McFarland and Company | Lost to The Shoah Eight Lives February 3, 2020
TRU philosophy faculty member Jeff McLaughlin contributed to this book by Holocaust survivor Vera Schiff on the Holocaust, released as the world marks the 75th…
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Featured, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Raising the voices of rural youth January 15, 2020
When it comes to finding out what youth need to thrive Dr. Bonnie Fournier has always relied upon the simplest method of discovery. She asks them,…
CBC British Columbia | Researchers study yeast genomes to uncover new ways of brewing January 2, 2020
Thompson Rivers University researcher Jonathan Van Hamme has teamed up with Vancouver's Parallel 49 brewery to study one of their most popular but hard-to-create beers.…
CHNL | Dr. Robert Hanlon on Canada-China relations December 19, 2019
TRU Political Scientist, Dr. Robert Hanlon joined NL Morning News to chat about the relationship between Canada and China. Hear the interview
Express Digest | Thousands of artifacts discovered at a 12,500-year-old site in Connecticut December 12, 2019
TRU anthropologist Karl Hutchings offers insights into an archeological dig in Connecticut dating back 12,500 years. The site unearthed some of the earliest prehistoric humans…
Grain News | Drones. How did we farm without them? December 12, 2019
Dr. John Church was the key speaker at a two-day drone school in Alberta. He shared his insights into ways of using drones to manage…
Manitoba Co-operator | Plunging prices and better tech should put drones on your radar November 26, 2019
TRU's John Church is interviewed by The Manitoba Co-operator about his use of drones as monitoring and data-gathering tools for cattle and pasture health. Read…
Faculty of Arts, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Research aims to reduce barriers for women fleeing violence November 25, 2019
Monday, Nov. 25, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. According to the United Nations, violence is as serious a cause…
CBC British Columbia | B.C. researchers pile on global efforts to find seaweed solution to cow flatulence November 18, 2019
CBC British Columbia zooms in on research being done at Thompson Rivers University that looks at using seaweed from the West Coast for help in…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Research at TRU: A year worth celebrating November 4, 2019
What is research? At TRU, we believe research helps to inform, and to answer questions large and small. We believe that research is for everyone,…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Bat research breaking new ground October 28, 2019
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…
Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Campus News, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Research pinpoints why tech firms choose Kamloops October 24, 2019
Because high-tech firms are synonymous with efficiency and innovation, most cities are actively recruiting them. Knowing this, Dr. Laura Lamb and then-graduate student Nicole Bruce…
Featured, Open Learning, Research and Graduate Studies
Research explores impact of learning 'in the open' October 10, 2019
How are student outcomes impacted by working in the open, through collaborative learning with faculty and through creating widely-shared knowledge? These are the fundamental questions…
Faculty and staff, Featured, Open Learning
TRU empowers faculty to lower costs for students October 2, 2019
Deadline to apply: Oct. 15, 2019 at 9 a.m. Ever-increasing tuition and textbook costs are creating educational blockades. As a result, only those…
CFJC Today | TRU professor urges Canadians to take caution when travelling to Hong Kong August 14, 2019
TRU's Robert Hanlon, an assistant professor of politics, specializes in studying the links between corruption and human rights abuse in developing states. He focuses on…
InfoNews Kamloops | B.C. researcher to build on 19 ECE support programs throughout province July 22, 2019
TRU researcher Laura Doan recently got great news and InfoNews Kamloops has her story. She's receiving $575,000 to study supports needed for early childhood educators.…
Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Campus News, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Law, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Researchers awarded prestigious federal grants July 18, 2019
Six Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers have been awarded federal research grants totaling nearly $400,000, enabling them to conduct groundbreaking work in the social sciences…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Early childhood education research receives provincial boost July 17, 2019
In BC, more than half of all early childhood educators (ECEs) leave the profession within five years which limits the sector’s capacity to grow, and…
Faculty and staff, Faculty of Arts, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Gatecrasher “a tiny miracle” for Buis July 2, 2019
Susan Buis has lived in the Southern Interior for almost 14 years and admits that after a somewhat nomadic life, she struggled to open herself…
Kamloops This Week | Kamloops profs get a good laugh after reading Rate My Professor reviews June 11, 2019
How do TRU faculty react when they read comments about them on ratemyprofessor.com? Find out.
