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Sifting through dirt’s DNA

Posted on: December 9, 2020

A new Genome BC-funded project will standardize how environmental DNA is measured in microbial soil communities.

New website supports essential health workers

Posted on: December 1, 2020

The Nursing The Future website and online community launched this week, establishing an online network for new RNs and LPNs to find support, make connections and access professional development.

Research finds peer support essential to ECE resiliency

Posted on: October 26, 2020

A provincewide network of peer mentors for early childhood educators developed by a TRU researcher is already showing benefits.

Research equips teachers for pandemic challenges

Posted on: October 1, 2020

TRU researchers are working with Kamloops teachers on a project to improve learning opportunities for students during a pandemic.

Can CBD and nitric oxide prevent the spread of COVID-19?

Posted on: September 2, 2020

Three TRU researchers are working toward the development of an antiviral nasal spray and mouthwash using high-cannabidiol extracts, terpenes, and nitric oxide.

Newly funded research explores connectivity, marine invertebrates and rattlesnakes

Posted on: August 27, 2020

Three researchers will share in nearly $350,000 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program.

New research tools coming to TRU

Posted on: August 25, 2020

The Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for Innovation has invested $350,000 in high-performance tools to allow TRU faculty and students to conduct ground-breaking research.

TRU records unprecedented research grant success

Posted on: August 10, 2020

The federal government has invested $500,000 in research projects that explore Secwepemctsín language, the history of unbelief in Canada, and BC’s opioid epidemic.

TRU heads collaborative research into wildfires

Posted on: July 30, 2020

The Province of BC has invested $5 million for the establishment of the BC Research Chair in Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science, to be based at TRU.