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jun 15	researcher examining new way to capture images of the brain for alzheimer’s disease (thunder bay) imagine there was a more effective way to study the brain while treating alzheimer’s disease. the weston brain institute is providing $709,650 to dr. mitch albert, a researcher at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and the thunder bay regional research institute (tbrri), to do exactly that.
jun 10	阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and philips provide international learning opportunity to next generation of scientists (thunder bay) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and philips signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) to create an internship program where graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 can work in medical imaging at philips healthcare r&d centre in israel.
jun 10	founder of lakehead orillia pride receives 2016 lloyd dennis award (orillia) whitney page, a third-year honours bachelor of social work student at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 orillia, is the recipient of the 2016 lloyd dennis award. page, of norwood, ontario, received the award at the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 board of governors meeting, which took place at georgian college in barrie on june 3.
jun 8	dr. derek burney to step down as 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 chancellor (thunder bay) , (orillia) after more than three exceptional years as 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s chancellor, dr. derek burney has announced that he will step down from the role in early 2017.
jun 7	lakehead challenge panel to discuss the immigrant experience (orillia) a social entrepreneur from eritrea and a former astronaut from ukraine will join sandra lee of simcoe county’s local immigration partnership to discuss the experience of immigration and settlement in canada
jun 4	lakehead orillia’s 2016 convocation celebrates 10 years of achievement (orillia) during 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 orillia’s 10th anniversary year convocation ceremony on june 4, approximately 200 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 crossed the stage at rotary place and joined the growing number of graduates who have received degrees from the orillia campus.
jun 3	阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and georgian college strengthen ties to support the growth of post-secondary opportunities (thunder bay) , (orillia) the future of post-secondary opportunities in simcoe county, orillia and barrie, continued to be top of mind when the boards of governors and senior academic and executive staff from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and georgian college met, this morning, in barrie.
may 31	lakehead orillia’s 2016 voice of convocation a true student leader (orillia) five years ago, rebecca scott, who wanted to become a teacher, thought she had already chosen her university until a recruiter from lakehead (danielle poeta) visited her high school in hanover, ontario. poeta’s presentation inspired her to take a road trip with some friends to visit the orillia campus.
may 11	lakehead’s biorefining research institute creates an important advisory committee (thunder bay) a new advisory committee will provide direction to 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s biorefining research institute that will benefit northwestern ontario’s forestry sector.
apr 28	阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 selects its first director of human rights and equity (thunder bay) , (orillia) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 has chosen dreeni geer as its first director of human rights and equity.
apr 21	lakehead’s board of governors names david tamblyn as incoming chair (thunder bay) , (orillia) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s board of governors has appointed current vice-chair david tamblyn as its next chair. tamblyn, who has served as the board’s vice-chair since october 2014, will assume the position of chair following the board’s annual general meeting in october 2016.
apr 20	connecting 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 with 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 from around the world (thunder bay) recently, ju hee hwang had to do a presentation in english in front of her classmates. just weeks earlier, the english literature major from korea would have been terrified, but not this day.
apr 15	georgian, lakehead and the scdsb to collaborate in support of international 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 (orillia) georgian college, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and the simcoe county district school board (scdsb) have committed to work together to support international 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 . on april 15, they will sign a memorandum of understanding (mou) and commit to linking the k-12 and post-secondary education systems for international 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in simcoe county. a signing event will take place at the scdsb education centre from 10 – 11:30 a.m.
apr 14	lakehead orillia announces honorary degree and civitas award recipients for 2016 convocation (orillia) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 will recognize two champions of education at this year’s convocation ceremony on saturday, june 4 at rotary place in orillia.
apr 13	lakehead’s next in conversation event to discuss climate change and carbon woes (orillia) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s dr. florin pendea studies one of the most important research questions of today – climate change. as a paleo-ecologist, pendea’s research helps to solve questions about how environmental change has affected humans historically. by understanding the effects of carbon on climates of the past, pendea believes his research will help other scientists make more accurate environmental predictions for the future.
apr 13	exceptional individuals will be celebrated at lakehead’s convocation ceremonies (thunder bay) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 will recognize five exceptional people at this year’s convocation ceremonies on friday, may 27 and saturday, may 28 at the thunder bay community auditorium.
apr 6	lakehead mechanical engineering student wins first place (thunder bay) a fourth-year mechanical engineering student from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 placed first at the canadian engineering competition held recently at mcgill university.
mar 31	阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s steel bridge team takes first place at regionals (thunder bay) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s steel bridge team has done it again.
mar 30	阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 media studies 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to present public showcase (orillia) the media studies program at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 orillia will present its annual media arts showcase – an exhibition of media artwork produced by 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 – on tuesday, april 5 from 5 to 7 pm at the orillia museum of art & history.
mar 30	new evidence pushes back the time of disappearance of the indonesian ‘hobbits’ (homo floresiensis) (thunder bay) eight years of further excavations and study at the indonesian cave site of liang bua have pushed back the time of disappearance of the ‘hobbits’ of flores (homo floresiensis) from as recently as 12,000 years ago to about 50,000 years ago—around the same time that modern humans (homo sapiens) first dispersed through the wider region and reached australia.

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