Knowledge that Inspires, the third annual report on research, is now available for download. This publication serves to highlight the world-class research being conducted by…
Making the most out of a terrible situation — that’s how Dr. Matt Reudink describes his research into a mass mortality event of Vaux’s Swifts,…
[caption id="attachment_637315" align="alignright" width="226"] Karen Hofmann's short story, Vagina Dentata, received an honourable mention in Room magazine's 2015 Poetry and Fiction Contest.[/caption] Karen Hofmann’s short…
The past year has flown by for the founders of Hummingbird Drones, and the company’s founders are overwhelmed by their success. Chief Executive Officer Robert Atwood…
For those of us who have never set foot on a working ranch, the image that comes to mind is of sweeping vistas, and pastoral…
Deadline for the Fall UREAP competition is Oct. 15, 2015 at 4 p.m. When offered the opportunity to develop his own research project, fourth-year Bachelor of…
TRU microbiologist Dr. Naowarat Cheeptham and Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada biologist and TRU Adjunct Professor Dr. Cori Lausen have been awarded a $75,000 USD…
Russian historian Dr. Wilson Bell has been awarded a prestigious Insight Development Grant (IDG) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). This is…
Microbes Art Us, an extension of the 2014 Kamloops Art Gallery show entitled "Cave Microorganisms and Drug Discovery: A Collaboration Between TRU Microbiology Researchers and…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2jH9NAvask[/youtube] "This is a moment of real possibility," Dr. Will Garrett-Petts told the crowd of TRU faculty members during the third annual Research Day event…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] European fire ant expert Robert Higgins and his team of researchers have had some success removing the invasive ant from a…
The Western Canadian Innovation Offices Consortium (WCIO), of which Thompson Rivers University is a member, received $1.8 million today from the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western…
Researchers Mohamed Tawhid and Sean McGuinness are sharing in the NSERC Discovery Grants for 2015, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod announced today. Tawhid receives $90,000 for…
Humans depend upon high levels of ecosystem biodiversity, but due to climate change and changes in land use, biodiversity loss is greater now than at…
[caption id="attachment_4394" align="alignright" width="300"] Artist Lea Bucknell's false-fronted camera obscura got plenty of attention thanks to its unique look, and its highly-visible spot at the…
Do rent banks help to prevent homelessness? According to the results from the first year of a three-year research study into the effectiveness of rent…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Research at TRU— like examining how urban systems respond in extreme weather by TRU geography faculty member David Hill (above)—is helping…
Helping a local U-Brew operation save money by reducing the cost of brewing supplies, and working with a local microbrewery to sequence the genomes of…
[youtube]https://youtu.be/YGN1ngAZJG8[/youtube] A master’s student specializing in radiation oncology won Canada’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) challenge. Elizabeth Watt's explanation of how radioactive “seeds” can be used in breast…
It is the highest achievement offered to Canadian graduate students, but when Julie Schooling walks across the stage to accept the Governor General’s Academic Gold…
