THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

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  • By August 29, 2012

    Soon embarrased first-year students can stop touring campus with Mommy and Daddy and just show the parents campus online.

    Google Street View mapped the University of Saskatchewan’s roads and pathways last week as the tech giant’s tricked-out three-wheel bike cruised through campus and periodically captured 360-degree digital images.

  • Medical college faculty refuses to roll over

    By August 29, 2012

    A special meeting of the general academic assembly has been called for Sept. 6 to revisit university council’s hotly-debated decision to approve sweeping changes to the College of Medicine. University of Saskatchewan President Ilene Busch-Vishniac called the meeting after her office received 50 requests from individual academics at the university, which triggered a clause in the university’s legislation that has not been used since being enacted in 1995.

  • Welcome to the new thesheaf.com, now with 100% more awesome

    By August 26, 2012

    This past year, our website has been a bit… Well, troublesome. Lately it has been truly a sorry state of affairs, and we needed to take drastic measures. Which is exactly what we did. After weeks of planning and another month of hard work migrating and rebuilding the site from (almost) scratch, we’d like to welcome you to the new and improved thesheaf.com!

  • University of Saskatchewan joins battle against childhood obesity

    By August 25, 2012

    The Saskatchewan Blue Cross invested $1-million in the University of Saskatchewan that will enable the College of Kinesiology to adopt the international Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do It (MEND) program this September.

  • U of S scientist and team discover semen triggers ovulation in mammals

    By August 24, 2012

    A protein found in semen has been shown to cause the female brain to trigger ovulation.

    An international team of scientists led by University of Saskatchewan veterinary biomedical sciences professor Gregg Adams made the discovery and published their findings Aug. 20 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

  • Line In The Sand: USask students track path of Enbridge pipeline

    By August 22, 2012

    For 14 days in late July and early August, two University of Saskatchewan students travelled the 1,772-kilometre route of Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. During this time they took photos, captured video and documented the personal stories of residents of the communities along the pipeline’s projected path.

  • Green thumbs unite during annual Hort Week

    By July 15, 2012

    Gardeners from far and wide polished their green thumbs last week during the University of Saskatchewan’s ever-growing Hort Week.

  • Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan to be built by late 2016

    By July 13, 2012

    Early schematics of the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan were unveiled Thursday, giving students and residents of Saskatoon their first look at the $230-million addition to the Royal University Hospital.