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A snowshoe hare resting during a cold winter day

Less winter snow could spell disaster for snowshoe hares

  • Katie Willis
  • 15 December 2020
In her doctoral research, Lara Pinchbeck (left) is looking at a broad range of factors involved in designing spaces that improve quality of life for people living with disabilities.

Design expert builds quality of life into spaces for people with ‘invisible’ disabilities

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 4 December 2020
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Innovative company creates ‘synthetic cities’ to help solve future problems before they happen

  • Michael Brown
  • 1 December 2020
2019-2020 URI Mentor Award Recipients Kim Ho and Sabin Bozso

Paying it forward: URI Mentor Award recipients share the secret to their success

  • Shenin Mehnaj and Shruti Shah
  • 27 November 2020
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U of A graduate student named Student of the Year by IBM Canada

  • Katie Willis
  • 26 November 2020
Kaia MacLeod

U of A student creates 3D printed resource to help teach Cree language

  • Jordan Mae Cook
  • 24 November 2020
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Public health master’s grad works to improve health-care inequities at home and abroad

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 20 November 2020
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MSc grad’s research inspired by work with patients at community pharmacy

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 20 November 2020
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PhD grad aims to change the way we think about weight and health

  • Michael Brown
  • 19 November 2020
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Master’s grad channels passion for animal science into award-winning teaching

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 19 November 2020
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‘Existential crisis’ helped radiology student find her passion for research and helping sick children

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 19 November 2020
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Kinesiology PhD grad bounces back from football injury to tackle academic career

  • Michael Brown
  • 18 November 2020
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Medical resident and master’s grad develops virtual tools to help surgeons correct skull defects in babies

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 18 November 2020
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PhD caps off stellar academic and literary success for Billy-Ray Belcourt

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 17 November 2020
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Nursing grad drives change for vulnerable women displaced by terrorism in Nigeria

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 16 November 2020
Oksana Vernygora (left) working with her PhD supervisor Alison Murray on the 2018 study in which they identified a previously unknown species of ancient "lizard fish." (Photo: Supplied)

PhD grad’s science research reminds her of home and heritage in Crimea

  • Michael Brown
  • 15 November 2020
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Canadian universities must collect race-based data

  • Evelyn Asiedu
  • 11 November 2020
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Portable headband with EEG technology may help diagnosis of stroke patients

  • Katie Willis
  • 11 November 2020
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Recreational sport helps people cope with adversity, study shows

  • Michael Brown
  • 10 November 2020
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Exercise bloggers offer dubious advice, study suggests

  • Michael Brown
  • 28 September 2020
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U of A presenter named runner-up in Western Canadian Regional 3MT finals

  • 25 September 2020
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Digital mental health treatment just as effective as in-person therapy: study

  • 24 September 2020
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PhD graduate honoured with dissertation award

  • 22 September 2020
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Clean-tech entrepreneurs get provincial funding to bring bright ideas to reality

  • 21 September 2020
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Butterflies are 'sentinels' of climate change in mountain ecosystems, say researchers

  • 17 September 2020
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Vanier scholar to use fecal transplant to unveil the link between obesity and the gut microbiota

  • Stepheny Zani
  • 11 September 2020
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Researchers use 'superdeep' diamonds to shed light on Earth's inner workings

  • ANDREW LYLE
  • 9 September 2020
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Shaping the future of inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis and management

  • 4 September 2020
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Graduate student's fossil find reveals traces of wood-boring organism that lived 100 million years ago

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 4 September 2020
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Common sunscreen ingredients dangerous for freshwater ecosystems: study

  • 1 September 2020
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Five questions about graduate studies at UAlberta this fall

  • FGSR Staff
  • 31 August 2020
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Reaching out for academic help as an overachiever

  • Alex
  • 27 August 2020
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Why body language matters more than we may notice

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 17 August 2020
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Closing the gaps in research

  • Ashley Rabinovitch
  • 10 August 2020
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Research reveals why it's hard to get the smell out of polyester

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 4 August 2020
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Fascination with genetics fuels doctoral student throughout her academic career

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 22 June 2020
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Past becomes present for history graduate who studied Spanish flu

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 11 June 2020
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Star rugby player and coach levels playing field for young athletes

  • Michael Brown
  • 5 June 2020
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DIY diabetics create artificial pancreas, push health-care industry, regulators to develop better treatments

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 29 May 2020
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Student-built dashboard gives insight into global COVID-19 picture

  • Katie Willis
  • 27 May 2020
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U of A grad student designs game to help people overcome fear of spiders

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 20 May 2020
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Dogs can detect traces of gasoline down to one billionth of a teaspoon

  • Katie Willis
  • 12 May 2020
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Graduate students organize first-ever virtual physics conference

  • Katie Willis
  • 11 May 2020
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Five-minute 'sweat sessions' can keep you active and healthy while working from home

  • 1 May 2020
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How leisure activities can help people cope with losing a loved one to suicide

  • 10 March 2020
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Study links depressive symptoms during pregnancy with lowered immunity in infants

  • 4 March 2020
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Proper-fitting fire-retardant workwear for women being developed at U of A

  • 4 March 2020
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New computing technique could help make Bitcoin mining faster and greener

  • 4 March 2020
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Preschoolers with anxiety more likely to have worsening relationships with teachers, study shows

  • 4 March 2020
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Top U of A subjects rise in new ranking of world's best

  • Miichael Brown
  • 4 March 2020

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