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Christina Varvis Board of Governors uneasy about staff salaries as university costs outpace revenues
Concerns about the University of Alberta’s academic sustainability are creeping into the minds at the Board of Governors members. If…
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Scientists reveal effects of 2013 Athabasca River coal mine spill
Four years ago on Halloween, the walls of a mine process water pit near Hinton, Alberta collapsed and gushed 268 Olympic swimming…
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U of A researchers help secure habitat for nearly-endangered caribou
University of Alberta researchers have contributed to the province establishing the strongest plan in Canada to protect its endangered caribou…
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Students’ Union announces GovWeek, new event for September 2016
The Students’ Union is following up next fall’s Week of Welcome with a second campus-wide orientation: GovWeek. Students will run…
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SU tabling bylaw to elect councillors to vacant seats after fall by-elections
A new bylaw is being tabled at Students’ Council to fill seats that remain vacant after fall’s by-elections. If passed,…
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Centre for Writers to remain academic unit for one more year
Arts Faculty Council has succeeded in calling university administration to halt moving the Centre for Writers’ (C4W) administration away from its current place in academics.…
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U of A biologists investigate Alberta’s earthworm invasion
As invasive earthworms threaten Canada’s Northern boreal forest, the University of Alberta is leading a collaborative project to gauge the…
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Award-winning author Fred Stenson reflects on his year as U of A’s writer-in-residence
With the remnants of his past year packed away in boxes, Fred Stenson rode out his remaining days as the University…
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Centre for Writers no longer to be an academic service
The Centre for Writers (C4W) is becoming a student service, which has some faculty members and students concerned for the…
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Bursary created to help U of A students affected by Fort McMurray fires
For students like Nicole McMillan, the University of Alberta’s new Disaster Relief Bursary is a welcome gesture. In response to…
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