TRU partners with program that empowers youth
Posted on: January 26, 2023
A new partnership between TRU and Shad Canada gives Grades 10 and 11 students a chance to tackle real-world problems.
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Student wins scholarship for Indigenous women in STEM
Posted on: November 10, 2021
Sophie Collins, a TRU math scholar, is the only woman awarded this fall’s Indigenous Women in Technology Scholarship.
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Discovery Grants support innovative TRU researchers
Posted on: June 15, 2021
Six Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers received $675,000 through the federal Discovery Grants.
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Maths prof celebrated for zero-cost textbook efforts
Posted on: May 28, 2021
Izabela Mazur is being recognized for her hard work in Open Educational Resources (OER), and efforts on a zero-cost textbook project with the BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education.
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TRU launches Master of Science in Data Science
Posted on: April 3, 2020
TRU is now accepting applications for students in a new Master of Science in Data Science program that starts in fall 2020.
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TRU researchers share $579,000 in federal awards
Posted on: May 23, 2019
Five TRU researchers have been awarded federal NSERC Discovery Grants, allowing them to focus on fundamental research questions.
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The science of including Indigenous knowledge to solve problems
Posted on: March 29, 2019
Steps are in place and others in the works as the Faculty of Science includes more Indigenous perspectives in its courses and programs.
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Forecasting the future (using statistics)
Posted on: November 6, 2018
Mateen Shaikh is developing new computational models that can sort through mass amounts of data, leaving only relevant information.
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Scholarship winner Floen combines service, science and music
Posted on: October 22, 2018
Tyler Floen: musician, mathematician and winner of the Alvin and Lydia Grunert Scholarship.
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TRU researchers share $355,000 in federal awards
Posted on: October 9, 2018
Three TRU researchers have been awarded NSERC Discovery Grants, part of a $558 million investment announced by the Government of Canada.
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STEM sellers: turning scientists, engineers and mathematicians into teachers
Posted on: July 27, 2018
The first students in TRU’s Bachelor of Education STEM program gave and got lessons with budding scientists at the Big Little Science Centre
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Love for teaching STEMs from science
Posted on: June 12, 2018
TRU’s new STEM teaching degree is all about teaching high school science and math using real examples from engineering and technology.
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Mathletes work through numerous number problems
Posted on: May 17, 2018
High school mathletes were on campus celebrating everything great about numbers, formulas and theories during the annual Math Contest.
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Talk to the Experts: Economics blends finances and people to understand the world
Posted on: January 19, 2018
To better understand things, economists blend the businesses world’s use of numbers with the social sciences’ understanding of people.
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Questions posed during Regional Science Fair
Posted on: April 7, 2017
All in the name of science, 219 students from grades four through 12 and from four school districts participated in the annual fair.
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STEM program: First-ever for TRU
Posted on: February 27, 2017
A new Bachelor of Education degree is approved for future secondary school teachers of science and math.
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Science & tech program night a one-stop info source
Posted on: November 9, 2016
Learn more about what science and technology programs are available at TRU while also meeting faculty and current students.
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Connecting with working professionals
Posted on: November 4, 2016
Career mentoring events are a great way to pick up career tips while gaining insight into your chosen profession.
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Math research matters
Posted on: September 7, 2016
Kyle is working on a coop this summer as a research assistant working on developing rigorous proofs while independently researching a branch of graph theory involving homomorphisms.
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Choose your own co-op
Posted on: August 30, 2016
Before starting fourth year courses, arts student Jake MacLaren is wrapping up a creative co-op with the School of Business and Economics.
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