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Apr 7	Lakehead professor part of international research team studying climate change (Orillia)
Apr 5	Lakehead Athletics Announces Major Award Winners (Thunder Bay) The Lakehead University Thunderwolves had an outstanding year in many fields of sport. These amazing and dedicated student athletes were honoured on Monday, April 4, at the Lakehead Athletics Annual Awards Ceremony.
Apr 1	aig+c Announces Graduate Master's Student Grant Winners (Thunder Bay) The Advanced Institute for Globalization and Culture (aig+c) announces four Lakehead University master's students as recipients of the aig+c Award for Graduate Research.
Apr 1	Lakehead Professor Emeritus Honoured with Mineral Species Name and Joint-Principal Editor Appointment (Thunder Bay) Dr. Roger Mitchell, Professor Emeritus, Lakehead University Department of Geology, in recognition of his significant work in mineralogy, has been honoured with his name being given to a newly discovered mineral. Mitchell has also been appointed co-editor of Mineralogical Magazine, with Dr. Peter Williams, Professor of Geology and Crystallography, University of Western Sydney, Australia.
Mar 31	March Break Open House attendance doubles (Orillia)
Mar 30	Graduate Students Receive $15,000 in Federal Funds for Northern Field Research (Thunder Bay) Six Lakehead graduate students successfully competed in the highly competitive Northern Scientific Training Program and have been awarded funds to conduct field research in Northern Canada.
Mar 29	Students in Free Enterprise Teams Place Second and Third at ACE Regional Exposition (Thunder Bay) Lakehead's Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) teams placed very well against nineteen other universities from Central Canada at the recent Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) Regional Exposition in Toronto.
Mar 29	Meet Dr. Florin Pendea: Assistant Professor Interdisciplinary Studies (Environmental Sustainability) (Orillia)
Mar 25	Lakehead University's Civil Engineering Steel Bridge Team Takes First Place Again at U.S. Midwest Regional Competition - Reaps Other Awards (Thunder Bay) A large contingent of Lakehead University civil engineering students traveled to the University of North Dakota to participate in the Annual ASCE Midwest Regional Student Conference and the AISC/ASCE Regional Qualifier Student Steel Bridge Competition. The Lakehead team had an incredible weekend with a first place in the steel bridge-building competition, second place in the technical paper competition, and a trophy for the Person-Mileage Participation award.
Mar 24	Award-Winning Book Captures French Folktales and Legends from Northwestern Ontario (Thunder Bay) Contes et légendes de la baie du Tonnerre (Éditions du Nord-Ouest, 2010), written by Alain Nabarra and Marie-Noëlle Rinne, current and former professors of languages at Lakehead University, and illustrated by Lakehead graduate Dany Michaud, has won the Billochet du Jongleur award. The book features tales and legends told in French by Northwestern Ontario storytellers.
Mar 14	Lakehead - Orillia Wellness Centre presents "Mind, Body, Spirit" event (Orillia) Are you interested in a well-rounded approach to healthy living? Looking for insight into how to manage stress? Attend Lakehead University - Orillia's first Mind, Body, Spirit event.
Mar 14	Entire NOSM Class of 2011 Matched to Canadian Residency Programs on First Attempt (Thunder Bay) Students at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine's 2011 graduating class have all been matched to Canadian residency programs on their first attempt.
Mar 14	Lakehead Athletics Has Big Weekend Across the Country (Thunder Bay) Lakehead Athletics has a lot to be proud of this weekend. From a fifth place national finish for the men's basketball team in Halifax, a silver medal for track stand-out Alistair Brown in Sherbrooke, to a bronze medal for the Nordic Lady Wolves in Canmore, Lakehead was winning all over the country.
Mar 14	Student Visual Arts Awards Presented Before Capacity Gallery Crowd (Thunder Bay) Lakehead Visual Arts students receive recognition and awards at the Opening Reception and Awards Presentation of the 2011 Annual Student Juried and Major Studio Exhibitions at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
Mar 10	Thunderwolves Men's Basketball Team Wins Wilson Cup - Heads for Halifax (Thunder Bay) Thunderwolves men's basketball team is heading east to Halifax to take on the Trinity Western Spartans in their first match-up of the CIS Final 8 tournament.
Mar 8	Old Friends Reunite at Lakehead and Enter Clever Sustainability Video in TD's Go Green Challenge (Thunder Bay) With a background in forestry and GIS, and a desire to improve the value that urban landscapes and neighbourhoods can get from trees, Lakehead students Bradley Doff and Peter Stevens created a four-minute stop-motion film that uses the Lakehead University-Thunder Bay campus as a case-study. The stop-motion film informs, entertains, and hopes to win the People's Choice Award for the TD Go Green Challenge.
Mar 7	Lakehead Offers Hands-On Learning for Intermediate Students During National Engineering Week (Thunder Bay) Intermediate students from Thunder Bay schools gathered at Lakehead University to take part in National Engineering Week events. In teams, the students worked to build bridges, create catapults, and engage in a junk drawer war.
Mar 3	Lakehead University encourages high school students to think differently (Orillia)
Feb 25	Lakehead Researchers Receive $2.5 Million in Funding for Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (Thunder Bay) Lakehead researchers, led by Dr. Chris Southcott, have received $2.5 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Major Collaborative Research Initiatives grant program. Minister of State for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear, was on campus to make the announcement, accompanied by Dr. Chad Gaffield, SSHRC President, and Kenora MP Greg Rickford.
Feb 23	Postdoctoral Fellows Recognized for Innovative Research (Thunder Bay) As part of Research and Innovation Week 2011, Lakehead's postdoctoral fellows participated in a poster competition. The top three innovative researchers were chosen as winners.

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