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10 research discoveries that fascinated us in 2019

  • Sean Townsend
  • 20 December 2019
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2019 In Review

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 18 December 2019
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AI and the business of future-proofing

  • D. H. Allan
  • 17 December 2019
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Why Teaching About the Viking Age is Relevant and Even Crucial

  • Natalie Van Deusen
  • 16 December 2019
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MDes graduate student Reyhaneh Alizadeh helps Edmontonians re-imagine landmark building

  • Robert B. Desjardins
  • 16 December 2019
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Space historian Robert Smith set to publish research spanning two decades

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 09 December 2019
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Statement about the Holodomor: evidence-based research and the quest for truth

  • Lesley Cormack and Jennifer Tupper
  • 06 December 2019
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Fentanyl now greatest risk to correctional officers' safety in prisons

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 05 December 2019
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New video game has players solve auditory puzzles to figure out fate of future Earth (Folio)

  • 04 December 2019
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Opinion: No alternative facts about Ukraine's Holodomor (Edmonton Journal)

  • Jars Balan
  • 02 December 2019
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Alumni Awards 2019: Cree playwright receives Alumni Honour Award

  • Carmen Rojas
  • 18 September 2019
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Alumni Awards 2019: Transforming the lives of Northern and Indigenous Youth

  • Carmen Rojas
  • 17 September 2019
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Alumni Awards 2019: Dick Wilson receives Alumni Service Award

  • Helen Metella
  • 17 September 2019
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Writing to the future

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 16 September 2019
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Alumni Awards 2019: A powerful voice for the Métis experience

  • Carmen Rojas
  • 16 September 2019
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What baseball fights tell us about ourselves

  • Matt Rea
  • 11 September 2019
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What baseball fights tell us about ourselves

  • Matt Rea
  • 11 September 2019
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Audience Engagement and the Role of Arts Talk in the Digital Era

  • 06 September 2019
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Edmonton mosque incident opportunity to find constructive ways to combat violent extremism: report

  • Brent Wittmeier
  • 04 September 2019
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Princess Takamado of Japan visits Edmonton in cross-country tour

  • Moira Wyton
  • 03 September 2019
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COMMENTARY: Diversity is indispensable to excellence in research

  • Malinda Smith
  • 30 August 2019
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Learning Beyond Borders

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 29 August 2019
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Archaeological Field School Teaches Invaluable Lessons about Community

  • Katherine DeCoste
  • 28 August 2019
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Persephone Bound creates a voice for surviving sexual assault

  • Nicole Cotterill
  • 26 August 2019
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Are pigeons misunderstood?

  • Elise Stolte
  • 26 August 2019
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CILLDI anniversary celebration a testament to 20 years of community-building

  • Katherine DeCoste
  • 16 August 2019
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Life comes full circle for Anthropology grad

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 15 August 2019
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Building connections through the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 12 August 2019
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New chair of the Department of Psychology focuses his sights on growth

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 07 August 2019
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What drives Beverley McLachlin?

  • Curtis Gillespie
  • 06 August 2019
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Canada Research Chairs program taking new measures to close equity gaps (Globe and Mail)

  • Globe and Mail
  • 01 August 2019
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Mile Zero Dance presents: Rewriting Distance

  • Faculty of Arts
  • 29 July 2019
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COMMENTARY: Online viewer privacy is regulated by an act originally designed to protect video rentals

  • Jonathan Cohn
  • 23 July 2019
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U of A researchers land three prestigious $2.5-million social sciences and humanities research grants

  • Brent Wittmeier
  • 22 July 2019
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21st Century Tools for Indigenous Languages receives 2019 SSHRC Partnership Grant

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 17 July 2019
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Canada's top researcher positions continue to lack diversity - U of A study finds (CBC News)

  • Anya Zoledziowski
  • 15 July 2019
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City officials defend online crowd-sourcing map to address gender-based violence as concerns swirl over misuse (Edmonton Journal)

  • 12 July 2019
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Women's and Gender Studies lecturer draws attention to racist branding at Whyte Avenue candy store

  • Moira Wyton
  • 08 July 2019
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The Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute (CILLDI) celebrates 20 years

  • Katherine DeCoste
  • 08 July 2019
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The School in Cortona Celebrates 20 years

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 31 May 2019
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Stuffed gophers in 'world famous' Alberta museum offer insight into prairie culture, says Lianne McTavish (Art & Design)

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 31 May 2019
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'Her life mattered': Supreme Court orders new manslaughter trial in death of Cindy Gladue (Globe and Mail)

  • 25 May 2019
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How Barbecue Evolved

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 23 May 2019
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Indoor phone booth for noisy offices a new twist on an old product

  • David Staples
  • 22 May 2019
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COMMENTARY: UCP promises would imperil academic free speech (Folio)

  • Dax D'Orazio
  • 22 May 2019
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Natalie Kononenko's groundbreaking new book illuminates Ukrainian identity

  • Katherine DeCoste
  • 17 May 2019
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COMMENTARY: The deadly consequences of proposed Canadian asylum restrictions

  • Jaymie Heilman
  • 16 May 2019
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Celebrating 20 Years in Cortona

  • Aidan Herron
  • 16 May 2019
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2019 Celebration of Excellence in the Faculty of Arts

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 16 May 2019
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School of Cortona Q&A with Ziwei Huang - Part 2

  • Erik Einsiedel
  • 14 May 2019
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City of Edmonton lauded for its commitment to connecting UAlberta students with careers

  • Michael Brown
  • 14 May 2019
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Humanities 101 coordinator challenges classroom conventions

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 10 May 2019
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Canada makes it 'very clear' the Northwest Passage is Canada's after Pompeo questions legitimacy (The Star)

  • 09 May 2019
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Pamela Willoughby added to UAlberta Museums Curator Hall of Fame

  • Museums staff
  • 08 May 2019
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Yes, you will get a job with that arts degree

  • Jennifer Lewington
  • 07 May 2019
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Studio Theatre's "Silence" by Moira Buffini has something for Game of Thrones fans

  • Erik Einsiedel
  • 06 May 2019
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What would happen if Alberta really does ‘turn off the taps’ on BC?

  • 03 May 2019
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"Nice to Meet You" 2019 BFA Graduate Show now open in FAB Gallery

  • Erik Einsiedel
  • 26 April 2019
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Google's algorithms discriminate against women and people of colour (The Conversation)

  • Jonathan Cohn
  • 25 April 2019
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New bookshop offers more than just books

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 24 April 2019
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New exhibition explores human connection in a virtual world

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 23 April 2019
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COMMENTARY || Jason Kenney won by portraying himself as the Guardian of Alberta

  • Jared Wesley
  • 23 April 2019
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Extremist groups in Alberta detailed in first-of-its-kind report (Edmonton Journal)

  • 22 April 2019
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More women, university graduates on police forces may reduce use of excessive force, research suggests

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 15 April 2019
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U of A anthropologist helps bring Mexican death goddess to life on big screen

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 12 April 2019
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Ruthann Godollei - 2019 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Printmaking

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 05 April 2019
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Commentary: Oil's corrosive impact on democracy is the true socialist gateway drug

  • Russell Cobb
  • 04 April 2019
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"Carnaval" concert to feature Department of Music Concerto Competition winner, Cristian Kasinski

  • Erik Einsiedel
  • 03 April 2019
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Commentary: A reality check on Alberta's job numbers

  • Joseph Marchand
  • 03 April 2019
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Department of Drama Weekly Lineup (April 1-7, 2019)

  • Lauren McCarthy
  • 01 April 2019
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The quirky characters of University of Alberta Studio Theatre's "Middletown" by Will Eno

  • Erik Einsiedel
  • 29 March 2019
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Omar Khadr's war crimes sentence is finished, Alberta judge rules (CBC)

  • 27 March 2019
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COMMENTARY: White Supremacist Murder Inc.

  • Srdja Pavlovic
  • 20 March 2019
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An Edgy and Unexpected Courtroom Drama

  • Lauren McCarthy
  • 19 March 2019
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Media sexism? Depends on who you are (Policy Options)

  • 18 March 2019
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New book tells story of video game that lets players save doomed ballerina

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 14 March 2019
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2019 Kule Research Cluster Grants announced

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 12 March 2019
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Will Canadian Women Turn Their Backs on Their Feminist Prime Minister? (New York Times)

  • 11 March 2019
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COMMENTARY: Political scientists weigh in on how the media makes sense of women in power

  • Linda Trimble
  • 07 March 2019
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Discovery helps international team of researchers better understand changes experienced by hunter-gatherers over hundreds of thousands of years

  • Donna McKinnon
  • 06 March 2019

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