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A worldwide journey built around the treatment and understanding of illness has brought Shamima Anonna to Brandon University (BU), where her cancer research is being recognized for its promise.
Category: Research
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Fifteen Brandon University (BU) students are spending their summer working on research projects with support from the federal Tri-Agency Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs).
The bulk of the projects — 13 of them — are receiving funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) each supporting one USRA project at BU this summer.
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Two of the world’s foremost scholars on studying masculinity are working together here in Brandon, as a visiting professor arrives from Türkiye for a two-week stay.
Through the Erasmus+ Mobility Agreement, Dr. Atilla Barutçu is visiting Brandon University to work with Dr. Jonathan A. Allan, Canada Research Chair in Men and Masculinities in BU’s Faculty of Arts.
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A Brandon University researcher is in the field near Sudbury, Ontario, this summer assessing how to restore a damaged ecosystem that could be a tremendous carbon sink.
Dr. Pete Whittington is a professor and chair of the Department of Geography and Environment at BU. his research focuses on peatlands, which are a type of wetland that can store tonnes of carbon into the ground for thousands of years.
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A Brandon University (BU) scientist researching new methods to boost hydrogen as a viable clean alternative energy source will receive federal funding support over the next five years.
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A respected Brandon University professor known for his cutting-edge work studying masculinity has received major recognition for one of his recent academic articles. Dr. Jonathan Allan has been awarded the Carl Bode Award for the most outstanding article published in the Journal of American Culture in 2023.
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Julia Greer has all kinds of new ideas to spark her teaching career after capping her Brandon University (BU) education with a memorable experience. Greer, who will graduate with a Bachelor of Education (After Degree) this month, had the opportunity to exchange ideas with other pre-service educators at the Western Canadian Student Teacher Conference (WestCAST) in April at the University of Calgary.
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A Brandon University researcher known for his work on restoring peatlands is part of a team that has secured $1,466,449 in federal funding to look at polluted peatlands in northern Ontario.
Dr. Pete Whittington, Associate Professor of Geography & Environment at BU, joins Dr. Colin McCarter, Assistant Professor at Nipissing University and Canada Research Chair in Climate and Environmental Change, who was awarded an Alliance Missions Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada announced this month.
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All areas of Brandon University (BU) research will benefit from significant federal funding announced on Wednesday.
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On Friday, March 1 at 7 p.m., an exciting exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art will open at Brandon University’s (BU’s) Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art. It will include works from some of the most revered contemporary artists, such as Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Jackson Beardy, Carl Beam and Arthur Amiotte, as well as works by students, alumni and community artists.