Arts and Science News

Nuit Blanche Eve weaves creativity and community at USask

Members of the ISAP team will present their interactive installation, Troposphere at the 2024 Nuit Blanche Eve event on Sept. 27

Upcoming Events

MFA Exhibition: Aurora Wolfe

Sep 9-20, 2024

coyote dreams of easy prey

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Medieval Times with the Museum of Antiquities

Sep 21, 2024

Games, crafts, combat and sensational stories fit for the whole family

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Insights and Experiences for Success in Tech for Visible Minority Women

Sep 25, 2024

This public lecture will feature speaker Samaneh Movassaghi in this Department of Computer Science Seminar Series

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'Holy Mackerel! What a Show!': Spectacle and Spectatorship in Giant Monster Films

Sep 25, 2024

Department of English lecturer Brad Congdon (PhD) will be presenting this Literature Matters: Literature in the Community event

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New podcast shares real student stories about studying abroad

The ‘Beyond Borders’ podcast interviews USask Arts and Science students about their experiences, answers questions about studying abroad

Medieval Times with the Museum of Antiquities

Games, crafts, combat and sensational stories fit for the whole family

The Day the World Ended: The Collapse of the Classic Maya

Professor Jim Handy will be presenting this talk as part of the 7 Nights of History 2023/24 series

Indigenous USask student aspires to become ‘legal’ hacker

Computer science major Noah Merasty had opportunity to conduct research with NSERC grant as a first year undergraduate student

Visiting Artist Series: Anahita Akhavan

Anahita Akhavan (MFA'16) will be presenting an artist talk at the Murray Building on Sept. 25

Literature Matters: Why Writing is Like Death (in early medieval England)

A public talk by Professor Yin Liu of the Department of English

Advancing women’s economic security

USask graduate Barbara Battiste (BA’67) reflects on the impactful work she undertook at her ‘dream job’ at Minnesota’s legislative Office on the Economic Status of Women

USask honours outstanding graduates with achievement awards

The "Father of Agricultural Medicine" Dr. Jim Dosman (BA'59, MD'63, MA'69) was named as a recipient of an Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award

Discovering the Amatis

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String concert featuring the Frontier String Quartet

Discovering the Amatis

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"Fairytale, Fantasy and Folk" string concert featuring the Moonlight Trio

Discovering the Amatis

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String concert featuring Sunnat Ibragimov and Robert Koenig

Discovering the Amatis

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String concert featuring Carissa Klopoushak and Emily Kruspe

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New podcast shares real student stories about studying abroad

The ‘Beyond Borders’ podcast interviews USask Arts and Science students about their experiences, answers questions about studying abroad

Medieval Times with the Museum of Antiquities

Games, crafts, combat and sensational stories fit for the whole family

The Day the World Ended: The Collapse of the Classic Maya

Professor Jim Handy will be presenting this talk as part of the 7 Nights of History 2023/24 series

Visiting Artist Series: Anahita Akhavan

Anahita Akhavan (MFA'16) will be presenting an artist talk at the Murray Building on Sept. 25

Literature Matters: Why Writing is Like Death (in early medieval England)

A public talk by Professor Yin Liu of the Department of English

Discovering the Amatis

Eventbrite
String concert featuring the Frontier String Quartet

Discovering the Amatis

Eventbrite
"Fairytale, Fantasy and Folk" string concert featuring the Moonlight Trio

Discovering the Amatis

Eventbrite
String concert featuring Sunnat Ibragimov and Robert Koenig

Discovering the Amatis

Eventbrite
String concert featuring Carissa Klopoushak and Emily Kruspe

Innovate | Collaborate | Contemporary Printmaking Gathering

Remai Modern
Discussions and workshops that highlight the collaborative nature of printmaking at Remai Modern and USask

Sister act

Green&White
Three members of The Garrys, an award-winning Saskatoon surf rock band, are siblings who graduated from the University of Saskatchewan

2024 Gail Appel Lecture: Anne Bogart

World-renowned theatre and opera director asks: What Are We Doing?

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Advancing women’s economic security

USask graduate Barbara Battiste (BA’67) reflects on the impactful work she undertook at her ‘dream job’ at Minnesota’s legislative Office on the Economic Status of Women

USask honours outstanding graduates with achievement awards

The "Father of Agricultural Medicine" Dr. Jim Dosman (BA'59, MD'63, MA'69) was named as a recipient of an Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award

Sister act

Green&White
Three members of The Garrys, an award-winning Saskatoon surf rock band, are siblings who graduated from the University of Saskatchewan

Making international connections in Indigenous education

Two USask Indigenous Studies faculty members played significant roles in establishing Indigenous university programming in Mexico 20 years ago

2024 Gail Appel Lecture: Anne Bogart

World-renowned theatre and opera director asks: What Are We Doing?

Nuit Blanche Eve weaves creativity and community at USask

On Campus News
Members of the ISAP team will present their interactive installation, Troposphere at the 2024 Nuit Blanche Eve event on Sept. 27

Award-winning entrepreneur looks back on USask education

Saskatoon-based businessperson Lester Lafond (Agric’74, BA’82) studied agriculture and economics at the University of Saskatchewan

How one of the first X-ray tubes came to USask from a family farm

For more than 50 years, no one was sure what it was

Q&A: USask graduate, staff member talks about ‘life changing’ study abroad experiences

Arts and Science study abroad coordinator Kathryn Sawatzky talks about representing Global Skills Opportunity program

Seniors classes at USask are for the love of learning

Ten years ago, Saskatoon Seniors Continued Learning Inc. began a new partnership with the College of Arts and Science

PATH TO PARIS: USask, Huskie Athletics well represented at Olympics

Paris provided the perfect place to make memories to last a lifetime for USask coaches and alumni

Alumni Book Nook: Gayle M. Smith (MFA’15)

Gayle M. Smith’s first novel, Thickwood, was a finalist for a Saskatchewan Book Award

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How one of the first X-ray tubes came to USask from a family farm

For more than 50 years, no one was sure what it was

Insights and Experiences for Success in Tech for Visible Minority Women

This public lecture will feature speaker Samaneh Movassaghi in this Department of Computer Science Seminar Series

From AI Agents to Artificial General Intelligence: The Next Frontier in Generative AI

Generative AI expert Samaneh Movassaghi is the guest speaker for this Department of Computer Science Seminar Series

New USask Schulich leaders excel in the classroom and the community

Sahas Mittal and Rowan Redekopp have been named the USask 2024 recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leadership Scholarship

A prayer not a protest

Canadian Geographic
In 40 years of studies, Dr. John Pomeroy (PhD) and colleagues have watched the South Saskatchewan River transform

USask agriculture, environmental sustainability projects receive Canadian Space Agency funding

Two innovative projects will use satellite technology for detailed mapping and analysis of the Earth’s surface

USask Science Outreach and VIDO bring vaccine knowledge to Sask schoolkids

Top vaccine scientists are helping with science education for Indigenous K to 12 students

USask researchers part of discovery of three extinct walnuts in Arctic

An international research project discovered three new extinct walnut species in an unlikely place

Why are the northern lights sometimes pink?

CBC News
What makes the northern lights change colours? Nothing on Earth, says Dr. Daniel Billett (PhD)

‘The cutting edge in mathematics’: USask hosts CMS Summer Meeting

The Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting is a major knowledge-sharing event for mathematicians

Innovation Saskatchewan invests $600,000 in USask-led HAWC science mission through ISF program

The funding will help HAWC advance Canadian space science through the development of advanced technological space instruments

Agricultural antifreeze? Sask. researchers say spray could help wine grapes handle cold better

Department of Chemistry adjunct professor Dr. Sue Abrams (PhD) is studying ways to defend plants from freezing temperatures

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Indigenous USask student aspires to become ‘legal’ hacker

Computer science major Noah Merasty had opportunity to conduct research with NSERC grant as a first year undergraduate student

Making international connections in Indigenous education

Two USask Indigenous Studies faculty members played significant roles in establishing Indigenous university programming in Mexico 20 years ago

Nuit Blanche Eve weaves creativity and community at USask

On Campus News
Members of the ISAP team will present their interactive installation, Troposphere at the 2024 Nuit Blanche Eve event on Sept. 27

Métis politics and governance the focus of new USask course

“POLST 324: Métis, otehpayimusuak and âpihtawikosisânak Governance” is the political studies department’s first Métis-centred course

USask researcher empowers communities with culturally rooted digital heritage project

In the heart of Cumberland House, Sask., a groundbreaking digital heritage project will build connections between Indigenous communities, researchers, and institutions

USask Science Outreach and VIDO bring vaccine knowledge to Sask schoolkids

Top vaccine scientists are helping with science education for Indigenous K to 12 students

Supporting queerness in academic, research spaces

Queer, Métis USask PhD student focusing research to help local 2SLGBTQIA+ communities

USask arts and science student champions compassion, reconciliation

Métis student Brett Hildebrandt aspires to be a compassionate physician in the context of reconciliation

USask researcher receives funding for Indigenous-led substance abuse research program

Indigenous Studies associate professor and researcher Dr. Robert Henry (PhD) and the SK-NEIHR team will strengthen and increase Indigenous involvement

Indigenous student embraces new role at USask

On Campus News
Nitanis Bear credits ISAP learning communities for establishing connections and retention at USask

College of Arts and Science Alumni of Influence recipients recognized for outstanding achievements

Gordon Beach, Tenille Campbell, Aaron Genest and Pat Atkinson have been selected as recipients of this year’s awards

USask awards ohpinamake Indigenous art prize to Joi T. Arcand

Arcand (BFA’06) is a multimedia artist from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation

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The Day the World Ended: The Collapse of the Classic Maya

Professor Jim Handy will be presenting this talk as part of the 7 Nights of History 2023/24 series

Walter C. Murray Lecture: The Perceptual Emergence of the Self

Dr. Mohan Matthen (PhD) discusses the distinction between the perception of one's self and the external world

'Holy Mackerel! What a Show!': Spectacle and Spectatorship in Giant Monster Films

Department of English lecturer Brad Congdon (PhD) will be presenting this Literature Matters: Literature in the Community event

Métis politics and governance the focus of new USask course

“POLST 324: Métis, otehpayimusuak and âpihtawikosisânak Governance” is the political studies department’s first Métis-centred course

USask researcher empowers communities with culturally rooted digital heritage project

In the heart of Cumberland House, Sask., a groundbreaking digital heritage project will build connections between Indigenous communities, researchers, and institutions

Numbers: Discovered or Invented?

A Philosophy in the Community event with mathematics professor Derek Postnikoff

The Living Present: Co-creating time through Philosophy, Literature, and Life

A Philosophy in the Community event with women's and gender studies professor Rachel Loewen-Walker

Lies, Respect for Others, and Evil

Addiction and Psychedelics A Philosophy in the Community event with philosophy professor Emer O'Hagan

Care in Buddhism and Neoplatonism

A Philosophy in the Community event with STM philosophy professor Daniel Regnier

Existential Therapy and Climate Anxiety

A Philosophy in the Community event with Erin Greer

The Rule of Law and the Problem of Too Many Laws

A Philosophy in the Community event with STM philosophy professor Ria Jenkins

Don’t Ruin the Surprise: Temporal Aggregation Bias in Structural Innovations

An Economics Speaker Series seminar by Dr. Stephen Snudden (PhD), Wilfrid Laurier University

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Eight songs that ‘inspire inclusion’ on International Women’s Day

USask Women’s and Gender Studies Program faculty members give their song recommendations

The Anthropocene, atmospheric chemists, geologists and historians

Active History
Scientists have voted against declaring an Anthropocene epoch, but it's all a matter of perspective, writes historian Dr. Jim Clifford (PhD)

The water gets hotter and the frog just sits there

National Observer
We need national co-ordination, new investment and novel technologies to respond to the climate emergency, writes Dr. John Pomeroy (PhD) of the Department of Geography and Planning

Service dogs play vital roles for veterans, but Canada’s lack of standards makes travel and access difficult

The Conversation
Drs. Colleen Dell (PhD) and Linzi Williamson (PhD) examine the need for service dog standards in Canada

Striving for transparency: Why Canada’s pesticide regulations need an overhaul

The Conversation
Department of Biology professor Dr. Christy Morrissey (PhD) is among researchers calling for more transparent and scientifically robust pesticide regulation in Canada

This solar cycle, the sun’s activity is more powerful and surprising than predicted

The aurora is both a scientific wonder and a risk factor to industry, writes USask postdoctoral fellow Dr. Daniel Billett (PhD)

Manitoba’s reasons for refusing to search for Indigenous women’s remains in landfill are a smokescreen

The Conversation
Obstacles to a search have more to do with political will than technical concerns, writes Department of Political Studies faculty member Dr. Kathy Walker (PhD)

How colonial racism fuels Saskatchewan’s criminalization of Indigenous men

The Conversation
Indigenous people shouldn’t have to fear police who are supposed to protect them, write Indigenous studies faculty members Dr. Kathy Walker (PhD) and Randy Morin

Convicted murderer Colin Thatcher’s invitation to the Saskatchewan legislature diminishes us all

The Conversation
Recent events at the legislature show that we live in a society that normalizes violence against women, writes Dr. Kathy Walker (PhD) of the Department of Political Studies

Statement on the tragedy at James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon

A message from Dr. Priscilla Settee (PhD), vice-dean Indigenous in the College of Arts and Science

The simple reason a viral math equation stumped the internet

The Conversation
Mathematicians and mathematics educators have been weighing in on a particular debate rooted in school mathematics that shows no signs of abating

‘Water’ we doing to our water?

Governments at all levels need to work together to manage and protect our freshwater resources, writes Raylene Hartl, a master’s student studying biology at USask

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New podcast shares real student stories about studying abroad

The ‘Beyond Borders’ podcast interviews USask Arts and Science students about their experiences, answers questions about studying abroad

Indigenous USask student aspires to become ‘legal’ hacker

Computer science major Noah Merasty had opportunity to conduct research with NSERC grant as a first year undergraduate student

Video: Guidelines for using generative AI in your studies

Important insights and cautions on using generative AI in teaching and learning

MFA Exhibition: Aurora Wolfe

USask Art Galleries and Collection
coyote dreams of easy prey

Q&A: USask graduate, staff member talks about ‘life changing’ study abroad experiences

Arts and Science study abroad coordinator Kathryn Sawatzky talks about representing Global Skills Opportunity program

Métis politics and governance the focus of new USask course

“POLST 324: Métis, otehpayimusuak and âpihtawikosisânak Governance” is the political studies department’s first Métis-centred course

New USask Schulich leaders excel in the classroom and the community

Sahas Mittal and Rowan Redekopp have been named the USask 2024 recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leadership Scholarship

Seniors classes at USask are for the love of learning

Ten years ago, Saskatoon Seniors Continued Learning Inc. began a new partnership with the College of Arts and Science

Postcards from France: Finding a passion for travel, culture during study abroad term

Psychology student Nicole Hofmann gained confidence in herself and a passion for travel while studying abroad in France

USask Science Outreach and VIDO bring vaccine knowledge to Sask schoolkids

Top vaccine scientists are helping with science education for Indigenous K to 12 students

PATH TO PARIS: USask sociology student dives into first Olympics

At the age of 16, Margo Erlam made the difficult decision to leave family and friends to chase her Olympic dream

USask students learn about Mayan people and culture in new study abroad course

Study abroad student ambassador Kathryn Sawatzky reflects on an adventure in Mexico

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New podcast shares real student stories about studying abroad

The ‘Beyond Borders’ podcast interviews USask Arts and Science students about their experiences, answers questions about studying abroad

Indigenous USask student aspires to become ‘legal’ hacker

Computer science major Noah Merasty had opportunity to conduct research with NSERC grant as a first year undergraduate student

USask honours outstanding graduates with achievement awards

The "Father of Agricultural Medicine" Dr. Jim Dosman (BA'59, MD'63, MA'69) was named as a recipient of an Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award

USask researcher named co-chair of United Nations advisory board

Dr. John Pomeroy (PhD) is co-ordinating activities for the United Nations International Year of Glacier Preservation, which will be observed in 2025

Making international connections in Indigenous education

Two USask Indigenous Studies faculty members played significant roles in establishing Indigenous university programming in Mexico 20 years ago

USask historian a finalist for SSHRC Talent Award

USask history grad student McKelvey Kelly is being recognized for her work on a national level

USask researchers explore sustainable solutions for farmers

Biology professor Dr. Christy Morrissey (PhD) is working with a USask research team to find sustainable solutions for farmers and the Prairies

Getting to know the School for the Arts inaugural director

Andrew Denton (PhD) is setting plans in motion to create the new school’s legacy at the University of Saskatchewan (USask)

Four USask alumni named as 2024 Saskatchewan Order of Merit recipients

Four College of Arts and Science graduates have been awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit

Q&A with Saskatchewan's longest serving woman parliamentarian

Pat Atkinson (BA’73, BEd’77) has been selected as an Alumni of Influence Award recipient

Three questions with Alumni of Influence Award recipient Gordon Beach

Gordon Beach (BSc’73) is one of four outstanding recipients who are being presented with the prestigious award

College of Arts and Science teachers, staff, students recognized for enhancing student experience

Five members of the Arts and Science community have won 2024 USSU Excellence Awards