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Arts grad finds path through research January 4, 2021

Teacher, nurse, accountant, journalist—these are just some of the more typically sought-after career paths of university students. However, Bachelor of Arts (BA) grad Luke Kernan…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
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…

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,…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Science, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Undergraduate research: Invaluable experience gets funding boost January 21, 2019

The Undergraduate Research Experience Award Program now gives students more reason than ever before to complete their own, independent research projects. The UREAP was developed…

Campus News, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Research and Graduate Studies
Student presents salmon research in South Africa January 21, 2019

[caption id="attachment_2947108" align="alignright" width="394"] Fauve Garson Stewart received the award for Best Student Research Paper at the International Competence Network of Tourism Research and Education…

Campus News, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Eight students become independent researchers November 26, 2018

Eight students will spend the winter investigating original research questions, thanks to TRU’s flagship Undergraduate Research Experience Award Program (UREAP). The program, which provides students…

Alumni, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
We know what you did this summer: UREAP Edition August 24, 2018

In our We Know What You Did This Summer series, we're talking to students who spent their summer semester in one of the experiential learning…

Faculty and staff, Faculty of Science,
Inspiration + science = TRU chemistry May 17, 2018

[embed]https://youtu.be/0DALfFBxQxw[/embed] Lavraj Lidher is one of six valedictorians selected to speak at the 2018 spring convocation ceremonies. A science graduate, he will address the Faculty…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Students spend summer as funded researchers April 9, 2018

Undergraduate researchers will be hard at work this summer, investigating everything from homophobia in Russia, to white nose syndrome in bats. Nineteen students have been…

Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Rattlesnakes crack the first Nutshell March 22, 2018

Valerie Law spent a summer working with rattlesnakes, so she doesn’t scare easily. But she admits to being slightly nervous standing in front of the…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Science, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
So many reasons to be a researcher February 26, 2018

During Reading Week, TRU played host to experts from across North America — and Australia — who were here to identify ways to promote inclusivity in…

Campus News, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Science, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Ten students awarded undergraduate research grants November 21, 2017

Is there value in support groups for social workers? What unique challenges to Indigenous nursing students face? These are just a couple of the questions…

Campus News, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Low-cost tech makes data collection easier August 29, 2017

When he was tinkering with low-cost technology last summer, Brandon Turner didn’t realize it would have a huge payoff a year later. Taking what he learned…