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The University of Lethbridge Alumni Association is pleased to announce its 2017 Alumni Honour Society inductees. A distinguished group of seven people will be inducted this year, having made significant contributions to their communities in a variety of fields.

This October, Sam Woodman (BSc ’15) will be attending lectures at the University of Cambridge just like Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and famous funnyman, John Cleese, have done before him.

The University of Lethbridge is pleased to announce that Dr. Maria Klawe, president of California’s Harvey Mudd College, will receive an honorary degree at the 2017 Spring Convocation ceremonies. Klawe is a theoretical computer scientist from Edmonton whose career has been marked by research into the gender issues in mathematics and computer science and significant contributions as a senior administrator.

Renowned as an international scholar, speaker and leader, Dr. Leroy Little Bear is a pioneer in the advancement of Indigenous education and the winner of the 2017 University of Lethbridge Speaker Research Award. A mentor and instructor of students and an esteemed advisor on Aboriginal matters at the local, provincial, national and international level, Little Bear was a founder of the University’s Department of Native American Studies, one of the first such departments in Canada.

Ten teams of high school students from across southern Alberta have been weighing whether they should buy gold, treasury bills or stocks in fictitious companies as they try to build their portfolios in the lead up to the second annual High School Finance Competition. Sponsored by the University of Lethbridge’s Dhillon School of Business, the competition helps students learn about investing, the fundamentals of the stock market, risk, teamwork and communication.

The federal government has named Dr. Athanasios Zovoilis, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, a Tier II Canada Research Chair in RNA Bioinformatics and Genomics. The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Canada’s minister of science, recently announced $125.9 million in funding for 142 chairholders. Along with the Canada Research Chairs, Duncan introduced a new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan to address the lack of diversity among Canada Research Chairs.

Anyone lucky enough to have visited the Bow on Tong apothecary in Lethbridge’s Chinatown took a step back in time. Closed in 2013, the apothecary allowed visitors a look at dozens of drawers that once contained traditional remedies like ginseng or powdered horns or fungi.

The University of Lethbridge is pleased to announce that Dr. Dennis Connolly, a mathematics professor since 1967, will receive an honorary degree at the 2017 Spring Convocation ceremonies.

The University of Lethbridge has several events lined up this week that may be of interest to your readers, viewers and listeners. Members of the media who are interested in covering these events are encouraged to contact the individual event organizer directly. Digitized Collection of the Coyote Flats Oral History launch Monday, May 15, 2 to 3:30 p.m., U of L Library, main floor alcove behind the information desk

The University of Lethbridge has several events lined up this week that may be of interest to your readers, viewers and listeners. Members of the media who are interested in covering these events are encouraged to contact the individual event organizer directly. School of Liberal Education — Edward Snowden Tuesday, May 9, 4:30 to 9 p.m., University Theatre