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)…
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Discovery Grants boost student assistance for TRU researchers August 29, 2023
From programmable robots and machine learning to old-growth forests and ecosystem reclamation, six Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers have received a total of $912,500 through…
TRU-CANSSI partnership boosts data science program July 19, 2023
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has partnered with the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI) to broaden and deepen its relationship with Canada's statistics and…
TRU partners with program that empowers youth January 26, 2023
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will soon welcome high-school students to its Kamloops campus thanks to a new partnership with Shad Canada. Shad is an educational…
Student wins scholarship for Indigenous women in STEM November 10, 2021
This math was easy for TRU scholar Sophie Collins: She is one of 15 women each awarded $10,000 for the Women in Technology/Indigenous Women in…
Indigenous Land and Resources Today | IKBBC: Scholarships continue to create opportunities for women in tech November 9, 2021
For Sophie Collins, who is studying Mathematics at Thompson Rivers University, the path into the tech sector just got a bit easier, thanks to the…
The Chilliwack Progress | TRU researchers suggest Bill 28 helped fuel Chilliwack real-estate surge October 28, 2021
Two TRU researchers believe B.C.’s property transfer tax aimed at foreign buyers fuelled the red-hot real estate market in Chilliwack. Dr. Jabed Tomal from TRU’s…
TRU science students take experiment to gravity-free heights August 20, 2021
KAMLOOPS–A team of Thompson Rivers University Physics, Math, Software Engineering and Computing Science students were flying in microgravity last week, with an experiment they designed…
Discovery Grants support innovative TRU researchers June 15, 2021
Six Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers received $675,000 through the federal Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, announced today by the…
Maths prof celebrated for zero-cost textbook efforts May 28, 2021
Izabela Mazur is being recognized with the BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education for her hard work in Open Educational Resources (OER), and efforts…
Kamloops This Week | Thompson Rivers University to launch new master of science in data science program April 3, 2020
Students in TRU's two-year Master of Science in Data Science program will dig deep into interdisciplinary solutions, using mathematical, computational, statistical and algorithmic techniques to…
TRU launches new Master of Science in Data Science program April 3, 2020
KAMLOOPS—A new Master of Science in Data Science program kicks off at Thompson Rivers University in September to meet the growing demand for data scientists.…
TRU launches Master of Science in Data Science April 3, 2020
Our lives are a mass of data: every purchase, every phone call, every Google search – they’re all collected, compiled and turned into big data.…
TRU researchers share $579,000 in federal awards May 23, 2019
KAMLOOPS – Five Thompson Rivers University researchers received $579,240 over five years through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, announced…
TRU researchers share $579,000 in federal awards May 23, 2019
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…
The science of including Indigenous knowledge to solve problems March 29, 2019
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…
Forecasting the future (using statistics) November 6, 2018
When it comes to sorting through the massive volumes of big data, it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. That’s where Dr.…
Scholarship winner Floen combines service, science and music October 22, 2018
They are community builders, athletes, volunteers and scholars. In our TRU Trailblazers series, we’re profiling some of our 2018 major entrance scholarship winners. Get ready…
TRU researchers share $355,000 in federal awards October 9, 2018
Three Thompson Rivers University researchers received $355,000 through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, announced today by the Government of…
STEM sellers: turning scientists, engineers and mathematicians into teachers July 27, 2018
The classroom in the Big Little Science Centre was electric with energy. Grade 8 boys and girls gathered around tables and explored wires, batteries, magnets…
