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Collaborative effort between the University of Lethbridge and other Alberta universities has identified a new technique to help identify women at risk of metabolic disorders Between three and 20 per cent of pregnant women in Canada develop gestational diabetes mellitus, or GDM, and the health of both the mother and her developing child can be negatively affected if left untreated.

Two University of Lethbridge students can add publications to their resumés after they took advantage of getting involved in research early in their university education. Not only have they published papers in major journals, they’ve also collaborated with other departments within the U of L and internationally.

WHAT: The University of Lethbridge, Bioinformatics Network Alberta (BIONET) and the Southern Alberta Genome Sciences Centre are hosting Advances in Cancer Research 2021 WHEN: Friday, January 8, 2021, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. WHERE: Online via Zoom. Meeting ID 917 1833 9421; Password 769778

A majority of Canadians continue to believe in God, according to the most recent national survey by University of Lethbridge sociologist Dr. Reginald Bibby (DLitt ’18). Bibby has been charting the God numbers through national surveys from the mid-1970s to December of this year.

University of Lethbridge kinesiology student Karlee Durfey and her family understand fully how your world can be turned upside down in a manner of moments and how that can lead to the creation of something totally unexpected.

People will be looking up to the heavens Monday evening hoping to catch a glimpse of the Christmas star — the great conjunction that will make Jupiter and Saturn appear very close together in the southwestern sky a few hours after sunset. On Monday, Dec. 21, Jupiter and Saturn will share the same celestial longitude and appear to pass each other in the sky in what’s known as a great conjunction, because these are two largest planets in our solar system. Jupiter has an orbital period of approximately 12 years while Saturn’s is about 30 years.

WHAT: Dr. Daniel Brooks presents Children of Time: Putting Darwinism to Work in a Time of Existential Threat to Humanity as part of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute (ARRTI) Speaker Series. WHEN: Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, 2 p.m. WHERE: Free online Zoom session: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/97275486531

When Tanya Pace-Crosschild (BSc ’98), director of the Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society, saw a call for proposals from Women and Gender Equality Canada in 2018, she immediately recognized an opportunity to develop a project to foster the economic empowerment of Indigenous women in southern Alberta.

The University of Lethbridge is excited to welcome Mike Frank (BA ’09) to his new post as director of Indigenous education and communications.

Interrupted and reimagined, Stories for British Museums, a new University of Lethbridge student art exhibition showcasing works inspired by the Mootookakio’ssin Indigenous object repatriation project, is now in the virtual space.