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U of A ice core research to reveal ancient climate history

Researchers at the Canadian Ice Core Lab (CICL), located at the University of Alberta, recently drilled a 613 metre ice core from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut earlier this year. Alison Criscitello, assistant professor at the U of A and director of CICL, studies ice cores to better understand the environment…

Notes from Council: 2025–26 executive goals presented

Office of the Dean of Students renamed to Student Success and Experience

Malnutrition overlooked in obesity and osteoarthritis patients, U of A researchers find

U of A researchers identify DNA structures that can improve cancer treatments

Global duty and domestic strain: Canada’s $4.3 billion pledge

Canada’s $4.3 billion pledge to Ukraine allows us to ask if foreign policy is more important than domestic priorities. We are already wrestling with a housing crisis, incredible debt, and high inflation. However, the benefits of strengthening our allies and reinforcing our role in defending international law could outweigh the…

Report Card: Bill Flanagan 2025

The GSA has been collectively bullying an Indigenous associate vice-president (labour)

Beloved or bully? Magpie crowned bird of Edmonton

Album Review: ‘Guitar’ by Mac DeMarco

One of Edmonton’s most beloved artists, Mac DeMarco, is set to release his upcoming record, Guitar, on August 22. With two pre-release singles out, the record’s full release is to bring ten new tracks for fans to throw on the player.  In a press release, DeMarco said “I did everything…

Social Intercourse: August 13

Las Cafeteras, a Zapatista-inspired band, speaks on upbringings

Mama’s Broke on folk-punk and finding your genre

Julianna Riolino on her solo career and upcoming album

Diminishing third places and the students working to revive them

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…

Harm reduction on campus: Students pushing for more

The Greenhouse Effect: The potential for positive byproducts from the campus greenhouse

Understanding Reconciliation through FOOD!

The link between dietary restrictions and food insecurity