Natural Resources Institute News Archive
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Trifecta of research awards for Riddell Faculty graduate students
June 9, 2021 —
Six graduate students from the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources have won the trifecta of Tri-Council awards this year, with one CIHR, three SSHRC, and two NSERC awards for their personal research projects.
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Indigenous
Honouring First Nations, Métis and Inuit graduates
May 3, 2021 —
Indigenous campus community celebrated graduates virtually on May 8
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Research and International
On the wing
March 1, 2021 —
How birds changed their migrations during lockdowns
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Bowl of soup leads student to win academic award
June 9, 2020 —
Grad student now works in southern Bolivia studying how small-scale farmers are restoring the use of traditional seeds
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Calling all wildlife researchers
May 22, 2020 —
UM organizing wildlife researchers to study impact of travel, social restrictions on wildlife populations
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Canadian Geographic: Fighting floods and fires while a pandemic rages on
April 14, 2020 —
'As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency agencies are stretched to their limits'
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Are beef burgers bad for the environment?
November 5, 2019 —
Cattle help and hinder in complex ways
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Baby birds act like teenagers, new research finds
September 13, 2018 —
Researchers spy on fledgings with video cameras to reveal previously unseen behaviour
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Smithsonian, Teen Vogue: These teen birds love sleeping in, too
September 13, 2018 —
A new study suggests young grassland songbirds postpone fledging in order to mooch off mom and dad as long as they can