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The University of Lethbridge today launched a new program – AGILITY – a university-wide initiative that has been designed to nurture and support innovation and entrepreneurship among U of L students at both the Lethbridge and Calgary campuses.

Media are invited to attend the official launch of AGILITY, the University of Lethbridge’s new program in innovation and entrepreneurship.

Astronomers will be able to peer farther back in time with the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), an international astronomy project that has involved the utilization of University of Lethbridge technology.

The University of Lethbridge has a number of 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. Student Success Centre — Stress Reduction, CAR DESTRUCTION Monday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Grove (located just east of Markin Hall)

University of Lethbridge kinesiology professor Dr. Claudia Gonzalez is among a group of 150 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRC) announced this week by the Government of Canada. The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), unveiled a $139-million investment, with an additional $7.6 million in infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, in the Canada Research Chairs program. The University of Lethbridge is one of 36 post-secondary institutions in the country to receive funding.

Leading researchers and practitioners will examine the state of child and youth studies at an international conference to be held at the University of Lethbridge in May.

A major two-year grant worth $153,000 from the Alberta Gambling Research Institute will allow University of Lethbridge Health Sciences professors, Drs. Bonnie Lee and Darren Christensen, and their team to gauge the effect of a specialized couples counselling model.

The University of Lethbridge has a number of events lined up this week that may be of interest to your readers, viewers and listeners.

Dr. Claudia Malacrida has thrown the doors open on an era of Alberta’s past that many would prefer to forget.

The University of Lethbridge Alumni Association is pleased to announce its 2015 Alumni Honour Society inductees. A total of five distinguished alumni are being inducted this year, representing the fine arts, architecture, nursing education, public service and athletics.