2024 Sustainability News

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Closing the Loop on Microplastics: New Sustainable Design Course

  • Spencer Wearden
  • 2 December 2024
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U of A’s Alumna Sarah Ford: Investing in Sustainable Education

  • Evonne Tran
  • 16 October 2024
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Leading the Way: Two Award-Winning Student Projects in Sustainability

  • Evonne Tran
  • 18 September 2024
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Shaping Sustainable Futures: Governance and Community Strategies

  • Evonne Tran
  • 14 August 2024
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Pregnancy complications can lead to mothers’ lifelong risk of cardiovascular disease

  • Keri Sweetman
  • 6 June 2024
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AI project aims to diagnose stroke more accurately so patients can get faster treatment

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 29 May 2024
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AI project aims to diagnose stroke more accurately so patients can get faster treatment

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 29 May 2024
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Research comes to the rescue to make firefighters’ clothing safer

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 27 May 2024
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Innovator Spotlight: Qipei (Gavin) Mei

  • THE QUAD
  • 23 May 2024
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From the Provost’s Desk: Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Awards for Teaching Excellence

  • THE QUAD
  • 9 May 2024
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Shaping the future: How the University of Alberta's colleges advance equity, diversity and inclusion

  • THE QUAD
  • 9 May 2024
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Verna’s Vlog with Amit Kumar, world-leading climate scientist and mechanical engineering professor

  • THE QUAD
  • 18 April 2024
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Canadian-made, environmentally friendly fibres could boost textile manufacturing

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 17 April 2024
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U of A’s Augustana students help create climate resilience solutions in Camrose

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 15 April 2024
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Canada’s universities collaborate on climate action for net zero

  • THE QUAD
  • 11 April 2024
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Climate change could be a mixed bag for mountain pine beetles

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 9 April 2024
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Grande Prairie facility will train rural doctors

  • 3 April 2024
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A new irrigation system at the Green & Gold Community Garden uses less water for a more bountiful harvest

  • THE QUAD
  • 28 March 2024
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Reduce your fashion carbon footprint by increasing the lifespan of your clothes

  • THE QUAD
  • 28 March 2024
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New resource offers a starting point in the journey of Indigenous language revitalization

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 28 March 2024
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New research hub focuses U of A expertise on how climate change affects health

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 26 March 2024
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Doctoral student’s day in court helps uphold Indigenous child welfare law

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 25 March 2024
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New online course highlights the vital presence of Black Canadians

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 21 March 2024
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‘Shared mission’ pays off for students’ mental health

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 20 March 2024
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‘The night might not save us’: New study shows drought drives overnight burning of wildfires

  • Michael Brown
  • 14 March 2024
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Technology with Purpose: Launching an institutional plan for technology

  • Shari Baraniuk
  • 14 March 2024
Candace Nykiforuk is leading new research on ways to address the toll financial strain related to COVID-19

Financial strain is bad for our health, says new Canada Research Chair

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 13 March 2024
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Researchers release global database to understand climate impacts on ocean predators

  • Oumar Salifou
  • 7 March 2024
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Engineering students take plastic recycling to the next level

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 4 March 2024
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Researchers find new way to deliver treatment to infants at risk of cerebral palsy

  • Caitlin Crawshaw
  • 15 February 2024
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‘Micro-breaks’ could break workplace cycle of fatigue and injury

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 12 February 2024
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Preventable hospitalizations and deaths ‘of despair’ associated with income inequality

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 7 February 2024
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Researchers serve up a guide to help kick-start new fermented foods

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 6 February 2024
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Weevils found in Philippine rainforest ‘almost like discovering a dodo bird’

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 30 January 2024
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Campus Food Bank launches new community pantry

  • Dylana Twittey
  • 29 January 2024
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Researcher engineers a better way to produce carbon fibre from bitumen

  • Geoff McMaster
  • 18 January 2024
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Setting the agenda for climate science

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 16 January 2024
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Research is making faba beans a better source of protein

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 15 January 2024
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U of A team uncovers new biological marker for scleroderma

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 8 January 2024

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