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A panel discussion featuring renowned international experts in off-grid water sanitation will share their knowledge at a panel event on May 25 at the Wood Innovation and Design Centre hosted by ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's Water and Sanitation Holistic Technologies Research Group.

Members of the University community gathered for a special ceremony to honour seven retiring faculty members, celebrating their remarkable accomplishments and the lasting impact they have made on ÂÜÀòÉäÇø and beyond.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø is one of seven new university members of TRIUMF, Canada's particle accelerator centre. ÂÜÀòÉäÇø researchers have been working on projects at the facility since 1993. Currently, ÂÜÀòÉäÇø is involved in a project that aims to build the world’s most advanced ultra-cold-neutron facility to carry out the world’s most precise measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment.

When a Research Ambassador encouraged undergraduate student Ahmad Jalil to pursue his research interests by just reaching out to a professor in his field of interest, the Bachelor of Health Sciences student felt he might lack the skills required. His interest soon outweighed his hesitancy and he's recently submitted a manuscript for journal review based on his research with ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's Northern Analytical Laboratory Services.

Fourth-year Computer Science student Elizabeth Norman received an Instructor Recognition Award from Actua for her work with young people in northern B.C. through ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's Active Minds program.

Over the past five years, ÂÜÀòÉäÇø placed first among universities in its tier for the percentage of funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. ÂÜÀòÉäÇø received $7.7 million over the span, representing 12.6 per cent of ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's total research income.

The health authority and University have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding for the fourth time since 2010.

An international team of researchers, led by ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's Dr. Rajeev Pillay examined the habitat of more than 16,000 mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian species in tropical rainforests and found that preserving forest integrity is crucial for maintaining biodiversity.

Through his SABR-5 trial, Northern Medical Program researcher Dr. Rob Olson looked at ways to minimize patient side effects from SABR, an innovative high-dose radiation treatment delivered to multiple tumour sites.