AU_ScienceTechnology

The Faculty of Science and Technology offers an innovative spectrum of learning and teaching activities in our undergraduate and graduate programs and courses.

[Jon Dron @jondron]

Totally wonderful news - @AthabascaU is getting the best president it could possibly get. I’m utterly delighted. Congratulations @peter_scott and congratulations to the hiring team.

[Athabasca University @AthabascaU]

After an extensive global search, we are proud to announce that Prof. Peter Scott (@peter_scott) will be #AthabascaU’s next president! We are excited that his passionate and future-focused vision will help evolve the AU learner experience. https://t.co/KJ2NhwXrGu #CDNpse

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

AU professors will collaborate with with Big Cree Nation, and bridge the gap between Indigenous Ways of Knowing and the traditional way science research is done.

https://t.co/AbfoDEHZHU

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FST faculty Dr Ketcheson speaks on the news about the impacts of dry hot conditions on fires and ecosystem health.

[Athabasca University @AthabascaU]

We've all noticed the heatwave in the prairies...

@SJ_Ketcheson, asst professor + Canada Research Chair in Hydrological Sustainability, joined CTV Morning Live to chat about the impact hot and dry conditions have been having on the environment https://t.co/Nnmxmw5K7r

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

@srijakbhatnagar You are not 'assisting the professors', you are the professor! Welcome to FST!

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

AU professor launches The Asian Gold Ribbon Campaign to fund and support anti-Asian racism. https://t.co/kyeIVqO3OZ

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

FST is hiring. Teach online and do bioinformatics from home. Pandemic proof. This is a great opportunity, please RT.

[Shawn Lewenza @DrShawnL]

This is a great job opportunity, we are hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Biology at Athabasca University, Canada's open and online university. Please RT. https://t.co/atyblTuPSz

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

@jondron Read the latest blog from FST Computer Science Professor Dr Jon Dron. Always thought provoking.

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

"I think that my customer is not the student, or a government, or companies, but society as a whole, and that education makes (or should make) for happier, safer, more inventive, more tolerant, more stable, more adaptive societies, as well as many other good things "

[Jon Dron @jondron]

Skills lost due to COVID-19 school closures will hit economic output for generations (hmmm) https://t.co/KNVNL2yIAd

[Shawn Lewenza @DrShawnL]

What an awesome start to the "semester"! My lab can finally return to the bench! And Mitacs funding has been awarded! I will be recruiting a post-doctoral fellow, see advert soon #oilsands #syntheticbiology #bioremediation #naphthenicacids.

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

Read here for more information. https://t.co/K0aYqD7uuc

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

FST has announced a new Dean, Dr Shauna Reckseidler-Zenteno! Shauna is an active microbiology researcher and has vast leadership experience in her 15 years at AU. What an exciting time to be Dean of an online science program. #pandemic #onlinelearning @DrShaunaz

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Dr Scott Ketcherson @SJ_Ketcheson is a member of the NSERC / Canada Wildfire Strategic Network that is trying to better understand and manage wildfires. Learn more about the network here: https://t.co/3pY12CiCNS

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

AU Professor in Nutrition, Dr Norman Temple, reviews the 'front-of-package' food labels for designs that help consumers make better choices. @AthabascaU
https://t.co/ppZ9tUmXdU

[Carmen Allen @CcgibbsAllen]

Talking home labs with @Lawton_Shaw today (11:30 MDT) for the @biologylabs live sessions as university educators consider alternative lab formats. #ABLEonline @AthabascaU @FST_AthabascaU

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

Electrifying auroras! AU researcher Dr Martin Connors and collaborators have measured the electric fields in the ground generated by auroras. If big enough, these can cause power failures. Work proceeds at the recently installed AUTUMNX Geoelectromagnetic facility.

[AU_ScienceTechnology @FST_AthabascaU]

AU FST Faculty Dr Scott Ketcheson and CRC Chair has new funding to work on remediation strategies with pit lakes for reclaiming oilsands mining sites. https://t.co/wKFCiQgqvR

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The Faculty of Science and Technology offers a BSc in Architecture, and maybe soon, a MSc degree. Read about the proposed new online masters program here. https://t.co/i75yorXVem

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FST has proposed a new online masters program in Earth System Science. https://t.co/idjj8tN5xG

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FST faculty member Dr Shawn Lewenza has been co-funded by an NSERC Discovery Grant and the oilsands industry to create biosensors to detect naphthenic acids in the Alberta tailings ponds.

[Shawn Lewenza @DrShawnL]

@AthabascaU @FST_AthabascaU Microbes in Alberta #oilsands tailings ponds are getting some attention. https://t.co/U0jwo1rp3B