Researcher provides skills development to Tanzanian street youth
By Lisa Buchanan
October 28, 2011, 2:27 pm
Why is a U of S nursing professor taking over a hotel in Tanzania? For Pammla Petrucka, it’s an opportunity to help street youth gain the skills they need to find jobs and get off the streets.
Huskies pilot new method of limiting concussion effects
By Teri Rosenfelt
October 28, 2011, 2:15 pm
Injuries in sport have been around as long as sport itself, but they have become a hot topic lately, especially concussions in contact sports.
Top marks for toxicology
By Robin Mowat
October 27, 2011, 8:52 am
When they heard their program was ranked among the top five in the world after a recent Graduate Program Review (GPR) process, the faculty and staff at the Toxicology Centre and their colleagues in the College of Graduate Studies and Research (CGSR) felt both surprised and pleased.
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Study looks at parking lot improvement options
By OCN
October 27, 2011, 8:50 am
A number of options have been considered for surfacing employee parking lots but it appears the makeup of the soil underlying campus makes asphalt the only viable choice.
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Elder shares traditional teaching
Bob Florence
October 25, 2011, 11:00 am
Randall Tetlichi never had TV growing up in the north. Look at him now. A while ago he went on a big network show in the U.S.
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Achievement record released online
Robin Mowat
October 25, 2011, 10:50 am
Information on how the U of S measures up against itself, in areas of enrolment, learning, research funding, staff engagement and national reputation, was released in the new achievement record.
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Learning the rules of the road on campus
By OCN
October 25, 2011, 10:44 am
The scene plays out the same way in cities around the world—a cyclist comes out of nowhere, speeding through a crosswalk startling pedestrians and motorists alike. But it happens a little more frequently at the U of S because of the mixed pedestrian-cyclist sidewalks, leaving cyclists with a bad rap.
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Student with impaired hearing examines views of disability
By Stephen Prestley
October 25, 2011, 10:36 am
Adam Pottle, a PhD English student at the University of Saskatchewan, was born with impaired hearing in both ears. To engage in class discussions, he has learned to read lips.
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Research project on psychopaths finds there is hope for treatment
By Ishmael Daro
October 24, 2011, 10:37 am
Lindsay Sewall has spent the last three years studying a feared and misunderstood segment of the population: Psychopaths.
Toward a sustainable university
By Colleen MacPherson
October 24, 2011, 8:27 am
When Alec Aitken agreed to co-lead the sustainability commitment in the university’s second planning cycle, he knew it would be big, but just how big was a bit of a surprise.
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The original X-files
Lisa Buchanan
October 24, 2011, 8:18 am
From real-life ghost hunters to werewolves and teen vampire romances, contemporary pop culture is full of tales of the supernatural.
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On Campus News issue for Oct. 21, 2011
By OCN
October 21, 2011, 3:57 pm
The Oct. 21, 2011 issue of On Campus News features stories of the original X-files, MRI’s in the WCVM, and much more…
How hemp got high: Canadian scientists map the cannabis genome
By Research Communications
October 20, 2011, 9:36 am
A team of Canadian researchers has sequenced the genome of Cannabis sativa, the plant that produces both industrial hemp and marijuana, and in the process revealed the genetic changes that led to the plant’s drug-producing properties.
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Online tools of the teaching trade
By Colleen MacPherson
October 19, 2011, 3:37 pm
For those instructors who manage their courses online, their toolbox has just gotten a whole lot bigger.
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Generation Squeeze: study says today’s family staggering under pressure
Research Communications
October 18, 2011, 12:21 pm
Canadian parents today are raising families with less money and time than the Baby Boomer generation even though the country’s economy has doubled in size since 1976, says a new study released at the University of Saskatchewan today by Paul Kershaw, a family policy expert from the University of British Columbia.
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