Stories of Impact at the U of A

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Laurie and Darcy Spady

Spady Family Scholarship expands horizons for rural students

  • Helen Metella
  • 24 March 2025
Emma Rutherford

Serving up success on and off the court

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 24 March 2025
Daimen Asp

First Cora Martinson award recipient has his sights set on medicine

  • Helen Metella
  • 24 March 2025
Cole Bogdanovich and Gracie Boser

Justice Mustard's legacy empowers next generation of legal minds

  • Erik Einsiedel
  • 5 March 2025
John Smith

Nursing student will fill a gap in health care

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 4 February 2025
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From textbook pages to compassionate practice

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 4 February 2025
Kush Bapuji

Community, opportunity and chasing a cure

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 3 February 2025
Annalise Steadman

Fruitful labours: ALES Mini-Internship celebrates 1,000 student participants

  • 31 January 2025
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Darcy Tailfeathers’ enduring medical legacy

  • Erik Einsiedel
  • 20 January 2025
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Scholarships open doors to justice reform

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 13 January 2025
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In memoriam: Dianne Kipnes, visionary leader and philanthropist

  • 9 January 2025
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Elocution, fermentation and solving food insecurity

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 9 December 2024
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Rehabilitation medicine student researches new treatments for spinal cord injuries

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 9 December 2024
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Donor support inspires student leader

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 9 December 2024
Giving Day 2024

Be part of something extraordinary: Giving Day 2024

  • Erik Einsedel
  • 21 October 2024
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Supporting her passions now and into the future

  • 15 October 2024
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Giving students an opportunity to go to university.

  • 15 October 2024
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A legacy gift in memory of her grandmother, Rosie Day Rider

  • 15 October 2024
President Bill Flanagan joined Bob, Mike, Pat and Susan Petryk for an event on Sept. 10 commemorating the naming of the Mike Petryk School of Dentistry

Mike Petryk School of Dentistry honours a legacy of care and community service

  • Gillian Rutherford and Sarah Vernon
  • 8 October 2024
Jonathan Grossman

Hands-on history

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 8 October 2024
Colin Chan

Space to build and space to grow

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 8 October 2024
Shannon Cornelsen

Supporting a voice for those who cannot speak

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 8 October 2024
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For grads, creating an endowment means creating opportunity

  • Debbie Olsen
  • 21 August 2024
A maverick of material culture

A maverick of material culture

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 5 August 2024
Stevie Desmarais

New award highlights 2SLGBTQ+ engineering talent

  • 23 July 2024
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A lifetime overcoming roadblocks culminates in a law degree for Indigenous student

  • Helen Metella
  • 8 July 2024
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Transition Year Program helped hunter find his footing as a conservation biologist

  • Helen Metella
  • 8 July 2024
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Beyond the Classroom

  • 9 May 2024
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New Awards Spark Success

  • 9 May 2024
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Artificial Intelligence Meets Animal Biology

  • 9 May 2024
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Advancing Indigenous Health

  • 9 May 2024
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Reclaiming the Voice

  • 9 May 2024
Marilyn McNeil-Morin

“It’s incredibly gratifying to know that something I’ve done can live on.”

  • 16 April 2024
Harry and Margery

“We learned early in life that you help each other.”

  • 16 April 2024
Fran Williams

A lifetime of caring for others

  • 16 April 2024
President Bill Flanagan, Narmin Kassam, Chancellor Peggy Garritty, Paul Armstrong, Lorne Tyrrell and Brenda Hemmelgarn

$5 million donated to augment cardiovascular research at the U of A

  • Karen Kwan
  • 18 March 2024
Adult monitoring child's health

Virtual technology makes in-home care possible for young heart patients

  • Madisen Gee
  • 14 February 2024
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Philanthropy Opens a World of Neurogenetics for a New Fellow at the University of Alberta

  • Mary Frances Hill
  • 14 December 2023
Cora Martinson, former dean of women at Camrose Lutheran College, during the 1930s (photo courtesy of Gladys Severson)

University of Alberta Augustana Campus receives largest gift in its history

  • Erik Einsiedel
  • 4 December 2023
Angelina Bakshi, Board Chair, Alberta Diabetes Foundation; Brenda Hemmelgarn, Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry; Lindsay Burnham, Executive Director, Alberta Diabetes Foundation; Peter Senior, Director, Alberta Diabetes Institute; Melanie Hibbard, Executive Director, Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Canada (Photo credit: Laughing Dog Photography)

Donors provide a vital $10M to Defeating Diabetes campaign

  • By Erik Einsiedel
  • 27 November 2023
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A Family’s Legacy

  • 16 October 2023
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A Gift of Life Insurance

  • 16 October 2023
Dianne Lougheed

An investment for generations to come

  • 16 October 2023
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Connecting People, Cultures and Nature

  • 9 May 2023
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Transforming Science Fiction into Reality

  • 9 May 2023
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The Heart of the Indigenous Student Community

  • 9 May 2023
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Devoted Parents in Search of a Cure

  • 9 May 2023
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Standing With Ukraine

  • 9 May 2023
Pat Ryan

Helping students pursue their purpose

  • 24 April 2023
Neil Salsbury

“I want the things I do to have an impact - to have a ripple effect.”

  • 24 April 2023

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