Public Professor column seeking submissions

trevor.kenney — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:23:05 +0000

The Lethbridge Herald's Public Professor column is looking for input from ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge researchers and their areas of expertise.

The weekly column, which appears every Saturday in the Herald, features short articles written by U of L faculty on their areas of research. The idea is to get the readership interested in the diversity of topics addressed by the various units at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ and, when practical, how this research may impact the lives and world of the readership.

The column was started by Dr. James Linville and Dr. Dan Johnson in December 2008, and several dozen articles on a wide variety of subjects have been published. These include things like the so-called "Cargo Cults" to quantum mechanics, the demise of roadside flowers due to herbicide use to Darwin's journey.

The articles have to be as close to 600 words as possible and be written in a non technical style relatively free from jargon. Basically, they should be readable by people with a high school level of reading. The articles might be about experiments you are running and why they are important, to little known facts of history, or the contribution of great, and perhaps misunderstood, scholars from the past. In some cases, even a course description could be worth developing into an article.

Those interested in submitting articles can do so to the Lethbridge Herald. Articles must be in by Wednesday for inclusion in the Saturday paper. A colour photo of the author is also necessary.

For further questions about the Public Professor column, contact Linville at james.linville@uleth.ca

Herschel launch a rousing success

trevor.kenney — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:51:36 +0000

The ISIS program is already reaping dividends for the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge. As a result, its students will prosper for years to come.

The first major project under the recently formed Institute for Space Imaging Science, a collaboration with the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calgary, went into space Thursday with the launch of the Herschel Space Observatory. But while ISIS may be relatively new, the technology behind the equipment launched with the Herschel has been in the works for more than a decade.

Included was the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), a piece of equipment U of L physicist Dr. David Naylor has been developing, along with 100 or so of his students, over the past 15 years. He was the lone Canadian scientist in French Guiana Thursday to observe the launch of Herschel.

"After over a decade of working to get the spectrometer in space, our work begins as we use the device in earnest for the task it was designed to do," Naylor told the Lethbridge Herald following the successful launch.

Over 80 supporters crammed into Esquires Coffee Shop in downtown Lethbridge Thursday morning for the 7:12 a.m. launch. The fact the
U of L played such a significant role was not lost on Naylor as he commented about the possibilities now open to students for generations to come.

"Now our work truly starts - over the coming months and years my students (graduate and undergraduate) will use Herschel to explore the universe - they have an unparalleled opportunity, right here in southern Alberta," he told the Herald.

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