Fragments of a 10-tonne asteroid have been located. Graduate student Ellen Milley found several fragments in a frozen pond near Lloydminster. The asteroid is becoming known as the Buzzard Coulee fireball, named after the picturesque valley where the first pieces were located.
The Simpson Ranch Chair in Beef Health and Wellness is named for John Simpson, a local rancher, business owner and supporter of University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
A survey to assess the housing needs of students in Calgary is part of a U of C Students’ Union study to determine if the provision of affordable housing to Calgary’s post-secondary students through a dedicated inter-institutional residence is feasible.
Faculty members Kimberley Amirault, PhD’00, Jennifer Hatfield, PhD’01, and Mary Rozsa de Coquet, BEd’79, DiPEd’88, LLD’06, whose Rozsa Foundation financed the Rozsa Centre, were honoured for their inclusion on Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 list for 2008.
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Research in Action
As an undergrad at U of C, you have the opportunity to take advantage of world-class research facilities and projects, work with experts, and expand your experience and knowledge. A new undergrad research website provides links to job listings and stories about what other students are working on.
The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary has announced the creation of a new centre, solely devoted to mental health research and education.
Kristina Rinker is developing models to better understand how blood flow can impact the behaviour of white blood cells in arteries. Her work is part of the U of C's new Biomedical Engineering initiative.
Art professor Robert Kelly says that the cultural impulses fuelling the explosion of creative outlets like YouTube videos, blogs and music remixing, need to be applied to our most fundamental cultural institution: the education system. He is working to make creativity a primary rationale for education.
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