ago – into a war zone in 1950s Korea – is resulting in the trip of a lifetime for U of L student Megan Moore.

Moore, a third-year biological sciences student from Picture Butte, Alta., is leaving in mid June for Seoul, South Korea as part of an international program that will educate young people about the Korean War on the 60th anniversary of the end of the conflict.

She is the only Albertan and one of few Canadians on the scholarship trip, which was open to people who are currently post-secondary family members of Korean War veterans.

It’s win number two for the University of Lethbridge student researcher/entrepreneurs who form the Synbiologica Ltd. team.

CEO Isaac Ward (third-year neuroscience student), first-year biochemistry student Erin Kelly and chemistry and biochemistry master's students Mackenzie Coatham and Harland Brandon have developed a new method of detecting hormones, and are in the process of patenting their idea.

Their proposed biomedical device technology -- called “Biologically Enhanced Assay in Real-Time” -- is expected to bring next-generation hormone detection to the research, agriculture and medical markets.

The University of Lethbridge launched a new experts database today that will link the U of L’s world-class expertise with journalists, academia, government, industry, students and members of the general public from around the world.

“The U of L is an institution with a global reach,” says Chris Horbachewski, Vice-President (Advancement), whose department sponsored the project. “The new database will serve many purposes by making expertise publicly accessible to communities near and far.”

Flood Update – University Library

Patron access to Library Building unavailable until further notice. Temporary study spaces, staffed by Library personnel, to be established.

On Monday, June 10, floors 10 and 11 of the University of Lethbridge Library were reopened to the general public after being flooded the week before. As the University continues to make efforts to protect its physical collection from the high humidity in the library building, levels of service to students and the public will vary.

The 2013-14 Canada West conference basketball season will begin for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s and women’s basketball teams with a road swing into the lower B.C. mainland with match-ups versus the Fraser Valley Cascades and Trinity Western Spartans,
Nov. 1-2.

The following weekend, the ‘Horns host the Manitoba Bisons in a pair of games for the first home games of the new season.

One change ‘Horns fans will see this season is in the start times for Saturday night games. Moving away from the traditional 6 and 8 p.m. starts for women’s and men’s games respectively, the Horns will now play at 5 and 7 p.m.

June 6, 2013 – 10 p.m.

Due to the flooding that occurred the evening of June 5, 2013, the Library and the University Centre for the Arts (UCA) will remain closed for public access until Monday, June 10, 2013.