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A University of Alberta research team will receive $4.79 million in funding over four years to study risk factors involved in stroke development. The study will examine blood samples from 3,200 stroke patients to establish a blood-based biomarker for the risk of experiencing a stroke. Glen Jickling, a co-lead on…
Google Canada has given $5 million in grant money to the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) to enhance artificial intelligence (AI) education in post-secondary schools across the country. The purpose of this is to integrate AI curriculum materials into pre-existing courses, as well as to foster AI literacy and prepare…
The Wildrose Castle Jam was a charity event for 4B Harm Reduction featuring seven bands, a lot of moshing, and drug and sex safety education. And it was so good, another local band, State of Decay, put a bill together the next day to play in the same bowl. Liam…
Wes Eze, Rachel Grenke, April Kippers, and Tise Okuboyejo will swap their green and gold for red and white this summer. The four track and field athletes will travel to Germany to compete for Team Canada in the 2025 Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU) Summer World University Games. Both…
Third places are community hubs, separate from home and work, that allow for social interaction and leisure. Common examples include libraries, gyms, and cafes. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg first coined the term. In his essay, “Our Vanishing Third Places,” Oldenburg argued that “what suburbia cries for are the means for people…
David Bressler has been appointed as the University of Alberta’s vice-president (international and enterprise) (VPIE). Bressler, a professor in the…
The Wildrose Castle Jam was a charity event for 4B Harm Reduction featuring seven bands, a lot of moshing, and…
4B Harm Reduction, founded by Angie Staines, is a non-profit organization out of Edmonton that does street outreach, educates about…
A University of Alberta research team will receive $4.79 million in funding over four years to study risk factors involved…