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More Oxygen Won’t Save Fish from Warming Waters

Trent study helps inform long-standing theory about increasing oxygen levels in higher water temperatures to support heat tolerance in aquatic species

November 12, 2025
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Trent Canada Research Chair Recognized as One of Canada’s Top Scientists

Dr. Andrew Tanentzap honoured with $250,000 Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship for pioneering new frontiers in ecosystem ecology, evolutionary biology and biogeochemistry

October 30, 2025
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$1-Million Grant to Advance Trauma-Informed Care in Long-Term Care

Dr. Kimberly Ritchie in the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing receives funding from Canadian Institutes for Health Research to support multi-year research project

October 28, 2025
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Trent University Ranked #1 Undergraduate University in Ontario in 2026 Maclean’s Rankings

Top marks in student services, research funding, and reputation highlight Trent’s commitment to student experience and institutional excellence

October 16, 2025
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Felled Assumptions: The Carbon Consequences of Logging

Logging and the use of timber in construction may not be the climate solution it’s often thought to be, according to new Trent research on carbon capture and loss

September 22, 2025
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When Cells Can’t Clean House: Trent Research Uncovers Clues to Disease

Cells rely on internal cleanup crews and Trent scientists have found a critical crew member whose malfunction can be devastating

September 12, 2025
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Trent Canada Research Chair Elected to the Royal Society of Canada

A member of the Class of 2025, Dr. Bharati Sethi is recognized for her work leading innovative ethnographic research that is increasing understanding and awareness about immigrants, minority populations, and older adults in Canada

September 4, 2025
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Trent Farm Research Centre Expands Agricultural Research, Training Capacity with Opening of First Facility

Legacy gift from alumni helps establish Lightbody Drive Shed to support field-based research with community organizations on soil health, regenerative practices, and future food systems

August 7, 2025
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$1.6 Million Awarded to Trent Researchers Exploring the Human Condition in a Changing World

Twelve projects receive funding from SSHRC, New Frontiers in Research programs to study politics, aging, ecology, history, and identity

July 22, 2025
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Climate Storytellers Receive $2.5 million Federal Grant

Dr. Neil Ever Osborne part of a national collaboration to tell first-hand stories of people affected by global scale of climate change and natural disasters

July 16, 2025
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