News
Six U of C faculty elected to Royal Society of Canada
Eighteenth century French portraits, showing a person reading a book, a letter or a musical score, hold special fascination for humanities professor Anthony Wall.
Made-in-Canada
National fuel cells research network launched at U of C.
The icing on the cake
Expert in working with abused children awarded scholarship.
Garangou celebrations
Candy and costumes lead to cultural exchange at UCQ.
Employment Equity Survey for faculty and staff
The U of C is participating in a university-wide employment equity review conducted by the Federal Contractors Program. Faculty and staff are invited to complete an Employment Equity Survey by Sept. 30.
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Newsmakers
The Financial Post
Sept. 4/09
Oilpatch will suffer if U.S. cracks down on speculators
The continuing hearings about the rise in oil prices last year and this are taking place far away from Calgary, but if the U.S. Commodities Futures and Trading Commission goes ahead with imposing limits on hedging oil, it could have serious consequences for Alberta's oil patch. "The CFTC could turn the lights out in Calgary," said Philip Verleger, professor at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, following his testimony at the hearings.
Wired
Sept. 8/09
Severed gecko tails have a mind of their own
Even after they’re no longer connected to a lizard brain, gecko tails can flip, jump and lunge in response to their environment—and may even be able to evade predators.
“We expected a series of rhythmic movements that would slow down over time,” said biologist Anthony Russell of the University of Calgary, who co-authored the paper published Wednesday in Biology Letters. “What we found, however, was that the tail would flip left-right-left-right for awhile, and then do a jump, pivot around, and do another flip.”
The Lethbridge Herald
Sept. 2/09
Homegrown solution
Province-wide standards are being proposed to ensure Albertans don’t get burned by unwittingly buying or renting homes formerly used as marijuana growing operations.
The proposed guidelines are based on work by a team of researchers from the University of Calgary. Right now, there is no consistent standard for what constitutes a satisfactory remediation for former grow op houses, said Tang Lee, the U of C environmental design professor who led the research project.
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