News Archive 2021

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A painting of an empty road through a forest and the banks of snow on each side

Art in Focus: "Canadian Classic: Frosted Morning" by Robert Sinclair

  • Sung Eun Cho - 2021 University of Alberta Museums Intern
  • 15 December 2021
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2022 U of A Museums Summer Internship - Call for Applications

  • 9 December 2021
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Fossils dug up 100 years ago rediscovered wrapped in old newspaper

  • 3 December 2021
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Smart sound system could relieve anxiety for ICU patients

  • 23 November 2021
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Paleontologists debunk fossil thought to be missing link between lizards and first snakes

  • 18 November 2021
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Art in Focus: "Phlegyas" by Sean Caulfield

  • Nadia Kurd - Curator, University of Alberta Museums Art Collection
  • 17 November 2021
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Art in Focus: "Abby Saw a Sasquatch" by Jim Logan

  • Nadia Kurd - Curator, University of Alberta Museums Art Collection
  • 20 October 2021
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New Online Exhibition: Unwrapping African Commemorative Cloth

  • 6 October 2021
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New Virtual Reality Tour: Of Stone, Paint and Metal: Public Art at the University of Alberta

  • 1 October 2021
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New Virtual Reality Tour: E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

  • 1 October 2021
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UAM Summer Internship Blog 2021: Research — The Unsung Hero

  • Sung Eun Cho
  • 13 August 2021
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UAM Summer Internship Blog 2021: The Unseen World of Data

  • Sung Eun Cho
  • 23 July 2021
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New Exhibition: Materialities and Meaning of Past, Present, and Future

  • 20 July 2021
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UAM Summer Intern Blog 2021: Meeting Everyone Virtually - #MuseumWeek and Museum Conference

  • Sung Eun Cho
  • 9 July 2021
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Undergraduate student discovers threatened beetle is actually two separate subspecies

  • 6 July 2021
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UAM Summer Internship Blog 2021: Capturing Information for You - Help Videos and Condition Reports

  • Sung Eun Cho
  • 18 June 2021
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Have you met Tom Chacko?

  • 15 June 2021
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UAM Summer Internship Blog 2021: Greetings and Introductions

  • Sung Eun Cho
  • 11 June 2021
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University of Alberta Museums Celebrates Museum Excellence on the University of Alberta Campus

  • 10 June 2021
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Valued Volunteers: Insights of University of Alberta Museums Volunteers

  • 10 June 2021
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UAM Practicum Student Blog 2021: Lessons of a Museum Practicum Student During Covid-19

  • Rhonda Buie
  • 8 June 2021
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University of Alberta Museums First to Receive Province-Wide Recognition

  • 7 June 2021
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Student’s passion for archeology helps unearth the story of a 3,000-year-old tragedy

  • 1 May 2021
Illustration of a large carnivorous dinosaur.

Broad-footed adult tyrannosaurs were less athletic than their slender adolescent counterparts

  • 21 April 2021
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U of A mourns steadfast champion of Ukrainian culture in Alberta

  • 31 March 2021
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Researchers are refining recipes for biochar that benefits industry and the environment

  • 29 March 2021
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Researchers study spread of mountain pine beetle in hopes of containing it

  • 18 March 2021
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Newly Named Distinguished Professor Delves Into Mysteries of Earth’s Crust

  • 15 March 2021
view of the night sky with a bright fireball flashing across the sky

Monday morning fireball was a comet fragment burning up in Earth's atmosphere

  • 2 March 2021
A small shrimp-like crustacean in profile, within black water.

Tiny crustaceans' claws capable of fastest repeatable movements ever seen in marine animals

  • 12 February 2021
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A Tale of Two Weaves: Tapestry and Brocade Techniques in Dragons on the Tibetan Plateau

  • 4 February 2021
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Coming Soon! Demystifying Dragons - Online Lecture

  • 2 February 2021
A pastel coloured tapestry wall hanging, hanging against a white brick wall

New Online Program: Between the Stitches - Tapestry Weaving a Wall-Hanging

  • 28 January 2021
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Newly discovered fossil named after U of A paleontologist

  • 26 January 2021
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Internship Opportunity with the UAlberta Museums

  • 19 January 2021
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Between the Stitches: Embroidery Techniques in Dragons on the Tibetan Plateau

  • 15 January 2021
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New Online Program: Between the Stitches - Embroidering a Lotus Flower from Dragons on the Tibetan Plateau

  • 14 January 2021

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