Tech
Generative AI can promote or inhibit students’ learning, which poses a challenge for educators and parents
Feature
Tools like ChatGPT are already having an impact on our learning, our jobs — even on our sense of what’s real. Experts weigh on what to expect.
At Work
Classrooms are a bit like students in that each has a unique personality and no two are alike
How-to
U of A researcher offers tips based on successful reading intervention program
Feature
Can sunshine be improved? Can paralysis be reversed? Four researchers push the bounds of knowledge to change lives
Health
How to inspire kids to get (and keep!) moving on their physical literacy journey
Alumni Awards
The former president of Yukon University is one of four 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
Feature
Research shows talking about it can make us stronger. And that we can learn how to find it
Health
A psychiatrist's guide to busting up bad thought patterns
Thesis
Not everyone's brain operates the same way. Shouldn't we try to make the most of it?
At Home
'We have everything we need and nothing more, and somehow that makes everything simpler'
Alumni Awards
Jane Alexander, '93 MEd, '97 PhD, Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada
Feature
Education is essential on the path to reconciliation, the TRC emphasizes. But implementing the wide-ranging calls to action is a slow and complex process, as many at the University of Alberta are beginning to realize.
Profile
Megan Engel, '12 BSc, becomes the 69th U of A student to receive a Rhodes Scholarship
Profile
Meet one of the U of A's newest students-who just earned more than $100,000 in scholarships
Health
New U of A Calgary speech institute helps adults and children overcome stuttering.
Alumni Impact 2024
At the writing camps she runs, Gail Šobat sees how creative outlets can help kids navigate a complex world
Just for Fun
Paulette Breault shares how a memorable ride launched her 50-year love story
Thesis
A former 4-H club kid has to ask, can people actually learn without doing? It turns out there is no solid line dividing the two.
Continuing Education
Seems like just yesterday I lightened my parents’ load by moving out. Back then, I couldn’t imagine why it was such a big deal
At Work
It’s creative, fulfilling and it might just change your life
Just For Fun
You might learn something about romance
Society
In turbulent times, educators need amazing mentors
At Work
When your job involves keeping front-line workers safe, you never get a day off
At Work
Three instructors share their tips for teaching online
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
Alumni Awards
Rob Daum, '82 BPE, '84 BEd, hockey coach
Alumni Awards
Gail Powley, '84 BSc(ChemEng), engineer
News
A brief look at what's new at the U
Society
Glenn Kubish, '87 BA, explains the worth of his education
Health
New degree program allows students from across disciplines to embrace a collaborative educational experience
Profile
By giving Indigenous students space, Indigenous cultures regain their place
Society
Being a non-verbal communicator requires some technology, patience, humour and a whole lot of persistence
Did You Know
One of the world’s most widely spoken languages offers a passport to Chinese culture
At Work
A psychologist offers tips to help you change your mind about yourself
Profile
Life lessons from a teacher, skateboarder and team player
Technology
Could this 12-year-old technology put the ownership of our personal data back in our hands?
Living
Grad Andrew Parker talks about demonstrations and conversations in a time of change
At Work
Learning how to teach in the age of physical distancing
How-to
A psychologist's tips on how to guide young ones through times of uncertainty
Living
Strategies to foster inclusion and help you broaden your community
Profile
A helping of humour (+ a pinch of profanity) keep this cooking series bubbling.
Feature
A teacher explains how his world travels in search of classroom inspiration turned adventure into activism
Did You Know
Thomas Dang has gone from U of A lecture halls to a crash course in "how to be an MLA" as part of his new role as a member of the Alberta government
Did You Know
For anyone who ever wondered what their degree was really worth, comes the answer: $12.3 Billion