Castanet Kamloops | Van Hamme talks grant March 8, 2021
TRU receives $850,000 from the federal Canadian Foundation for Innovation for genomics research. The money will go toward the expansion of the world-class genomic research…
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Kamloops This Week | $250,000 grant will help TRU researchers probe life and death of micro-organisms December 18, 2020
Supported by a $250,000 grant from Genome BC, TRU’s Dr. Lauchlan Fraser and Dr. Jonathan Van Hamme are leading a research team at Highland Valley…
News releases
Genome BC funds groundbreaking research December 8, 2020
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University faculty members Drs. Lauchlan Fraser and Jonathan Van Hamme are leading novel research to enable more precise measurements of soil…
CBC British Columbia | Kamloops, B.C., zoo sheltering 92 snakes displaced by Trans Mountain pipeline construction December 7, 2020
In October, B.C. Wildlife Park received 92 Great Basin gopher snakes and western yellow-bellied racers displaced from Lac du Bois due to the Trans Mountain…
Vancouver Sun | Rattlesnakes often give birth up to a kilometre away from their underground dens, research shows November 18, 2020
The Vancouver Sun interviewed Dana Eye, who is working on her master's degree at TRU, studying rattlesnakes, which are a species at risk in BC.…
Academica | TRU announces opening of Wells Gray Education and Research Centre November 17, 2020
Academica shares the news about the new Wells Gray Education and Research Centre that was made possible by numerous donations. Read more
CBC North by Northwest | Scientist Series, featuring Tom Dickinson September 8, 2020
He's TRU's former dean of science with a passion for birds and Charles Darwin. Tom Dickinson was featured on North by Northwest's Scientist Series on…
Clearwater Times | TRU’s Wells Gray research centre upgrades facilities June 16, 2020
Thompsons Rivers University’s research centre in Wells Gray Park received a $150,000 donation comes from Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation (WGCFC) and will be used…
Quesnel Cariboo Observer | Predator scat study in Chilcotin could inform future moose management June 15, 2020
TRU students are studying predator scat in a project with the Tsilhqot’in National Government to determine moose population projections. Read more
Faculty of Science, News releases
Grant expands Wells Gray research centre June 11, 2020
KAMLOOPS‑— A significant grant from the Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation (WGCFC) is helping Thompson Rivers University (TRU) upgrade facilities at its Wells Gray Research…
Live Science | Why these rattlesnakes are declining at an alarming rate June 8, 2020
For TRU faculty member Karl Larsen and student researcher Marcus Atkins, Western rattlesnakes are a species to be studied, especially in spring as the slitherers…
CBC North by Northwest | Karl Larsen on snakes and squirrels June 1, 2020
North by Northwest host Sheryl MacKay interviews TRU Faculty of Science biologist Karl Larsen from TRU explains his ongoing research with snakes and squirrels. The…
The Conversation Canada | A blanket ban on toxic ‘forever chemicals’ is good for people and animals February 6, 2020
TRU's Jonathan Van Hamme writes in The Conversation Canada about why products like clothing, carpets and cookware treated with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (toxic chemicals…
Above and Beyond | Alysa McCall’s polar bear and Arctic conservation efforts earn award January 2, 2020
Kamloops-born, TRU alumna Alysa McCall has studied polar bears in Canada's North for nine years and is determined to protect them. She is the director…
Campus News, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
The battle for the bats December 17, 2019
TRU's Dr. Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham is part of a research team looking at whether probiotics can help bats stave off the highly fatal fungus that…
CBC British Columbia | B.C. researchers pile on global efforts to find seaweed solution to cow flatulence November 18, 2019
CBC British Columbia zooms in on research being done at Thompson Rivers University that looks at using seaweed from the West Coast for help in…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Bat research breaking new ground October 28, 2019
https://youtu.be/v2UcwjD2ujc Whether they give you the heebie-jeebies or not, bats are necessary, and right now North American bats are under serious threat. Researchers at…
Canadian Geographic | Return to Raspberry Rising September 12, 2019
Cave explorer Christian Stenner wrote about the Raspberry Rising cave system and included a sidebar on Dr. Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham and her research into cave…
Alumni
TRU alum dedicates legacy gift to future community leaders August 15, 2019
Much has changed at TRU since Kamloops lawyer Lorianna Bennett enrolled in the Bachelor of Science program in 1990—but not everything. Still the same are…
InfoNews Kamloops | Kamloops biologist ready to test new fire ant control method in South Okanagan July 24, 2019
TRU biologist Rob Higgins is studying fire ants in Naramata to test various ways of controlling the invasive creatures. Read more
