[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…

Thompson Rivers University visual arts professor Donald Lawrence’s interest in the camera obscura takes many shapes. As an artist, he’s always finding new ways to design…

Colin Bailey began fly-fishing on his father’s knee at the age of four. He learned to sample a trout’s throat to see the insects it ate,…

How did a generation of people cope with the loss of life caused by the First World War? Thompson Rivers University professor and English Department…

Thompson Rivers University is proud to support Genome BC’s now-enhanced capacity to foster responsible resource development through genomic research initiatives. On Wednesday, the Honourable Michelle…

Update, June 6, 2015: Elizabeth Watt from the University of Calgary wins the 2015 national Three Minute Thesis competition. Now is your chance to vote for Canada’s…

While teacher training programs are obligated to produce diverse educators from all walks of life, Dr. Kim Calder Stegemann’s research shows that it takes very…

It was stiff competition, but Elizabeth Watt from the University of Calgary took top spot at the Western Canadian Three Minute Thesis (3MT) for her presentation, “Permanent Breast…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Climate change is often considered a problem too big to solve. Dr. Lauchlan Fraser, TRU professor and former Canada Research Chair in Community and Ecosystem…