Canadian Geographic | The race to save B.C.’s bats October 31, 2024
As a deadly disease threatens bats’ survival, conservationists rush to find an antidote before it’s too late. Biological Sciences faculty member Dr. Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham and…
Tag: biology
Science, Microbes and Health | Developing probiotics to prevent white nose syndrome in bats October 23, 2024
Biological Sciences faculty member Dr. Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham discusses how she and her colleagues are looking for strategies to prevent a fungal infection in bats…
Genome British Columbia | Soothsaying with soil: Genomics and innovative land reclamation research at the Mount Milligan Mine September 11, 2024
With co-funding from the Centerra Gold Inc’s Mount Milligan Mine and Genome British Columbia, researchers from TRU - including Professor of Biological Sciences Dr. Jonathan…
Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Researchers receive major federal funding June 14, 2024
Six Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers have been awarded a combined total of $937,500 through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC)…
The Williams Lake Tribune | A magical day on Scout Island in Williams Lake June 10, 2024
Williams Lake Biological Sciences faculty member Dr. Christian Lass led a tour through the dark depths of the Scout Island Nature Centre to show the…
CFJC Today | Amateur ornithologists flock to TRU for bird tour May 24, 2024
"We need nature more than we’ve ever needed it before," said avid ornithologist and Professor Emerit Dr. Tom Dickinson during a recent bird tour on campus.…
Featured, Sustainability
TRU campus bird walk open to public May 3, 2024
KAMLOOPS —Professor Emerit and avid ornithologist Dr. Tom Dickinson leads a bird tour at the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Kamloops campus that’s open to anyone…
CBC Kamloops | Bird research March 15, 2024
Spring is on the way which means songbirds are making their way back to BC's Interior. But where are they over the winter, and what…
Alumni, Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Science, Featured
MBA takes alum to the top March 5, 2024
Several years ago, Kamloops-born company NRI 3PL went international. Shortly after, so did TRU alum Chris Maydaniuk (Hon BSc ’06, MBA ’07), who moved to…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Open Learning
BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Natasha Ramroop Singh February 28, 2024
This article was originally published in BCcampus. The BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education is bestowed monthly. The award recipient this February is Natasha…
Castanet | Kamloops woman, recent TRU grad part of new documentary on great white sharks February 6, 2024
Jenna Hardy, a recent biology graduate, spent some time last year as a research assistant for scientists working with sharks in Gansbai, South Africa, where…
Alumni, Faculty of Science, Featured
Expedition to the Arctic January 29, 2024
Polar microbiologist and researcher Madison Ellis (BSc ’18) is one of TRU’s seriously amazing alumni. She recently shared a snippet of her Arctic journey through…
CBC Kamloops | TRU's Lyn Baldwin book award November 2, 2023
Science faculty member Dr. Lyn Baldwin recently won a prestigious award for her book, Drawing Botany Home: A Rooted Life. Lyn shares her thoughts with…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
A bird in the hand provides great data October 30, 2023
Each year, songbirds migrate thousands of kilometres from their breeding grounds in Canada and the United States to spend the winter in the neotropical Caribbean,…
Infotel | Guard your food, wasps are looking to invade your barbecue September 11, 2023
Guard your food, wasps are looking to invade your barbecue in Kamloops, TRU entomologist Rob Higgins explains. “The nests are done and we’re seeing more…
CBC Kamloops | Bear scat research May 30, 2023
Faculty of Arts graduate and WolfPack soccer player Olivier Jumeau discusses his research as he looks at how bears living in a ski area react…
CBC Kamloops | Botanist Lyn Baldwin May 26, 2023
Botanist Dr. Lyn Baldwin speaks with Daybreak Kamloops about the grasslands around Kamloops and her new botanical memoir, Drawing Botany Home: A Rooted Life. Interview…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Giving
Vet tech lifelike 'live'stock now on campus March 21, 2023
Last year’s Fund-a-Need campaign to raise money for animal simulators — high-tech training tools for Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) veterinary technology program — was hugely…
Alumni, Faculty of Science, Featured
Alumni walk the wild side September 29, 2022
How do you become a zookeeper at BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops? In addition to the requisite love of animals, attending Thompson Rivers University could…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU researchers awarded over $500,000 through Discovery Grants June 23, 2022
Three Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers received $590,000 through the federal Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants Program, announced today by the Government…
