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Sep 13	Summer/Fall 2019 Journey Magazine is here! (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Check out the latest issue of Lakehead’s Alumni Magazine – Journey – for great stories about our alumni, researchers, students, and campus life.
Sep 13	Times Higher Education ranks Lakehead University among world’s top universities (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University has been included in the top half of the Times Higher Education’s list of top universities from around the world.
Sep 10	The Hobbit Apocalypse (Thunder Bay) For almost a million years, hobbits lived on the Indonesian island of Flores. These 3.5-foot-tall hominins – officially known as Homo floresiensis – thrived until about 50,000 years ago. Then, inexplicably, they disappeared without a trace.
Sep 6	Monsters Teach Us about Ourselves (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Professor Ryan McVeigh believes we can learn a lot about the world by studying monsters.
Sep 5	Living Well With Dementia Conference Will Inspire Hope (Thunder Bay) Are you experiencing memory loss? Have you received a diagnosis of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease? If so, then you and your care partner should register for the two-day Living Well With Dementia: Creating Dialogues of Hope conference.
Aug 29	Lakehead University receiving $742k to support seven important research projects (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University researchers are receiving more than $742,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for seven important projects undertaken by faculty and graduate students.
Aug 27	Lakehead University announces new Dean of Law (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University's Interim Provost & Vice-President (Academic), Dr. David Barnett, is pleased to announce that Dr. Jula Hughes has been named as the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law's new Dean.
Aug 23	Lakehead’s Fall Orientation will help students transition to university (Thunder Bay) It’s not too late for you to apply to Lakehead University – applications will be accepted for most programs until the first week of September.
Aug 21	Amazing Race Canada challenge designed by Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) As you may have heard, Canada’s most-watched summer series, the multiple Canadian Screen Award-winning The Amazing Race Canada, filmed an episode in Thunder Bay. However, what you may not know – since it was a well-kept secret – is that Lakehead University’s Faculty of Natural Resources Management helped create one of the challenges.
Aug 16	Lakehead University’s Superior Science receiving $60k for coding program (Thunder Bay) “We are so excited that the CanCode initiative was renewed again this year and we can’t wait to develop and enhance our program even more,” said Ashley Andrea, Superior Science Director.
Jul 31	Science Week Introduces Indigenous Youth to Careers in Natural Resources (Thunder Bay) Fifty-two Indigenous youth from 29 communities are in Thunder Bay this week learning about geo-caching, cartography, sustainable energy, entrepreneurship and more as part of Science Week with the Outland Youth Employment Program (OYEP).
Jul 23	Lakehead University and Seven Generations Education Institute join forces to deliver nursing entry program (Thunder Bay) The All Nation Nurses Entry Program aims to increase the number of Indigenous students in health disciplines.
Jul 22	Lakehead University is receiving more than $757K in SSHRC Insight and Insight Development grants and student awards (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University researchers are receiving more than $757,000 in Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight and Insight Development grants and student awards for 16 research projects. Some of this research will explore the use of body-worn cameras in policing and examine medical assistance in dying in Ontario.
Jul 18	Lakehead University is receiving more than $380,000 for research partnership development (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Some of these projects will establish a network of collaborative campus-based “living laboratories” to examine issues of importance to people and their environments in the Lake Superior watershed, and use Indigenous research methodologies to develop new understanding of children’s self-regulation and literacy development.
Jul 1	An exceptional month starts in July for Shad participants at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) Approximately 65 young people from across Canada are participating in Shad at Lakehead University from July 1 until July 25.
Jun 21	Introducing Lakehead University’s new Chair in Finnish Studies, Dr. Kari Alenius (Thunder Bay) The Lakehead University Finnish Chair Advisory Committee is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kari Alenius as the ninth Chair in Finnish Studies.
Jun 19	Behavioral Trials Of Farmed Elk Show Effects Of Group Feeding (Thunder Bay) Free-ranging herbivores typically aggregate when they are feeding, though at first glance, if they are making a good choice, we might ask how occupying the same area is not just a cost in terms of competition for food. Speculating why aggregation occurs and understanding how it might influence animal well-being are important pursuits in ecology and on the farm.
Jun 14	Thunderwolves Announce 2019 Wall of Fame Inductees (Thunder Bay) From October 3-5, 2019, Lakehead University and the Thunderwolves will be welcoming students, alumni, and friends back to campus to celebrate the annual Homecoming Weekend.
Jun 13	Lakehead University’s Agricultural Research Station tests a new kind of fertilizer (Thunder Bay) This spring, Lakehead University’s Agricultural Research Station has initiated a study on Urea Super Granules (SuperU® fertilizer) on canola, which responds to high amounts of nitrogen.
Jun 11	Lakehead University is receiving more than $2.25 million from NSERC (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) This year’s total includes $1.56 million for 12 Discovery grants, which amounts to 72 per cent more funding than last year’s Discovery grants.

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