Alumni News
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Arch Award recipients combine academic discovery and entrepreneurial spiritCombining frozen frogs with beer sounds like an experiment that ends badly, but that's what you get when you combine one of the world's most prolific researchers and a wildly successful, young entrepreneur with a social conscience. Both are U of C alumni and each is a recipient of an Arch Award, the annual program bestowing the highest honour upon U of C alumni. The 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award winner is Dr. Kenneth Storey, BSc'71, professor of biochemistry and the Canada Research Chair in Molecular Physiology at Carleton University. The 2007 Graduate of the Last Decade is Ravinder Minhas, BSc'05, founder and president of Mountain Crest Brewing Company and co-founder of Minhas Energy Consultants Inc. A gala celebrating the recipients takes place in Calgary on June 14. |
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DJD's Magnetic Consequences for AlumniThe U of C has teamed up with Decidedly Jazz Danceworks to welcome DJD home from their cross-Canada tour of Magnetic Consequences with a performance on May 31 that will feature a pre-reception and special pricing ($36) for U of C alumni and guests. At the alumni reception, wine and beer will complement a veritable feast of savoury snacks created and served by The Cookbook Company Cooks. While titillating your taste buds, you can reconnect with some old friends and expand your U of C network at this one-of-a-kind event. Magnetic Consequences is thrilling critics and audiences alike as artistic director Vicki Adams Willis, BFA'73, teams up with vocal sensation Jackie Richardson. Thursday, May 31, Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts; pre-reception for alumni and guests at 7 pm in the One Yellow Rabbit Lobby, show starts at 8 pm. |
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Drama alumni return to stage new playWhile all U of C faculties and departments work to build relationships with their alumni, graduates of the Department of Drama remain connected to their alma mater in a unique—and always entertaining—manner. |
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U in your mailboxThe U of C "is a young institution in a young city in a still-young nation," writes Prof. Bart Beaty in the Spring 2007 issue of U magazine. "The strong suit of the University of Calgary is its determination to actualize the power of its young people, whether these are forward-thinking teachers and researchers or the promising undergraduate and graduate students that fill our classrooms with such enthusiasm." Read U's Youth Issue (for the young and the young at heart) and learn about researcher Melanie Keats, BKin'96, who helps other young cancer survivors recharge, and Dr. Russ Hepple's findings that could help prolong our health span, or the period of our lives in which we enjoy good health. Those stories and many more are coming to your snail mailbox in mid-May. |
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Your Alumni Stories
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Local knowledge contributed to international designWhen EnCana Corp. and architectural firm Foster + Partners unveiled the design of the energy company's new Calgary headquarters last fall, Eric Baczuk, BSc'05, was already intimately familiar with the project. After all, the environmental sciences grad worked as an intern architect for the designer in London, England last summer. |
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Providing hope in TanzaniaSharon Mkisi, BSW'90, performs an important role as a senior health-care manager with the Calgary Health Region, overseeing pediatric home-care services throughout the city. But to dozens of children half a world away in Tanzania, she personifies love, hope and support. |
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Researching the evolution of SpanishThe Internet is proving to be a key tool for Robinson Ayala Mejia, BA'04, in understanding Spanish proverbs that have been passed through generations. He's pursuing his master's degree in the U of C's Spanish program, using technology to compare similarities between the language used in 16th century Spain and in contemporary El Salvador. |
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Revisiting mammalian evolutionOlaf Bininda-Emonds, BSc'90, MSc'95, is the senior author of a recently-published article in Nature, the international weekly journal of science, challenging long-held assumptions on mammalian development following the extinction of dinosaurs. The findings have received global coverage in such outlets as the New York Times, the BBC, and the International Herald Tribune. |
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A scholar ascendsAna Maria Peredo, MA'95, PhD'01, now on faculty at the University of Victoria, was recently named a recipient of the Ascendant Scholar Award from the Western Academy of Management, a non-profit regional division of the U.S.-based National Academy of Management. Peredo is one of four scholars, only two of whom are Canadian, presented with the 2007 award. |
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U of C News
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NeuroArm revolutionizes brain surgeryThe introduction of neuroArm, a new surgical robotic system at the University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region, will revolutionize neurosurgery and other branches of operative medicine by liberating them from the constraints of the human hand. The world's first MRI-compatible surgical robot is the creation of Faculty of Medicine neurosurgeon Dr. Garnette Sutherland and his team, who have spent the last six years designing a machine "that represents a milestone in medical technology." |
U of C nearly a billion-dollar baby
The University of Calgary annual budget inched closer to the billion-dollar mark on April 20 when the Board of Governors approved a four-year business plan and balanced budget for 2007/08. Both documents are organized around three key goals: student success, high quality research and scholarship, and community service.
Palmer Lecture available as podcast
Hailed by the New York Times as a "master of impossible missions," Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, spoke to U of C students at the annual Palmer Lecture in March. Holbrooke is best known for his role as chief negotiator at the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the war in Bosnia. For this feat alone, he has received numerous awards, including seven Nobel Peace Prize nominations.
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Campus and Alumni Events
MBA Alumni Calgary Luncheon
The next MBA Alumni Networking Luncheon will be held on Friday, May 11 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Delta Bow Valley. Guest speaker is Robert Schmidt, BSc'96, MBA'01, of Prophet Strategies Inc. He will speak on "The Real 'Secret': Positioning for Dramatic PROPHET-able Growth" where he will discuss how to uncover the "uncustomer." Cost of the luncheon is $25. Register by Tuesday, May 8, by emailing rsvp@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or calling Kristy Swift at (403) 220-3175.
Nursing alumni luncheon
Get inspired, excited and ready to take your life and career to the next level. Lisa Johnson, an award-winning speaker, entrepreneur and sought-after expert on women, will share her fresh insights at the Faculty of Nursing Alumni's Spring Luncheon on Saturday, May 19th at the Calgary Winter Club. Tickets are $35, with all proceeds going toward scholarships and bursaries for U of C nursing students. For more information, please contact Judy Hanson (hansonj@ucalgary.ca) or Kathleen Davidson (210-6765).
Toronto alumni: what you need to know about Canada's West today
On May 23, U of C President Harvey Weingarten will speak to the Economic Club of Toronto on Canada's emerging economic and political powerhouse and how Calgary and Alberta are challenging long held assumptions about the nation's centre of gravity. Calgary and the U of C are deeply embedded in the national dialogue of the future of our county and its place in the world. As evidence, we are one of the cornerstone players in the new Canada School of Energy and Environment. The U of C and other Canadian universities will tackle today's environmental and energy related issues and opportunities.
For more events, go to http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/ucevents/
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