Trent BUGS Trip: The Toronto Zoo and its Role in Conservation
The Trent Biology Undergraduate Society (BUGS) organized a trip, open to all Trent students for an affordable $20 fee, to the Toronto Zoo on Saturday November 3. The aim of …
Biology (BIOL)
Canadian microbiologist Dr. Shiv Chopra visits Peterborough
On March 25, Peterborough was pleased to host the world-renowned Canadian microbiologist and human rights activist, who was credited as being involved in one of the first major whistleblowing incidents …
Trent professor receives $596,000 NSERC grant to develop a precise monitoring system of Canadian amphibians
A Trent-led project is to develop, for the first time, a uniform systematic way to survey amphibian populations across Canada, and shed light on factors associated with the presence, or …
Trent University students study hares
This summer, two Trent students will be returning to the Yukon to continue their research on arctic hares. Melanie Boudreau, a student in the second year of her PhD, and …
Hundreds gather at Wenjack to hear Dr. Vandana Shiva
Photos by Cherylanne James For a Sunday morning, Trent University was extremely busy on November 16. That’s because people were lining up to get into the Wenjack Theatre to listen …
Trent professor’s cancer drug research proving effective
Cancer cells interacting with nanoparticles Cancer drug research at Trent advances forward with consistent results showing that nano-silver particles are an effective chemotherapeutic agent for neuroblastoma. The Drug Discovery program …
Student Spotlight: Quest to Cure Mental Illness
In the face of ever-increasing mental illness and with its unswerving risk to suicide and harmful behavior, fourth-year biology student Aaron Howe is currently devising treatments for mental health patients. …
Coywolf: the Latest Creation of Mankind
Trent University Professor Dr. Bradley White was very recently featured in the startlingly beautiful documentary called Meet the Coywolf on PBS’s Nature. Professor White, who was at the forefront of …
Trent Student Spotlight: Michael Peers, Ecological Researcher
Trent University Environmental and Life Sciences Master’s student Michael Peers had an exclusive interview with the Arthur about his two latest studies on the Canada lynx. The studies were published …
Trent Science in Review: Looking Back at 2013
Now that 2013 is behind us, here is a review of the Trent science department’s major accomplishments, challenges, and groundbreaking discoveries. Here is also an idea of some significant changes …