March 2009

FRONT PAGE:
Diane Guichon, the Writer-in-the-School, is surrounded by the Grade 7 Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) class at Queen Elizabeth School. Dane Scholefield, the school's GATE learning leader, is in the back row, right side.
Photo: Ken Bendiktsen

Feature

The Write Stuff
English grads mentor your writers in new program.

To the Point

Academic Plan in process of renewal: Comments wanted

Foundation fulfills its role

Corrections

News

Lights .. camera .. graduation
First cohort of C&C's film studies program ready to take on the movie world.

U of C captures rafts of CASE awards

U Make A Difference nominations open

In Conversation

End of an era
University's mainframe computer retired after 42 years.

Daydreaming is the first step to writing
American poet and author Alberto Rios begins term as visiting writer.

graduatingthisyear.com

Celebrating the class of '09
Website, information, contests and speakers help prepare students to launch.

Experiential Learning

U of C students get taste of real research
New biological science labs link research to real world.

Drums for Diversity, Voices for Change

Campus-wide musical event puts spotlight on racial discrimination

Research in Action

Engineering better technology for knee replacements
U of C research could help reduce knee pain and improve surgical results.

Homelessness Conference

A national dialogue on homelessness begins

Taking Flight

Student explores roots through theatre

Return to Community

The power of a sandwich

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