Aboriginal Agriculture students exploring entrepreneurship across world David Hutton Seven U of S Aboriginal agriculture students will be traveling to the Un...  More >> Recent Posting Jason Brasseur China June 24 The flight from Lhasa to Chengdu to Beijing was not until 4:30 so we had the entire morning free, but we had stayed up late so we just slept in again ...Read More   News Aboriginal Agriculture students exploring entrepreneurship across world David Hutton Seven U of S Aboriginal agriculture students will be traveling to the United States and Western Canada this summer, part of an experiential program in agricultural and bio-resource entrepreneurship. The program encourages the students to explore ways for c...    More >> PhD student ready to blast off to International Space University Shane Journeay, a PhD student in toxicology at the WCVM, has been selected by the Canadian Foundation for International Space University to represent Canada at this year’s International Space University’s summer session through July and August in Strasbourg, France. CFISU selects up to 10 Canadians ...    More >> Agriculture Students Compete in International Competition Seven members of the University of Saskatchewan chapter of the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association will participate in a national marketing competition held April 18-21 in Kansas City, MI. “The NAMA conference provides students with a great opportunity to develop marketing ski...    More >> Politics, religion combine on student trip to India by David Shield In Canada, the pulpit and the ballot box have traditionally had difficulties sharing the same stage. In India however, the realms of religion and politics have become practically inseparable. Home to major holy sites of many different faiths, religion has always playe...    More >> U of S Veterinary College Hosts Prominent Student Research Program By Michael Robin Five students from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and one student from another Canadian veterinary college will get first-hand experience in biomedical science this summer thanks to a prominent program designed to attract veterinarians into research career...    More >> U of S Archaeology Students Find Stone Age Human Remains August 17, 2004. A group of University of Saskatchewan archaeology students has discovered human remains thought to be more than 7,000 years old while on an archaeological dig in Jordan. "There is a rule in archaeology that you find the exciting stuff o...    More >> Biologist Wiebe discovers woodpecker hanky-panky By Kristina Bergen Appeared in On Campus News, January 10, 2003 During field studies in northern B.C., U of S Biologist Karen Wiebe found the first recorded case of a female woodpecker taking a second mate while still with her initial mate. Ninety per cent of bi...    More >> Study begins on Stone Age skeleton By Jennifer Webber. Appeared in On Campus News: January 7, 2005. They may be more than 7,000 years old – and could stand some whitening – but they are “a beautiful set of teeth”, according to one U of S archaeology professor. Chris Foley led the student group that dis...    More >> U of S archaeologist and students explore ancient Middle East sites By Sigrid Klaus, appeared in On Campus News, 1998 Professor Christopher Foley, of Anthropology and Archaeology at STM and head of the interdepartmental program in Classical and Near Eastern Archeology, has started preparations for a dig in Jordan next spring. He's bee...    More >> U of S Students Take Part in Unique Ethnocultural Field Experience By David Hutton University of Saskatchewan master’s student Heather Watson never imagined that her history research would entail sleeping on the dirt floor of a traditional Aboriginal longhouse, fishing in the mighty Fraser River Canyon, climbing trees to collect licorice fern, wading...    More >> Field Notes Launch nearing The University of Saskatchewan Research Communications Field Notes initiative is ready to be launched. ...    More >> • Current students • On Campus News • The Update • The Sheaf • Geology Professor Bill Patterson's homepage