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This summer job is for the birds July 13, 2018

Matthew McIsaac has landed the best summer job of his life. Not only is the fourth-year biology student being paid to do research, he is…

Faculty and staff, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Vera Wu—social capital butterfly April 26, 2018

TRU Master of Education (MEd) student Vera Ziwei Wu has received the 2018 Nan Poliakoff Memorial Award, which supports professional development for English language educators in BC. Wu used…

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Presenting a preponderance of plastic March 13, 2018

These days, the news is full of photos of beaches covered with plastic bottles and other litter, oceans strewn with plastic bags floating like jelly…

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Top 15 TRU stories of 2017 December 20, 2017

2017 has been another transformative year at TRU and this time around in our annual wrap up, we’re highlighting 15 stories of TRU students, alum…

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TRU genomics lab a first for the BC Interior December 11, 2017

The first high-throughput genomics lab in BC outside of the Lower Mainland is now open at Thompson Rivers University, thanks to nearly $750,000 in federal…

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University gift is largest ever October 5, 2017

Thompson Rivers University is pleased to announce its largest-ever single donation. Dr. Sherman Jen of Maple Leaf Educational Systems has given TRU a personal donation…

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Low-cost tech makes data collection easier August 29, 2017

When he was tinkering with low-cost technology last summer, Brandon Turner didn’t realize it would have a huge payoff a year later. Taking what he learned…

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Cave bacteria: A window to the past, even to distant worlds July 4, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2381661" align="alignleft" width="465"] Richenda McFarlane with some cultures grown from cave bacteria.[/caption] Each time she looks through a microscope to better understand cave bacteria,…

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Red wine and winning poster presentations June 28, 2017

As he helps unravel mysteries around the health benefits of red wine, Mitchell Wihlidal is also mastering the art of effective poster presentations. The fourth-year…