Health-care workers have always been unsung heroes, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put a new spotlight on the people who spend their lives saving others.…
Graduate students Shannon Mendt and Joey Chisholm have been awarded Environmental Science and Natural Resource Science Fellowships as a result of their commitment to conducting…
TRU's Dr. Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham is part of a research team looking at whether probiotics can help bats stave off the highly fatal fungus that…
Eleven students will spend the winter investigating original and important research topics that range from an exploration of the microbial communities within the permafrost of…
https://youtu.be/v2UcwjD2ujc Whether they give you the heebie-jeebies or not, bats are necessary, and right now North American bats are under serious threat. Researchers at…
Graduates of TRU’s Architectural and Engineering Technology (ARET) program will now enjoy a globally-accepted professional status, after today’s official announcement that makes the program BC’s…
Three exceptional TRU graduate students will share in federal entrance scholarships valued at more than $50,000. The Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (CGS-M) program supports students who…
Support from the TB Vets Charitable Foundation and its donors has fuelled the respiratory therapy program at Thompson Rivers University for 30 years through critical…
When Stephanie Winton arrived at TRU to pursue her Master of Science in Environmental Science, she had no idea that the work she would undertake…
https://youtu.be/hwC1rLAed8s Marco Lussetti is the 2019 TRU Faculty of Science valedictorian, graduating with his newly minted Bachelor of Computing Science degree. Originally hailing from Italy,…
Ten TRU students have been awarded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA), with each receiving a minimum of $5,625,…
Five Thompson Rivers University researchers received $579,240 over five years through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, announced this week…
[caption id="attachment_2950965" align="alignright" width="393"] Dr. Rob Higgins, associate professor, biology.[/caption] What is the point of a tick? According to Dr. Rob Higgins, associate professor of…
Humour can go a long way in the classroom, even during a serious exercise like dissecting a pig’s heart in a biology lab. “Mirror…
Congratulations to the 10 researchers who received 2019 Internal Research Fund awards. The fund provides a maximum of $100,000 annually to support research with the…
The Faculty of Science is addressing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's calls to action through existing initiatives and ones in the works. These…
TRU is once again celebrating Research Week! Now in its fourth year, Research Week, which runs March 25 – 30, offers a blend of workshops,…
The average 14-year-old doesn’t spend much time thinking abstractly or questioning the origin of life. But multi-disciplinary scientist and astrobiologist Dr. Bruce Damer wasn’t your…
TRU is now home to a unique facility that assesses exercise capacity and cardiovascular disease risk thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Canada Foundation…
It was standing room only for the 10th annual Master of Science in Environmental Science showcase, which took place on March 7. Upwards of 120 people…
