Honorary Degrees Spring 2015 May 4, 2015
Thompson Rivers University will recognize five individuals who embody the spirit and essence of TRU during its Spring Convocation in June. The Honorary degrees will…
Thompson Rivers University will recognize five individuals who embody the spirit and essence of TRU during its Spring Convocation in June. The Honorary degrees will…
The President’s Report is produced each month for presentation to the TRU Board of Governors and TRU Senate. Read the April 2015 President's Report for…
By Pam Erikson Instead of just talking about environmental concerns, TRU geography students took action through six crowdfunded projects to raise awareness, purchase needed equipment…
What is one action you can pledge this year to reduce your carbon footprint? The university’s department of Environment and Sustainability put the question to…
A new TRU-led research project, funded by Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) and Genome Canada, aims to improve the strategies for monitoring the impact of…
Thompson Rivers University issued a retraction and apology yesterday to more than 400 people for an erroneous communication advising them they had been accepted into…
Each year TRU recognizes outstanding achievement of its faculty and staff with merit awards. As well those with 10 years or more of service are…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Pictured here is four of the 13 students participating in the year-end exhibition for students graduating from the Bachelor of Fine…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] This is a screen grab from the video entry "Why should bioprospectors look for cures in caves?"[/caption] Do chimpanzees have culture?…
[caption id="attachment_30481" align="alignright" width="150"] Rob Hood[/caption] TRU's dean of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Rob Hood, plans to cycle across much of Canada this summer…
First a patent, now a follow up article published in a prominent scientific journal—Postdoctoral Fellow and sessional instructor Dr. Dipesh Prema is getting a lot…
It is rare for a week to go by without the issue of animal rights in the headlines. TRU Law faculty member Katie Sykes recognized…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Greg Toth, senior director for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Expansion Project, announces a memorandum of understanding with TRU on April 7,…
Nursing students raise awareness of kidney health By Pam Erikson The World Kidney Day health fair was a success, thanks in part to TRU Nursing…
Undergraduate students can now share their outstanding research in a meaningful and productive way. The new TRU Undergraduate Research Journal (TRU-URJ) is an academic for-student…
The President’s Report is produced each month for presentation to the TRU Board of Governors and TRU Senate. Read the March 2015 President's Report for an…
Business students apply skills to aid Kamloops Food Bank [youtube]https://youtu.be/KmAjDK3DY4c[/youtube] By Lissa Millar The real challenge in learning comes when theory and methodology are applied…
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…
Volunteers are needed to help fill fun-filled volunteer positions for the regional elementary schools science fair coming to the TRU Gym on April 9, 2015.…
[caption id="attachment_30310" align="alignright" width="251"] Third-year psychology major Alex Wilson, one of 14 students heading to New York for the Association of Psychological Science conference.[/caption] By…