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In early September 2001, Jack Lindsay, associate professor in the Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies program at BU, taught one of the first-ever classes focused on disasters in the country.
Category: Faculty of Science
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The remarkable service records of nearly 50 Brandon University employees were celebrated during a ceremony on Thursday.
The annual Long Service Employee Recognition Event honours staff and faculty members who have reached five-year milestones of 10 years or more in their BU careers.
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A generous donation by an alumni member and his family will help support breast cancer research at BU for years to come.
Reid Opperman’s presentation on his breast cancer research was so impressive that he received the Best MSc Presentation Award for the 2023-24 RiboClub sessions.
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A lot has happened in a year, said Brandon University’s Dr. Mousumi Majumder, as she looked around the state-of-the-art lab while her research students conduct tests they hope will lead them to a cure for breast cancer.
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Projects by three Brandon University (BU) faculty members will be supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) with new Insight Development Grants announced on Friday.
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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.
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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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Dr. Christophe LeMoine has been appointed as Dean of Science at Brandon University (BU). Dr. LeMoine is currently full Professor in the Faculty of Science, where he has been a faculty member since 2015 and has served as Acting Dean of Science since January 2023.
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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.