Smartphone app predicts threats to human health
By Kris Foster
May 21, 2013, 10:41 am
Smartphones are on the cusp of being an important tool to combat public health threats in Canada and the world.
Researchers looking for ways to hold the salt
By Michael Robin
May 3, 2013, 9:39 am
Researchers in the Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences are taking aim at two of the biggest sources of salt in the Canadian diet: our daily bread and the processed meats that often go with it.
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Thomas Rotter tracking Lean initiatives in health care
Michael Robin
April 19, 2013, 11:33 am
Can the principles from Lean, a system developed to build cars, be adapted to cut health-care costs, decrease wait times and move innovations more quickly from the lab to the bedside? It’s a question health regions across Saskatchewan are trying to answer, and one that Thomas Rotter is watching closely.
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Building capacity for TransformUS
By Kris Foster
April 9, 2013, 1:13 pm
With membership on the TransformUS task forces set, program prioritization expert Larry Goldstein was recently on campus talking with those involved to ensure the process got off to a good start.
Gov’t grant increased as expected but budget changes continue
By OCN
March 28, 2013, 10:40 am
The University of Saskatchewan’s provincial operating grant for 2013-14 is close to what was expected but it does not alter the need to address projected budget shortfalls.
Creating a niche in food security
By Michael Robin
March 25, 2013, 8:59 am
For Roger Beachy, one of the first orders of business for the new Global Institute of Food Security (GIFS) is to carve out a bite-sized piece from an enormous field.
Co-operation key to solving water issues
By Ashleigh Mattern
March 15, 2013, 11:02 am
Lake Winnipeg has been battling massive algae blooms for the past 30 years. Agricultural run-off and sewage discharge feed the toxic algae, which has the potential to kill animals and effect human health. And because one of the lake’s primary inflows is the Red River, the crisis isn’t only an issue for the Province of Manitoba, explains Howard Wheater, director of the Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) at the University of Saskatchewan.
TransformUS work begins
By Colleen MacPherson
March 15, 2013, 10:24 am
Membership of the TransformUS task forces has been announced and the deadline for their reports that will rank all academic and administrative programs at the U of S is set, but exactly how the groups will get from here to there has yet to be determined.
Cancer research poised to aid people and pets
Lynne Gunville
February 4, 2013, 11:07 am
A multi-disciplinary team of University of Saskatchewan researchers are investigating a new cancer treatment option that could benefit both humans and their four-legged friends.
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Global Institute for Food Security welcomes international leader
By OCN
January 11, 2013, 1:00 pm
The recently established Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Beachy as its founding executive director and CEO effective January 1, 2013. World-renowned with a prolific body of scholarly research over his 40-year career, Beachy is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking research in food crops, production agriculture and the applications of biotechnology in agriculture, nutrition, and human health.
Province of Saskatchewan, PotashCorp commit $50 million to Global Institute for Food Security at the U of S
By OCN
December 10, 2012, 10:08 am
The U of S, as part of a private-public partnership that includes the Province of Saskatchewan and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp), has launched the Global Institute for Food Security. The new institute will develop Saskatchewan-led solutions to feed a growing world population.
Appealing to urban farmers
Mark Ferguson
November 16, 2012, 11:08 am
Grant Wood reaches into a grey container full of vegetables and pulls out a small tomato that appears to be turning black. They are called black prince tomatoes, he said, “but they are not actually black, they turn a dark shade of burgundy… absolutely delicious.”
Provincial survey results released
By OCN
October 19, 2012, 2:23 pm
The University of Saskatchewan and local media outlets have teamed up to release of results of Taking the Pulse, the largest ever survey exploring what provincial residents are thinking about a number of hot-button issues.
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College, unit contingencies needed for budget adjustments
Colleen MacPherson
October 15, 2012, 8:38 am
University finance officials are looking to recover some of the millions of dollars that have accumulated over the years in college and unit contingency funds in order to help the institution cover the one-time costs associated with reducing its operating budget.
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The new Tornado Alley
Mark Ferguson
October 9, 2012, 10:40 am
The climate is changing around Saskatchewan, and as a result, tornado warnings were unusually frequent in the summer of 2012 with more recorded touchdowns than any year on record. Many photographers and filmmakers kept an eye on the sky in the hope of capturing a monster in the new Tornado Alley.
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