In honour of this year’s movement to power down for Earth Hour, we’ve decided to take a closer look at one of the people helping to keep us environmentally sustainable all the time.


When Sascha Jansz was studying architecture in the Netherlands, she worked…

As you may be aware, recent changes have been made to the Alberta Human Rights Act. Specifically, the grounds under which the Act provides protection from discrimination now include gender identity and gender expression. Gender…

The University of Alberta has had so many people to celebrate these past few weeks, that we’ve decided to split the list into two! So, congrats to the following:

• The Department of Biochemistry…

I am pleased to announce the Board of Governors has approved the appointment of Dr. Neal Davies as Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, for a five year term, effective September 1, 2016. Dr. Davies is currently the Dean of the…

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When I read the text message telling me New Trail had won Magazine of the Year for 2015 from the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (“Oh my God. Magazine of the year!!!”), I was as blown away and happy as the people from our team at the…

Congrats! Scaling Up — New Book

Congrats to Faculty of Extension associate professor Mary Beckie on her involvement in the publication…

On March 14, 2016 at noon, please join us for a campus forum presentation of the core goals and objectives of the first draft of the Institutional Strategic Plan. This first draft reflects the distillation of…

The Senate of the University of Alberta is pleased to submit its task force report to the University of Alberta community. The Senate Task Force on Connecting Communities is the result of our Senate exercising its legislated mandate within…