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Due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Convocation celebrations for ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's Class of 2021 will be held virtually in a ceremony on June 25. The decision to hold the virtual ceremony was made as the University continues to follow strict provincial, federal and international health guidelines.

Led by a group of committed students, ÂÜÀòÉäÇø is taking steps to end period poverty by installing menstrual product dispensers in high-traffic washrooms.

As one of the first nurse practitioners in northern B.C., Shanda Rojas helped demonstrate the value they bring to the health-care system. Now as the ÂÜÀòÉäÇø graduate accepts a terminal diagnosis she is helping the next generation of Family Nurse Practitioner students.

When a camera installed by ÂÜÀòÉäÇø researcher Dr. Roy Rea discovered a moose on the Prince George airport property, it launched a collaboration between the Prince George Airport Authority and the University to save the animal while keeping airport operations safe.

Inspired by her undergraduate research experience at ÂÜÀòÉäÇø, Dr. Kirsten Reimer recently completed her PhD at Yale, where she studied how our cells make and edit ribonucleic acid (RNA).

After completing her MD undergraduate degree at the UBC Northern Medical Program as part of the Class of 2020, Dr. Gurkirat Kaur Kandola entered UBC’s Pediatric Residency Program – Community Impact stream which offers training in both Vancouver and in northern B.C., providing an opportunity to learn first-hand about rural pediatric care.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's Wood Innovation Research Lab and the City of Prince George's Downtown Renewable Energy System both performed exceptionally during a recent cold snap.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø researchers are collaborating with their colleagues at Thompson Rivers University and University of British Columbia - Okanagan on a variety of innovative COVID-19 related projects.

A ÂÜÀòÉäÇø Athletics video featuring men's basketball player Tyrell Laing won the Council of Advancement and Support of Education grand gold awards for video on shoestring and the new opportunity and inclusion special recognition category. Laing approached ÂÜÀòÉäÇø about producing a video so he could share his thoughts and personal experiences about Black Lives Matter.