Students are the focus of the Competition Bureau’s 12th annual anti-fraud campaign, Halen Kooper reports. This week’s focus is on student fraud. Lethbridge Police Service Media Executive Officer Kristen Harding says they’ve been using social media to inform the student population. Lethbridge College student Damian Nagasaka says while awareness is important, stopping people from committing fraud…
Robotics may play an interesting role in our future
Speaking out about the fascination of robotics is what one U of L professor recently shared with the public. Neuroscience instructor Mathew Tata says their is going to be situations where robots are so much better at doing things, humans will eventually start using robots in their everyday lives. He says it doesn’t mean that…
Sleeping in the cold for charity
This week University of Lethbridge students gave up the comforts of home for a good cause. The students participated in a charity event that is raising money for a local youth shelter. I spent some time with them at their new home, outside of the student union building. These students gave up shelter from the…
Without a home
An annual charity event is raising money for the homeless. Sarah Redekop has the story. Five University of Lethbridge students are living outside for five days to raise money for the homeless. The annual Five Days for the Homeless fundraiser began on Sunday. The students live outside without communication devices, showers or their own food.…
Diversity at the University of Lethbridge
University of Lethbridge honoured southern Alberta’s indigenous community this week. The U of L held its annual Native Awareness Week. From opening ceremonies to two distinct cultures coming together, I had the chance to find out more about this unique week. Tawnya Plain Eagle has more. Through the power of song, the First Nations community…
U of L student wins national award for inorganic chemistry
Passion and results earned a University of Lethbridge student a national honour from the Canadian Society for Chemistry. Jackson Knott, a 5th year bachelor of science student’s unwavering appetite for chemistry can be felt as glides his way through the lab explaining the equipment and conducting experiments. Each year one chemistry student from one university…
University of Lethbridge student wins national award
Jackson Knott was the recipient of the 2015 Award for Undergraduate Research in Inorganic Chemistry. He is the first University of Lethbridge student and the only one across Canada to have received the award.
Hyper-flutes take centre stage at University of Lethbridge
Cléo Palacio-Quintin’s blend of technology and art mesmerized the University of Lethbridge. With sensors fixed to her flutes, Quintin’s progressions control videos and soundscapes to add a more intimate dimension to her compositions. These dimensions help the audience connect with every composer Quintin has worked with and even left some students inspired. Launching her tour…
Cléo Palacio-Quintin brings her hyper-flutes to Lethbridge
A composer who developed links between technology and artistic disciplines had students in a trance with her eccentric performance. This innovative performer launched her most recent tour here in Lethbridge. Halen Kooper reports.
CBC journalist gives outstanding presentation at the university
With a passion for science Bob McDonald, host of Quirks and Quarks, presented some fascinating facts about science, Tawnya Plain Eagle reports. McDonald says there is so much more to life that we don’t know and we only discovered five per cent of our universes. He states that society can benefit from science all the…