Posted on: March 30, 2015
Undergraduate students can now share their outstanding research in a meaningful and productive way with the launch of the new TRU Undergraduate Research Journal.
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#TRU3MT winner announced
Posted on: March 27, 2015
Kristen Marini is the winner of the 2015 TRU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, held in the Black Box Theatre on Friday, March 27. The Master’s of Science in Environmental Science student, who is supervised by Dr. Matthew Reudink, will move on to compete in the Western Canadian 3MT competition, which will be held at TRU on April 30.
Read moreTRU prof brings voice to climate change action plan
Posted on: March 23, 2015
TRU’s Dr. Lauchlan Fraser is one of 60 university researchers responsible for the report Acting on Climate Change: Solutions from Canadian Scholars.
Read moreInaugural International Research Conference Kicks Off
Posted on: March 12, 2015
The inaugural Learning at Intercultural Intersections: International Research Conference kicks off today at TRU, bringing together scholars in the field of intercultural learners, and drawing in renowned researchers from as far away as South Africa, Brazil and the Netherlands.
Read moreGraduate Research Showcase: Have we mitigated the home fires burning?
Posted on: March 3, 2015
The 2003 wildfire season is noted for being one of the most catastrophic in British Columbia’s history, swallowing up more than 256,000 hectares and more than 300 homes by the time the season ended.
Read moreResearch Showcase: Sustainability in BC’s ranching community
Posted on: March 2, 2015
Sarah Whitehouse will present her research: Sustainability in BC’s ranching community: An economic evaluation for carbon offset potential, during the Masters of Science in Environmental Science Showcase on March 5, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Read moreStrategic Research Plan identifies emerging strengths
Posted on: February 19, 2015
Thompson Rivers University has a new, official Strategic Research Plan (SRP)—a blueprint for research for the next five years. The plan identifies five key areas of collaborative excellence and emerging strength, while encouraging research in all disciplines.
Read moreUREAP Asks: How to retain employees at Sun Peaks Resort?
Posted on: February 12, 2015
Employee retention — it’s a phrase often heard within the tourism industry, and a concern Bachelor of Tourism Management student Sarbjit Gill decided to investigate through his successful Undergraduate Research Experience Award Program (UREAP) project.
Read morePrehistoric spear points on CBC Quirks & Quarks
Posted on: February 12, 2015
Anthropologist Dr. Karl Hutchings was a guest on CBC’s Quirks & Quarks on Feb. 7. Hutchings made a remarkable discovery upon analyzing obsidian artifacts, providing evidence to show that humans used spear throwers as early as 279,000 years ago.
Read moreNovel discovery: Mistletoe creates its own heat to discharge seeds
Posted on: February 11, 2015
Do certain plants get fevers? And if the answer is yes, which plants, and why? Dr. Cynthia Ross Friedman and a team of researchers have brought some clarity to those questions with their groundbreaking findings published on Feb. 9 in Nature Communications, one of the highest-ranked multidisciplinary journals in the world.
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