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Helping Alberta businesses capitalize on hydrogen innovation opportunities
June 2023
A partnership between Edmonton Global and Mount Royal University’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has resulted in the development of the province’s first Hydrogen Innovation Accelerator (HIA) program.
What drives companies to innovate? Research by MRU business faculty into greener shipping fuels yields insights
May 2023
What influences a company to adopt, or avoid, green technologies?
Dr. Mauricio Latapí, PhD, an assistant professor in general management with Mount Royal University’s Bissett School of Business, is part of a team studying the Nordic shipping industry and what factors might convince individual companies, many of them decades old and set in their ways, to switch to greener fuels.
Archived News & Events
- 2023 Sustainability Forum - October 2023
- Campus Sustainability Fair - October 2023
- Changemaker Conversations with Justin Thompson - October 2023
- A buzz on campus - September 2023
- Helping Alberta businesses capitalize on hydrogen innovation opportunities – June 2023
- What drives companies to innovate? Research by MRU business faculty into greener shipping fuels yields insights – May 2023
- Map the System 2023: Bold ideas to address systemic problems – April 2023
- New supports for low-income nursing students announced at MRU: Ministry of Advanced Education expanding New Beginnings Bursary – Feb 2023
- New labs propel cutting-edge science at MRU: Environmental forensics, foot and ankle injuries focus of researchers – Jan 2023
- ATCO and MRU team up for systems thinking: Understanding the problems of today leads to a better tomorrow – Dec 2022
- A continental puzzle: Exploring Pangaea and the link between Nova Scotia and Morocco – Dec 2022
- Rising tide of ocean research at Mount Royal University – Dec 2022
- Social solutions through software engineering: BCIS students use assignment to tackle food insecurity issues – Dec 2022
- Journey to Indigenization takes root at MRU: Second year of campus events sees growing involvement of students, faculty and staff – Oct 2022
- ETOL graduate wins Alone: Juan Pablo Quiñonez has also recently published a book on survival - Sept 2022
- MRU researcher contributes to study showing rapid destruction of biomass: Trees and other vegetation that took 10,000 years to form cut in half in 150 - Aug 2022
- Innovation and research capacity grants boost MRU discoveries: Three distinct and diverse projects awarded - April 2022
- Building a just and sustainable future for all: Catamount fellows showcase their findings during Research and Scholarship Days - April 2022
- First Mount Royal senior leader in equity, diversity and inclusion announced - March 2022
- Citizen science project puts Calgary biodiversity in focus: MRU students contribute to Calgary Captured through Miistakis Institute - March 2022
- Countering Consumerism Contest in full swing: Students can win big by sharing videos on fast fashion waste - Feb 2022
- New certificate brings in-demand skills to Continuing Education at Mount Royal University: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reporting micro-credentials offered in early 2022 - Dec 2022
- From ammonites to zinc: Geology students spread out to work across the west and north - October 26, 2021
- MRU geology professor zeroes in on Newfoundland rocks through new documentary about Ireland - October 25, 2021
- Fall Campus Sustainability Fair - October 21 & 22, 2021
- Campus community marks National Day of Truth and Reconciliation - September 28, 2021
- Food literacy research project unearths positive outcomes - September 1, 2021
- SAMRU Care Packages ease food insecurity: Support is available to students all summer long and beyond - July 26, 2021
- Inquiry, discovery and impact: 2021 Research Recognition Award winners announced - April 16, 2021
- Capping off an MRU education: Health, Community and Education students finish off their programs with culminating experiences - April 13, 2021
- Student research moves towards a more just and sustainable future: Catamount Fellowship Community Showcase happens April 9 - April 6, 2021
- Equity, diversity and inclusion infused throughout Harry G. Schaefer Mentorship Program - February 22, 2021
- Years of environmental advocacy recognized: Professor Israel Dunmade speaks on teaching, research and advocacy in academia - February 18, 2021
- MRU’s World Wetlands Day Symposium dives into world’s water crisis - February 4, 2021
- Changemaker Conversations 'motivate to action' : Trico Changemakers Studio series designed to keep inspiring progress - January 13, 2021