Feature
Water shapes life here on solid ground. But our effect on life underwater is as substantial as our need to better understand it
2024 Distinguished Alumni Award
Atul Malhotra is driven by passion, opportunity and necessity — but mostly the people in his community
Profile
Grad bridges biotech innovation and community service, helping transform his adopted city into a research powerhouse
Continuing Education
I met the limitations of my judgment when navigating the space between conviction and flexibility
Money
Neurodivergent, queer financial educator shares top tips to make your money work for you
Tech
Generative AI can promote or inhibit students’ learning, which poses a challenge for educators and parents
Alumni Impact 2024
Linda Ho and her team merge food science with the culinary arts to create tasty new local products
Alumni Impact 2024
An offhand idea sparked a husband-and-wife business that harnesses fruit flies to develop life-saving therapies
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award
“Every single person who lived through COVID lost something in some way,” says Deena Hinshaw, former Alberta chief medical officer of health
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award
As a plastic surgeon, Gordon Wilkes dedicated his career to helping people with missing features of the head or neck
Just for Fun
Practice, place and pacing are key
Profile
Ashton Rudanec started her two-year term on June 1
Distinguished Alumni Award
Robert Foster’s tenacity has his small pharmaceutical company punching above its weight
Did You Know
What to do when you see wildlife on urban trails this summer
Living
A former U of A sociology professor refused to accept Japanese internment. Now his story is on the stage
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Meet the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, who are helping to preserve land and life
Thesis
What happens when the idea of “us” grows, allowing it to encompass a little more than it did before?
At Work
It’s creative, fulfilling and it might just change your life
In Memoriam
I feel like I know you, but the attack on Flight PS752 has robbed us of the chance of real friendship
Continuing Education
7 tips to build an interesting career (and life)
Living
Prepare your pooch for post-pandemic life
Alumni Awards
The former president of Yukon University is one of four 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
Alumni Awards
This former deputy minister is one of four 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
New Trail 100
A trailblazing mountaineer. A well-loved governor general. The magazine’s first decade featured some fascinating characters
Society
In turbulent times, educators need amazing mentors
In Memoriam
Friends remember Mohammad Mahdi Elyasi, '17 MSc, as kind, creative and motivated
Feature
As chief justice of Canada's highest court, she helped define some of our most fundamental rights. What drives Beverley McLachlin?
Health
It took me three tries to find the right counsellor. I'm glad I didn't give up
Alumni Awards
David Breakwell, '79 BCom, hockey player and coach
Trails
Author Jason Lee Norman, '06 BA, transforms a campus memory into a work of flash fiction
At Home
7 steps to rearrange your pictures, gallery-style
Trails
Author Jason Lee Norman transforms a campus memory into a work of flash fiction.
Tech
Unexpected behaviour offers clues to how artificial beings learn
Profile
Thing 1: He once gave a TEDx talk about gallstones
Just For Fun
Author transforms a campus memory into a work of flash fiction
Profile
Association president-elect looks to harness the time and talent of alumni
News
U of A alumni who made headlines recently
News
U of A research is always garnering media attention. Here's the lowdown on what's been causing a buzz.
News
U of A alumni who made headlines recently
Society
Glenn Kubish, '87 BA, explains the worth of his education
Did You Know
For anyone who ever wondered what their degree was really worth, comes the answer: $12.3 Billion
Discovery
Discovery of new 'adaptin' protein may offer insight into the cause of some neurodegenerative disorders
Continuing Education
Two U of A professors follow up on a study that began over two decades ago.
Discovery
Research expert Andre Martel shares his fascination with the tastiest of bivalves...mussels.
Health
Building different takes persistence
2024 Distinguished Alumni Award
Linda Ogilvie worked across differences to improve the field of nursing around the globe
Profile
Your new director of alumni relations shares how to harness the power of community
Profile
Lessons from a man who tossed the family playbook and embraced a different path
Profile
One grad knows that good policy can change the way we incorporate AI into our systems and lives
Trails
One grad’s path to veterinary medicine
Profile
By giving Indigenous students space, Indigenous cultures regain their place
Just for Fun
Paulette Breault shares how a memorable ride launched her 50-year love story
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award
Bob Bertram’s methods have changed the way pension funds operate around the world
Society
Being a non-verbal communicator requires some technology, patience, humour and a whole lot of persistence
Health
Gradual hearing loss can impact your well-being, but help is available
Profile
Telling the stories of the grads who came before deepens our connection to the U of A and to each other
Distinguished Alumni Award
Well known for Corner Gas, Lorne Cardinal’s career has made him an Indigenous role model and advocate
Health
No matter what you do, having a support network can get you through, says U of A researcher
Society
There’s nothing I can do for my family in Ukraine except plan for better days
At Work
A business grad-turned-poet shares tips to turn your passion into a day job
Relationships
Two decades after we graduated, we’re learning about life from our Gateway friends all over again
Thesis
Sometimes a map shows the way to a place. Sometimes it points to a memory.
Living
Expert tips to help you find information you can trust
Just For Fun
Cooking together is as much about telling stories as it is about recipes
Health
How a pandemic and an international movement for civil rights converged to throw light on flawed systems
Alumni Awards
This infectious diseases specialist is one of four 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
New Trail 100
During the First and Second World Wars, the magazine connected grads serving overseas to those a little closer to home. The archives offer a glimpse into those times
At Work
There’s no sales pitch required
Discovery
Innovators aren’t holding their breath for a vaccine — they’re tackling the biggest health crisis in a century on several fronts
Thesis
Learning is labour, and memory socks away its yields for a rainy day. But how we learn and recall involves surprising processes - and body parts
Commentary
Judges and lawyers tell us their favourite Supreme Court rulings involving Beverley McLachlin
At Home
'We have everything we need and nothing more, and somehow that makes everything simpler'
Alumni Awards
Rob Daum, '82 BPE, '84 BEd, hockey coach
Living
10 ways to make the time together more meaningful
Money
We get so busy with our day-to-day lives, it's hard to plan for the future. But it's coming
Tech
He's not very funny, but he has a lot to tell us
Trails
Illustrations by Rémy Simard
Profile
UAlberta alumni and students boosted Olympic hopes
Just For Fun
We asked alumni to share the most popular (or worst!) fashions while they were students
Feature
Three students and one alumna talk about their university experiences
Did You Know
Something shifted in a big way for Leonard Cohen when he arrived at the University of Alberta in 1966.
News
U of A alumni who made headlines recently
News
Catch up on the lastest news about the U of A and alumni
News
Stories from our campus community
Did You Know
U of A professor receives America's highest civilian award
Profile
An alumnus leaves his alma mater's mark at the North Pole during a once-in-a-lifetime trip.
Feature
Four Panda's Hockey alumnae look back at their championship season.
Living
What does it take to find joy in the concrete jungle?
2024 Distinguished Alumni Award
Robert Philp is committed to protecting human rights, advocating equality and advancing education
Society
Level up your civic engagement
Thesis
There’s no magic bullet to managing my migraine, but learning a little about myself has helped
Alumni Impact 2024
Don’t wait in the shadows. Take chances and don’t underestimate your own abilities.
Alumni Impact 2024
At the writing camps she runs, Gail Šobat sees how creative outlets can help kids navigate a complex world
Living
A sports mental trainer gives tips for healthy competition
Health
Expert offers insight into the role of physical therapy in cancer patients’ mental and physical recovery
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award
As a doctor, professor, researcher and mentor, Bruce Ritchie works doggedly for the best treatment for patients
Thesis
The revolution is incremental
Just for Fun
John Acorn, a.k.a. the Nature Nut, shares tips to embrace the great outdoors this summer
Distinguished Alumni Award
Brian Haynes created a service that puts the best of health research at doctors’ fingertips
Continuing Education
A taste for the red stuff has created surprising similarities across species — and across research interests
At Work
A psychologist offers tips to help you change your mind about yourself
Living
What we say when we avoid talking about death
Continuing Education
Unlock the innovator within you with these steps
Profile
You don't have to be at the top to lead, say former U of A and UBC presidents
Profile
Life lessons from a teacher, skateboarder and team player
Just for Fun
One of my favourite profs assigned a seminal Dostoevsky novel 30 years ago. Would I ever finish it?
Did You Know
Meet your new alumni president
Continuing Education
One grad shares what crisis taught her about rolling with the punches
Alumni Awards
This Earth scientist is one of four 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
News
The plan also prioritizes student experience, Bill Flanagan told alumni at a virtual town hall
New Trail 100
We dug through the New Trail archives and found articles that showed just how well grads and researchers could predict the next big thing
Commentary
With the small amount of solace I can offer, I myself am comforted at heart
Just For Fun
A sleuth uncovers how a UAlberta prof's quote was credited to a U.S. judge - and why it matters
Continuing Education
In life, as in baseball, we often dream of a home run rather than keeping our eye on the ball every time at bat
Energy
We asked some alumni working in the energy sector to tell us what they see as the biggest challenges in the next five to 10 years. Here's what they had to say.
Alumni Awards
Fear and misconceptions in the early days of HIV
Environment
Urban water systems risk running dry. Can research help?
Thesis
Metabolism research could design your optimal diet or give advance warning of disease
Tech
Prosthetics learn to predict a person's motions to operate more naturally
At Work
Expert advice on navigating the job search without sacrificing mental health
Profile
A helping of humour (+ a pinch of profanity) keep this cooking series bubbling.
Profile
Lorne Warneke, '63 BSc(HonsCert), '67 MD, psychiatrist, clinical professor
Feature
A romance author takes us beyond happily-ever-after
Environment
U of A community steps up during massive emergency evacuation of Fort McMurray area
Living
7 Lessons From a Semester Abroad
Did You Know
Figure-skating official finds parallels between sport and leadership
Health
Alumnus competes in second Ironman triathlon 25 years after receiving heart transplant
Environment
Canadian Mountain Studies Initiative brings together scholars attempting to understand mountains in a global context
In Memoriam
The U of A Alumni Association pays tribute to alumnus and literary icon Robert Kroetch.
Continuing Education
Braden O'Neill, '09 BSc, is the University's 65th Rhodes Scholar