A line of people walk on a campus sidewalk passed the Field Husbandry (later Crop Science, Archaeology) during a blizzard. The Engineering Building can be seen in the background but is obscured by blowing snow.

Note that the main building in this photo had been misidentified as the Physics Building, and updated in May 2024.

R.T. Coupland, Director of Matador Project (1966-1976) and professor of plant ecology, examines grain in a field.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1967 to 1972, plant ecologists at the University of Saskatchewan participated in the International Biological Program. As part of this worldwide study of agricultural productivity, ecologists established the Matador field station for grassland research carried out by scientists from thirty-four countries. The field station was located near Kyle, thirty miles north of Swift Current, in an area of natural grassland that was potentially the best wheat growing soil in the brown soil zone of Saskatchewan. The land (three square miles) was originally leased for 21 years from the Government of Saskatchewan; the lease (for $1/year) has since been renewed and currently expires in 2009. The Matador Project involved the study of the total grasslands ecosystem, including the interaction of animals, plants, microorganisms, soils and the atmosphere. Robert T. Coupland, Head of the Department of Plant Ecology, served as Director of the Matador Project.

The Thorvaldson Building at dusk.

COTC cadets at table studying map; indoor scene.

Looking east toward the Bowl as students walking on pathways between classes.

View of trees in bloom on campus.

Dr. Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky, honourary Doctor of Science degree recipient, awaits presentation at fall Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, University Registrar, stands in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky was born in 1919 in Berlin, Germany. He spent much of his early life in Hamburg, where his father was a professor of Art History. At age 15 he moved with his family to the United States and entered Princeton University. In 1938 Dr. Panofsky graduated with an AB In physics from Princeton after completing a senior thesis titled "The construction of a high pressure ionisation chamber", under the supervision of Walker Bleakney. He then received his PhD in physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1942. In April 1942 Dr. Panofsky was naturalized as a U.S. citizen. From 1945-1951 he held an assistant and then associate professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, before permanently establishing himself as Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Between 1961-1984 he was the director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and continued to serve as director emeritus. Dr. Panofsky was also on the Board of Directors of the Arms Control Association from 1996 until 1999 and remained a director emeritus until his death. Dr. Panosky was awarded an earned Doctor of Science degree from the U of S in 1964. He was a recipient of the National Medal of Science, the Franklin Medal (1970), the Ernest O. Lawrence Medal, the Leo Szilard Award and the Enrico Fermi Award. Dr. Panofsky died in 2007 in Palo Alto, California, at age 88.

View of statues behind the Law Building looking onto the courtyard behind the Arts Building.

Elevated view of a man walking across leaf-covered sidewalks.

Autumn view of statue of Lesya Ukrainka with Arts Tower in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Lesya Ukrainka (Larysa Kosach-Kvitka) (1871-1913), the celebrated Ukrainian poet, made her mark on Ukrainian and world literature through her diverse writing talents. Her profound knowledge of world history and languages enabled her to write extensively across genres on a variety of subjects. In her lyrical works and dramatic poems, she vividly developed the themes of patriotism, human dignity, and personal integrity. Ukrainka’s work is timeless in its powerful assertion of human rights and freedoms. In 1976, a bronze statue of Lesya Ukrainka, made in Kyiv, Ukraine (USSR) by sculptor Halyna Kal’chenko and architect Anatoliy Ihnashchenko, was unveiled at the University of Saskatchewan. Commissioned by the Association for Cultural Relations with Ukrainians Abroad, the statue was at the time seen by some merely as Soviet propaganda designed to rehabilitate their international reputation tarnished, in part, by injustices perpetrated against the people of Ukraine. The gift was initially declined by both the Province of Saskatchewan and the City of Saskatoon before being accepted by the University of Saskatchewan and installed on campus in a grove south of the Arts Tower. Through a generous donation by Dr. Victor O. Buyniak, as well as through the support of alumni and the wider Ukrainian community, the statue was refurbished and unveiled in its present location on 1 August 2013, the centenary of the death of Lesya Ukrainka.

Elevated view looking east of a snow-covered campus, taken from the Arts Tower. Looking across the Bowl at buildings (l to r): Physics Building, Administration Building, Saskatchewan Hall, Qu'Appelle Hall, Marquis Hall, and north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library.

Looking across the Bowl as students play volleyball in the grass; Marquis Hall in background.

Trees on the grassy knoll in front of the south wing of the Murray (Main) Library.

Looking across the Bowl with Marquis Hall in background; students and staff lounge on grass.

Spring scene of a tree with new leaves in front of a [student residence].