What’s your Earth Day 2015 Pledge?
Posted on: April 22, 2015
What is one action you can do this year to reduce your carbon footprint? The university’s department of Environment and Sustainability put the question to…
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Genome BC, Imperial Metals, NSERC and Mitacs fund $300,000 research project
Posted on: April 20, 2015
A new research project led by TRU researchers and funded by Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) and Genome Canada, aims to improve the strategies for…
Read morePlease accept our sincere apologies
Posted on: April 17, 2015
Thompson Rivers University issued a retraction and apology yesterday to more than 400 people for an erroneous communication.
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Merit & Service Awards 2015
Posted on: April 17, 2015
Each year TRU recognizes outstanding achievement of its faculty and staff with merit awards. As well those with 10 years or more of service are…
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Graduating artists showcasing with year-end show
Posted on: April 17, 2015
Students graduating from the Bachelor of Fine Arts program host their year-end exhibition from April 17 to May 1 in the TRU Gallery and the…
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Quirky videos help answer science questions
Posted on: April 14, 2015
Biology 1210 students create educational and fun videos to answer quirky science questions.
Read moreUsing Descriptive Language
Posted on: April 13, 2015
Have you ever become so engrossed in a book or story that you can almost smell what the character is smelling or feel what they…
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Tourism dean cycling Vancouver to Halifax as memorial to his daughter
Posted on: April 9, 2015
TRU Dean of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism Rob Hood plans to cycle across much of Canada this summer in memory of his daughter, who…
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Plastics research gets plenty of attention
Posted on: April 8, 2015
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…
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New book adds to debate on legal status and treatment of animals
Posted on: April 7, 2015
Law faculty member Katie Sykes co-edited a new book which provides an important contribution to the debate on the legal status and treatment of animals…
Read moreAlumni Profile of the Month
Posted on: April 7, 2015
Thompson Rivers University was born in 1970 and named Cariboo College, despite not being located in the ‘Cariboo’. It started with roots as a vocational…
Read moreTrans Mountain MOU may lead to $550,000 for student awards, research
Posted on: April 7, 2015
TRU and Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Expansion Project have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding for a Community Benefit Agreement that will see a $550,000…
Read moreMicrosoft Word Tricks for Students
Posted on: April 7, 2015
You have most likely been using Microsoft Word for several years now and even though you feel fairly confident with your computer skills, there are…
Read moreBBA Students Aid Kamloops Food Bank
Posted on: April 2, 2015
As part of a directed studies project, seven students from the business school’s BBA program developed marketing techniques for the Kamloops Food Bank. View article…
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An ounce of prevention
Posted on: April 1, 2015
The World Kidney Day health fair on Mar. 12 was a success, thanks in part to TRU Nursing student organizers Pamal Serown, Sonika Judge, Madison…
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Engineering Transfer Program Adds Second Year of Study
Posted on: March 31, 2015
TRU is one step closer to its own engineering school with the recent signing of an agreement for a second year of university transfer with…
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TRU launches Undergraduate Research Journal
Posted on: March 30, 2015
Undergraduate students can now share their outstanding research in a meaningful and productive way with the launch of the new TRU Undergraduate Research Journal.
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President’s Report, March 2015
Posted on: March 30, 2015
Read the March 2015 President's Report for an overview of recent university news, accomplishments and publications by the TRU community.
Read moreTo Oxford Comma or Not to Oxford Comma. That is the Question.
Posted on: March 30, 2015
Did you know that there is a raging debate going on in the literary community over commas? Believe it or not, commas can be controversial…
Read moreFeeding success
Posted on: March 30, 2015
Seven business students applied classroom theory to real life when they undertook a directed studies project to develop marketing techniques for the Kamloops Food Bank.
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