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Business, Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology

The year in review: 10 stories that inspired us in 2024

From rankings and recycling to health care and AI, the people of the U of A found many ways to shape a better world.

December 09, 2024
By Sean Townsend

Jordan Abel won the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction for his debut novel Empty Spaces, in which he rewrites and reimagines James Fenimore Cooper’s settler classic The Last of the Mohicans. (Photo: Supplied)

Society and Culture

Seeing a settler narrative through Indigenous eyes

Professor and poet Jordan Abel wins Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction for his debut novel, Empty Spaces, a challenging reimagination of The Last of the Mohicans.

December 12, 2024
By Geoff McMaster

The therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs like LSD, psilocybin and MDMA is looking more promising every day, according to an expert at the U of A. (Photo: Getty Images)

Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture, Business

The promise of the psychedelic revolution

U of A expert says psychoactive drugs could be “the most dramatic treatment breakthrough in mental health for decades.”

December 10, 2024
By Geoff McMaster

U of A spinoff company Pacylex, co-founded by John Mackey (left), Luc Berthiaume and Ryan Heit (not pictured), is raising money to fund Phase 2 clinical trials of its new approach to cancer treatment. (Photo: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry)

Research, Health And Wellness

How a U of A spinoff company beat the odds to create a new kind of cancer treatment

Twelve years of teamwork brings Pacylex to the brink of Phase 2 human clinical trials — a rare feat in new drug development.

December 09, 2024
By Gillian Rutherford

Michael Houghton Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize

Michael Houghton wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the hepatitis C (HCV) virus.

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Science and Technology, Research

U of A Nobel winner’s impact extends from personal to global

Michael Houghton’s colleagues and trainees describe the determination that led him to discover the hepatitis C virus and continue his quest for vaccines that will save millions of lives.

08 October 2020 By Gillian Rutherford

Research, Science and Technology

COVID-19 has ‘created a new paradigm for developing vaccines,’ says U of A Nobel winner

A vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is essential—and thanks to scientific advances and global will, it will likely come faster than any previous vaccine, according to virologist Michael Houghton.

08 October 2020 By Michael Brown