IndigiNews | Guided by her culture, Gitxsan scientist looks to old ways for climate resilience July 4, 2023
TRU alum Janna Wale, who is Gitxsan and Cree-Métis, looks at how Indigenous people can be resilient in the face of climate change. Read more
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Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Law, Featured, Indigenous Education
Indigenous graduates honoured at ceremony June 16, 2023
Surrounded by friends, family and the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Kamloops community, 30 Indigenous graduates entered the Brown Family House of Learning, HL 190, on…
CBC BC | BC university partners with local rancher to breed heat-wave resistant cattle June 14, 2023
Dr. John Church -- BC Regional Innovation Chair in Cattle Industry Sustainability -- anticipates that summer temperatures could get as high as 50°C within the…
CBC Kelowna | Heat and cattle June 12, 2023
Dr. John Church -- BC Regional Innovation Chair in Cattle Industry Sustainability -- speaks with Daybreak South host Chris Walker about breeding heat-resistant cows in the face…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Professorship boosts microbiologist’s research May 31, 2023
A TRU faculty member’s research into breaking down toxic ‘forever chemicals’ is getting support that allows him to expand his work. Dr. Jonathan Van Hamme,…
The Daily Courier | Local land trust works largely behind the scenes May 30, 2023
Efforts of the Central Okanagan Land Trust in removing invasive plants are helped by their partnership with TRU, where adjunct faculty member Dr. Catherine Tarasoff…
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…
Edmonton Sun | How a fire went from ‘prescribed burn’ to out of control in an instant near Banff May 5, 2023
Wildfire expert Dr. Mike Flannigan says the window to do prescribed burns is getting smaller. “So there is a desire to burn when possible.” Read more
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Graduate student’s global wildfire journey May 4, 2023
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Master of Science in Environmental Science student Andrea Robinson is passionate about the planet. An aspiring wildfire scientist and initial attack…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
3MT is short on time, long on knowledge April 28, 2023
There’s an art to summing up extensive research and boiling down to a three-minute-long presentation. Three Master of Science graduate students demonstrated their skill in…
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Science, Featured, School of Trades and Technology
Minister of post-secondary education tours Kamloops campus March 22, 2023
[caption id="attachment_2977368" align="alignright" width="404"] Power engineering students Natasha Bosse, left, and Sierra Neuls, right, had a chance to chat with BC Minister of Post-Secondary Education…
Faculty of Science, Featured,
Grad student takes the stage at national conference February 23, 2023
When Master of Science in Environmental Science student Natalie Maslowski received an email from Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) president’s office inviting her to attend Universities…
Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Featured
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…
Faculty of Science, Featured,
New data science diploma leads to high-demand careers December 16, 2022
A new two-year Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Applied Data Science program at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) trains students in skills that get them job-ready for the…
Faculty of Science, Featured
Changing higher education for a changing world November 23, 2022
An outstanding group of teachers from across the country gathered in Banff this month to create a project that could change the landscape of Canadian…
Faculty of Science, Featured,
Newly accredited Software Engineering program boosts student success October 13, 2022
TRU’s first five students in the Software Engineering program graduated this past spring. It was a remarkable achievement for the graduates — Lorelei Guidos, Kaleab…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU student awarded prestigious medal for academic excellence June 20, 2022
After travelling more than 11,000 kilometres from her home in India to Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in the summer of 2021, Master of Science in…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Sustainability
Wells Gray Education and Research Centre supporters recognized June 20, 2022
Dignitaries joined philanthropists and academics at TRU’s Wells Gray Education and Research Centre (WGERC) on June 2 to celebrate the donors and volunteers who brought…
Faculty and staff, Faculty of Science, Featured,
Award-winning microbiologist learns from her students June 13, 2022
She jokes about her petite stature as being apt as she is a ‘micro’ biologist. She is part of a visible minority and a woman…
