MARCH 6, 2008 | Vol. 4 No. 9 |
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From lab bench to test bed: Facility
to test new energy models
A new $22-million testing facility at the U of C will develop more energy-efficient
and environmentally friendly ways of producing oilsands. >> more |
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Veteran public service leader joining U of C:
New VP Finance appointed
On May 5, the U of C will welcome senior public service leader, Gail Stephens,
to the role of VP (Finance). >> more |
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Are you choosing marketing over nutrition?
A new interdisciplinary course in nursing examines food
choices from how marketing affects our food purchases to
current and past trends in eating.
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New Faculty of Law blog
The Faculty of Law has launched a new blog called ABlawg:
The University of Calgary Faculty of Law Blog on Developments
in Alberta Law. The site includes commentary by faculty
members, sessional instructors and research associates at
our affiliated institutes on Alberta court and tribunal decisions
as well as legislative and policy developments in the province.
The Alberta Law Foundation is funding this project. The blog
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A new life for people with brain or spinal cord injuries
The Western Canada Regeneration Initiative, with members
from the universities of Calgary, Alberta and Saskatchewan,
has been awarded a $2.25-million team grant to study
how best to heal and regrow nerves that have been damaged
by injury or disease. >> more |
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Federal funding expands climate change research
The federal budget allocated $5 million to ISEEE to support
its work on carbon capture and storage solutions to address
climate change. >> more |
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Physics breakthrough much ado about “nothing”
How do scientists store nothing? It may sound like the beginning
of a bad joke, but the answer is causing a stir in the
realm of quantum physics.
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Social work grad student wins worldwide competition
Aamir Jamal is researching the ways male discourses of power construct barriers
to girls’ education in the Pashtun tribes of Afghanistan. >> more |
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Geomatics engineering alumni invest in where success
all began
For donors Janet MacPhee and Stephen Green, their degrees in
geomatics engineering from the U of C paved the way for their
successes. With a donation to the university’s geomatics
engineering department, they’re alleviating some of the
education costs and giving students better spaces to learn. >> more |
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Painting for women’s progress
The University of Calgary Women’s Resource Centre celebrates
International Women’s Day on March 7 with a week-long
display of women’s art leading up to the event. >> more |
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West Campus Update
Campus Planning invites you to learn more about the West
Campus Development. >> more |
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Prospective students and their parents get the goods on
the U of C
Parents are getting more involved in their children’s
choice of university and so the U of C has restructured its
annual spring recruitment event to take into account the
needs of students and their parents. Event is being held
March 11, 12 & 13. >> more |
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Do raspberry coulis and non-fat espresso froth
really matter?
During the city’s Dine Out Calgary 2008 event, Dawn Johnston and Lisa Stowe,
food culture experts in the U of C’s Faculty of Communication and Culture,
will teach the holy trinity for reviewing restaurants. >> more |
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Boy soldier Ishmael Beah speaks out on campus
The U of
C welcomes Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs
of a Boy Soldier, on March 16. >> more |
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Hey Blackberry users, take a break from all the multi-tasking
Milan
Kozánek’s dance piece for Mainstage Dance
2008 is designed to keep us in the moment, instead of two
steps ahead. >> more |
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Throwing normal out the window
For Kara Schroeder, teaching in Ethiopia has been a learning
experience deep in culture and history that has influenced
her perspective of normalcy. >> more
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