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Awards & Accolades: March 2022

  • News Staff
  • 31 March 2022
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Containment, not eradication, key to managing invasive species in Alberta lake: study

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 03 March 2022
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Four Faculty of Science researchers receive funding for state-of-the-art research tools

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 11 August 2021

Recent Posts

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Researchers create new method for making lifelike aquatic artificial habitats

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 13 July 2022
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Convocation ‘22: Leanne Petro, BSc with Specialization, Biological Sciences

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 06 June 2022
Congratulations to Maya Evenden, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, being awarded the 2021 Faculty of Science Graduate Mentoring Award.

Awards & Accolades: March 2022

  • News Staff
  • 31 March 2022
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New marking method gives biologists a better way to identify individual animals at night

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 29 March 2022
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Containment, not eradication, key to managing invasive species in Alberta lake: study

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 03 March 2022
Congratulations to Taleana Huff, graduate of the Department of Physics, on being awarded the 2021 CMC Microsystem’s Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence.

Awards & Accolades: February 2022

  • News Staff
  • 28 February 2022
Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences recognized for research working to ensure the future of wildlife and healthy ecosystems.

Mark Boyce receives 2021 J. Gordin Kaplan Award

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 26 November 2021
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Paleontologists debunk fossil thought to be missing link between lizards and first snakes

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 18 November 2021
Killam award winner reflects on the value of mentorship.

Building community: Meet award-winning mentor Kimberley Mathot

  • Katie Willis
  • 13 October 2021
Meet Troy Locke, RNA technologies specialist in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Celebrating staff: Troy Locke

  • Katie Willis
  • 08 October 2021

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