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

MRU in the News

Member of MRU Board of Governors resigns from position: https://mru.ca/21db7 (The Reflector – Roberta Lexier, faculty)

The acquittal of former MRU student Matt Brown: https://mru.ca/6cd (The Reflector – Matthew Brown, alumnus; Ritesh Narayan, faculty; Lesley Brown, Provost)

Students/experts/alum in the news

The virus Is causing a rethink of big academic conferences: https://mru.ca/4155 (The Tyee – Sean Holman and Tim Haney, faculty)

CBC News poll: Albertans were already anxious. Then, the floor dropped out: https://mru.ca/8698 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Smoke and mirrors aren’t cutting it — alberta’s health minister still needs to go: https://mru.ca/83c4 (AlbertaPolitics.ca – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Schmiemann learned a lot in WHL career: https://mru.ca/1da0 (Brandon Sun – Dominic Schmiemann, student)

Also worth noting

‘Zoom-bombing’ attacks on video conferencing platform leave victims shaken: https://mru.ca/c91c (CBC News)

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