Posted on: September 10, 2012
Ecology major Katie Degroot is growing oats and peas this fall in the Research Greenhouse, to see if companion planting can reduce the impact of climate change on crops.
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Posted on: September 4, 2012
Timothy Crowe’s undergraduate research project asks whether cave bacteria that were able to produce new antibiotics but lost that ability when cultured in the lab could have lost the genes to do so.
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Posted on: August 27, 2012
Is “happiness” the new GDP? Economics and Accounting Major Sara Burchnall used Statistics Canada’s census and survey data to investigate well-being among Canadians from a socioeconomic standpoint.
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Posted on: August 20, 2012
Looking for dietary changes that might provide answers to declining Vaux’s Swift populations, Animal Biology major James Pomfret spent six months collecting and examining samples of bird poop from a chimney roost.
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Posted on: August 13, 2012
Tamara Bandet, a Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology major, is testing the susceptibility of a pathogenic bacteria that causes respiratory tract infections to the antibiotics that are commonly prescribed. “I like that research is always a surprise.”
Read morePosted on: August 8, 2012
These undergraduate researchers have investigated such diverse topics as mollusk colouration, bluebird parenting, and tour operators, but share a passion for research and the drive to ask, why. Read the UREAP Q & A’s.
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Posted on: August 7, 2012
Fourth year Physics student Paige Hegadoren’s UREAP project identified factors that affect the ability of infrared thermography to detect fevers in cattle. Her research was one of only three student presentations selected for the 3rd International Beef and Cattle Welfare Symposium in Saskatoon.
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Posted on: July 30, 2012
Finance and Economics major Steven Holm (BBA Honours 2012) surveyed 600 students to find out if student achievement is affected by the way students pay for tuition, whether they work, receive scholarships, bursaries, or help from family, or get student loans.
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Posted on: July 23, 2012
Animal Biology major Ashley Morrison is investigating whether the brightest plumage among mountain bluebirds indicates the best parents.
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Posted on: July 16, 2012
Bachelor of Tourism Management student Tingting Li is researching tour operators’ perceptions of how effectively the Canadian Tourism Commission’s new program is attracting Chinese visitors.
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