spotlight on research
AMETHYST PROVIDES INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE The University of Lethbridge is committed to being an international leader in the development and application of innovative remote sensing technologies and research. In 2010, the U of L received a prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grant for the Advanced Methods, Education and Training in Hyperspectral Science and Technology (AMETHYST) program. Helping expose students like MSc candidate Logan Pryor (BSc ’09) to imaging science and technology research in a variety of areas, AMETHYST encourages and enables undergraduate and graduate students to explore potential careers and acquire the skills they need to be successful in the future. Logan Pryor (BSc ‘09)
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This research theme is built on an integrated approach to health and wellness across the lifespan. Basic research is providing the knowledge necessary to realize breakthroughs in wellness and in disease prevention and management. This fundamental research offers potential for the development of new treatment approaches for many of the devastating injuries and diseases we face throughout life. The U of L has strong research efforts aimed at improving the health and wellness of all Albertans and we will continue to further our capacity to influence social policy, improve education, identify preventative strategies and reverse pathology.
This theme of research explores the relationships that exist between people, cultures and places, and organizations. Our current capabilities are founded on scholarship that seeks to provide insight into how individuals, groups, organizations and institutions relate to one another as well as the ethos and processes that shape society and civilization. Research questions challenge the multifaceted dimensions of civilization through critical and interpretive examination of the past and the present across multiple perspectives. Through social and cultural critique, our researchers seek to understand our present and our past, and to identify and clarify public issues.
This theme is dedicated to explorations of the most basic questions of life, humanity and the universe. From the origins of human cultures to the creation of galaxies and stars, our researchers probe thought, understanding and reason to provide the numerical, literary and computational discourse to advance theory, critique contemporary and historical frameworks, synthesize new materials, create novel devices and solve complex problems. Emerging opportunities in this theme are broad in scope and positioned to raise critical questions, expand both knowledge and global enterprise, and diversify economies. The methods, assumptions and disciplines of study within this theme are a catalyst for the development of skills of critical and interpretive dialogue, logic, reason and understanding.
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