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The University of Lethbridge is making big waves in water research. In April 2005, the United Nations announced that the University of Lethbridge would be the Canadian location for its Water for Life program. A few weeks later,
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federal government representatives announced funding to create new Canada Research Chairs. Dr. Henning Bjornlund, an internationally recognized water resource economist, was appointed as the U of L’s fifth Canada Research Chair. Read more at www.uleth.ca/report
Because Discovery Matters Students and faculty are engaged in research and discovery at the University of Lethbridge. Each day, they bring new light into hospitals, classrooms, theatres, laboratories and the deepest corners of the human mind.
2005 HIGHLIGHTS
• At a time when women are under-represented in university physics departments across the country, physics professor Dr. Adriana Predoi-Cross demonstrates that it is possible to balance a successful research career and a family. Predoi-Cross is one of 23 recipients of NSERC’s 2005 University Faculty Awards, which are designed to increase the representation of women and Aboriginal peoples in the natural sciences and engineering faculties at Canadian universities. • In March 2005, psychology and neuroscience professor Dr. Robert Sutherland was awarded more than $588,000 over five years from
the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to study how some types of stem cell research could assist in the recovery from brain injury and diseases. Dr. Ira Driscoll, who received her doctoral degree in neuroscience from the U of L in June 2005, received $50,000 to work with Sutherland on related research. • In July 2005, psychology and neuroscience professor Dr. Bryan Kolb made headlines for his discovery that nicotine holds promise for stronger stroke recovery. Kolb is the 2004 recipient of the Alberta Science and Technology (ASTech) Leadership Foundation’s Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Science award.
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