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Creating a global classroom
Mark Ferguson
May 8, 2012, 3:56 pm
While presenting at the TED Conference in Palm Springs, California in early March, Edwards School of Business instructor Trevor Maber was surprised at the number of people who were taken by his by talk.
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A vision for student enrolment
Kris Foster
May 8, 2012, 3:55 pm
Since October, a university committee has been working to develop a new Strategic Enrolment Management (SEM) plan that will guide the long-term vision for undergraduate and graduate student enrolment—including numbers and composition—at the U of S.
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President MacKinnon awarded inaugural Prime Ministers of Canada Fellowship
By OCN
May 4, 2012, 1:38 pm
University of Saskatchewan President Peter MacKinnon has been named the first recipient of the Prime Ministers of Canada Fellowship, an initiative of the Public Policy Forum to enhance governance in Canada.
i3 Idea Challenge finalists present videos of their businesses
By Nicole Kehrig
May 4, 2012, 10:52 am
Eleven teams of aspiring entrepreneurs at the University of Saskatchewan are now one step closer to winning cash and support to start their own businesses.
Huskies’ Heenan selected first overall in CFL draft.
By OCN
May 3, 2012, 1:40 pm
University of Saskatchewan Huskies’ offensive lineman Ben Heenan has been selected first overall in the 2012 Canadian Football League (CFL) draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Riders’ CEO Jim Hopson made the announcement at the annual Dogs’ Breakfast May 3.
Sharing in the science
Colleen MacPherson
May 3, 2012, 7:50 am
Kyle Larson is heading off to eastern Nepal this fall in the hope of shedding new light on ideas about how the highest mountains on Earth were formed, and he’s asking for little extra help from members of the general public who share his interest in geology.
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Pharmacy student project addresses HIV, overall population health
Heather Dawson
May 3, 2012, 7:49 am
Six students from the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition at the U of S who developed a pilot project to reduce the prevalence of HIV in Saskatchewan were rewarded for their efforts with top place in the recent Pharmasave-Rubicon Annual Innovation in Pharmacy Student Business Plan Competition.
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U of S researchers create link between Brazilian and Canadian synchrotrons
Research News
April 30, 2012, 11:36 am
Use of advanced internet technology to bring scientists and leading-edge research infrastructure together half a world apart has been demonstrated between the national synchrotron facilities of Canada and Brazil.
Time in a bottle
By OCN
April 30, 2012, 11:18 am
This first-century blue glass flask from the ancient Phoenician city of Sidon is one of more than 75 pieces of ancient glass and pottery that make up the Arthur and Beatrice Minden collection currently on display in the university’s Museum of Antiquities. The artifacts were donated to the museum by the Minden’s children and are valued at over $100,000.
President’s Residence to get summer renovation
Colleen MacPherson
April 30, 2012, 8:33 am
The iconic President’s Residence at the University of Saskatchewan is scheduled for a makeover this summer.
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Seeing education in 3-D
Mark Ferguson
April 27, 2012, 9:57 am
Bill Nixon has seen the future of education, and it is three-dimensional.
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On Campus News April 27
By OCN
April 27, 2012, 9:04 am
The April 27 issue of On Campus News features stories on the President’s Residence makeover, the strategic enrolment management project and an overview of TABBS, the university’s new budgeting model.
MacKinnon reflects on strengths, questions in final GAA speech
By OCN
April 27, 2012, 7:54 am
In his final address as president to the General Academic Assembly, Peter MacKinnon chose to highlight three strengths in the Canadian post-secondary sector as well as three big questions institutions in that sector face, and how the University of Saskatchewan fits into each.
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Business students head to Israel
By OCN
April 26, 2012, 1:08 pm
A group of 16 students from the University of Saskatchewan’s Edwards School of Business, Dean Daphne Taras and Saskatchewan businesspeople leave for Israel and Jordan April 30, and will spend almost two weeks in the region exploring similarities and differences in business, entrepreneurship and culture.
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Preparing for the new president
By OCN
April 26, 2012, 10:21 am
There are always a few things that need to be done when a new employee joins an organization, but when that new employee is moving into the president’s office, the list gets just a little bit longer.
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