Education News Canada | Research and recognition propel student success June 6, 2024
New alum Casey Hopper is grateful for research opportunities he was able to be part of as a student. Read more
Tag: undergrad research
Faculty of Arts, Featured, Giving, Research and Graduate Studies
Research and recognition propel student success June 3, 2024
By Brandi Thring A moment of courage opened up a world of opportunities for Casey Hopper in his second year as a Bachelor of Arts…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Student podcast spotlights undergraduate research September 7, 2023
Thompson Rivers University's (TRU) undergraduate research ambassadors have created a podcast that debunks common myths and promotes students’ research early in their academic journey. The…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Will Garrett-Petts building understanding about Canada March 6, 2023
Dr. Will Garrett-Petts, professor of English and vice-president Research (interim) at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), is a strong proponent of undergraduate research, creating opportunities for…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU students create a roadmap to research March 30, 2022
Research can be daunting, especially at the undergraduate level. Whether it’s the idea of white lab coats and handling beakers and test tubes, or the…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Program makes research more accessible to students January 20, 2022
Nearly 70 first- and second-year students participated in research in the classroom in the 2021 fall semester as part of TRU’s Research Coach program. Now…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Undergrad research “paves the way” to the future March 17, 2021
The 2021 NSERC USRA recipients Eleven TRU students have been awarded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Awards. The awards provide…
Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Restaurant research serves up takeaways on industry's recovery February 4, 2021
Business student Josh Parker spent a lot of time working in the restaurant industry while going to university, so when restaurants were forced to shut…
Campus News, Faculty of Arts, Research and Graduate Studies
Philosophy, History and Politics Conference goes virtual January 19, 2021
In a year when connecting with others has been a challenge, the organizers of Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) Philosophy, History and Politics (PHP) Undergraduate Conference…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Show us your research photos January 18, 2021
Once again, we are asking TRU students, staff and faculty to show us what research looks by submitting photos to the Worth 1000 Words: Research…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Student research continues during pandemic December 17, 2020
Enhanced opportunities for student research continue to make Thompson Rivers University a unique place to learn, while providing unparalleled mentorship. The Comprehensive University Enhancement Fund…
Featured, Indigenous Education
BMO donates $750K for Indigenous students at TRU December 10, 2020
Briana Tetlichi wanted to be a nurse. In her remote community of Old Crow, home to the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Yukon, nurses are…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Student researchers find new ways to engage during pandemic July 8, 2020
While the methods of data collection may have changed, the importance of undergraduate research has never been greater. A dozen students have been awarded Natural…
Campus News, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU supports students to spend summer as researchers May 5, 2020
TRU's UREAP recipients. Missing from photo are Clarence Todd, Devon DeVries, Jared Sonnleitner, Sydney Johnstone, and Zakhary Barone. Nearly two dozen TRU undergraduate students will…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Compassion fatigue presentation impresses judges February 11, 2020
When Dr. Judy Duchscher tasked 36 senior nursing students enrolled in a leadership course to identify a critical challenge and offer up creative, grassroots solutions…
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Record year for investment in undergraduate research December 4, 2019
Eleven students will spend the winter investigating original and important research topics that range from an exploration of the microbial communities within the permafrost of…
Faculty of Arts, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Path to poetry a winding one November 14, 2019
[caption id="attachment_2955229" align="alignright" width="302"] Conrad Scott, author of Waterline Immersion, and TRU alumni.[/caption] When Conrad Scott started university, fresh from what was then Kamloops Secondary…
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 and staff, Research and Graduate Studies
Learning through a unique lens September 26, 2019
This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and friends,…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Student research—from beer and birds, to fish guts May 28, 2019
Ten TRU students have been awarded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA), with each receiving a minimum of $5,625,…
