$1.2M bequest for Trent – Fern Rahmel
The Peterborough Examiner, March 19, 2010

A woman who contributed to the community as a teacher, historian, horticulturalist, writer and theatrical director left $1.2 million in her will to Trent University to create bursaries for female students, the university announced on Thursday. For more information about Fern Rahmel's donation, please click here.

There's no place like Haiti;
The Peterborough Examiner, Thu Feb 4 2010

A Trent student talks about his experiences as a Haitian citizen living in Canada.

For updated information on Trent students' efforts for Haiti relief, please visit the web site.

Rory Coughlan, who has taught psychology at Trent for seven years, said he's honoured to be in the Top 20 for TV Ontario's 2010 Best Lecturer competition.

Sustainable building a passion
Peterborough Examiner, September 11, 2009

For Jacob Rodenburg, the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre is an example of what’s possible when the passion for a sustainable future is combined with the will to make it a reality.

CSI: Trent
Peterborough This Week, November 18, 2008

The Wildlife Forensic Laboratory at Trent University provided the DNA analysis that lead to a $1,800 fine for illegally selling wild game to the public.

Keeping an Eye on the Owls
CBC Radio’s Ontario Morning, October 1, 2008

Graduate student Eleanor Proctor and Trent ornithologist Dr. Erica Nol discussed their field study of saw-whet owls.

Student spends summer writing textbook; Bid to summarize Trent professor's lecture notes turns into textbook
Peterborough Examiner, August 28, 2008

A new economics textbook written by fourth-year Trent student Juan Camilo Serpa was the focus of this article.

Parents of university students get crash course in how to let go
Toronto Star, August 23, 2008

This article described the information provided by Senior Director of Student Affairs, Meri Kim Oliver for parents during their orientation sessions as they prepare to send their students off to university for the first time.

Trent Professor Wins Best Book Award
Peterborough Examiner, June 11, 2008

This article features Canadian Studies Professor Bryan Palmer who won the Wallace K. Ferguson Award for the best book published in a field of history other than Canadian history.

Trent students sing praises of university’s top teachers
Peterborough Examiner, April 1, 2008

Four professors were recognized for their teaching expertise by students and their peers in a special celebration at Trent on March 31.

CHEX News Segment, March 27, 2008

Professor Chris Metcalfe, Director of the Institute for Watershed Science, announced the exciting news that renowned environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be presenting in Peterborough on May 22 as part of the International Association for Great Lakes Research conference taking place at Trent.

Professor Ray March Receives Honorary Degree from France
Ontario Morning, CBC Radio
January 4, 2008
On the Peterborough Report, correspondent Jack Roe noted that it was announced recently that Chemistry professor Ray March will receive an honorary degree from the Université de Provence in Marseilles, France.
>> Trent's Chemistry web site >>

For much of humanity, life is brutal
Peterborough This Week
Dec. 12, 2007
International Development Studies professor Dr. Haroon Akram-Lodhi was profiled in this full-page feature.  It focussed on his research into global poverty issues and reasons for choosing to teach at Trent.
>> Trent's International Development site >>

Trent Approves New Award
Peterborough Examiner
December 1, 2007
At the November 30 Board of Governors meeting, the new Board of Governors’ Leadership Award was established. The award, designed to recognize academic excellence and provide additional assistance to students in financial need, will be valued at $1,000 and will be given out each January.
>> more info about student bursaries >>

David Morton to Head Trent U Board of Governors
Peterborough This Week
December 1, 2007
The news that former Quaker Oats CEO and well-known community leader David Morton was recently named chair of Trent’s Board of Governors made local headlines in December.
>> Trent's News Release >>

Trent Celebrates Academic All-Canadians
CHEX Newswatch
November 23, 2007
At a special ceremony, Trent University recognized sixty-nine student athletes as Academic All-Canadians, the highest number in Trent’s history.
>> Trent's Athletics web site >>

Professor Chris Metcalfe Sheds Light on Toxic Baby Bottles
CHEX Newswatch
November 22, 2007
CHEX Newswatch asked Professor Chris Metcalfe to explain the health and environmental risks of bisphenol A, a toxin found in many plastic products, such as baby bottles.
>> Trent's Environmental & Resource Studies web site >>

Bioterrorism Preparedness
Ontario Today, CBC Radio
November 19, 2007
Professor Barry Saville was interviewed by host Rita Celli regarding his research into the corn smut fungus that will enable him to develop ways of identifying plant pathogens in order to protect society against the possible threat of bioterrorism.
>> Trent's Forensic Science web site >>

Trent U Student Wins Canada Post Award
Peterborough This Week
November 18, 2007
This article profiled Indigenous Studies student Deanna Perrault who won the 2007 Canada Post Aboriginal Education Incentive Award, valued at $1,000.
>> Trent's Indigenous Studies web site >>

A tale of two sisters; Book about Traill, Moodie details hardships of pioneer women determined to survive 19th-century life in Upper Canada
Peterborough Examiner
November 2, 2007
English Literature professor Dr. Michael Peterman’s new book was reviewed by the Peterborough Examiner, which described it as an “astutely researched text creating a seamless and extraordinarily vivid account.”
>> Trent's English Literature web site >>