This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

MRU in the News

MRU prof, playwright Natalie Meisner named new Calgary Poet Laureate: https://mru.ca/c6d3 (Calgary Herald – Natalie Meisner, faculty)

New poet laureate makes debut by phone at City Hall: https://mru.ca/80ce  (660 News – Natalie Meisner, faculty)

Online delivery may continue for universities in the fall: https://mru.ca/7ad5 (CBC Radio News – Lesley Brown, Provost)

MRU expands mandatory unpaid leave for employees as COVID crisis continues: https://mru.ca/ecf (CBC News – Trika Macdonald, staff)

Students/experts/alum in the news

In-depth look at the art of instrument-making: https://mru.ca/ff6e (Global News Radio, 770 CHQR – Christopher Sandvoss, faculty)

With $20B Alberta deficit possible, Kenney warns province won’t be able to ‘insulate everyone’: https://mru.ca/76e4 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

How universities are dealing with requests for refunds during coronavirus: https://mru.ca/0a0b  (Maclean’s)

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