Research
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Nina Barroso Ramos Coutts Library digitizing old Alberta textbooks thanks to donation
The H. T. Coutts Education Library will be digitizing old Alberta textbooks, some of which are over 130 years old,…
Read More » - Richard Bagan
Frequency of hand gestures not linked to specific cultures says U of A study
A study from the University of Alberta found that the amount of hand gesturing when speaking is more connected to…
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Student wins international contest with Dance Your PhD video
When Pramodh Senarath Yapa, a physics PhD student at the University of Alberta, saw the email telling him he’d won…
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Q&A: Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika on feminism and higher education
Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika is a professor in the department of women’s and gender studies at the University of Alberta. Originally doing…
Read More » - Helen Zhang
Four 4,000-year-old tablets make up the oldest item in the U of A’s library collection
Three years ago, the University of Alberta acquired the first of four ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets, which together form the…
Read More » - Kathy Milan
Squirrel Sex 101
Everyone at the University of Alberta has seen, heard, or been chased by a squirrel on campus. They’re North American…
Read More » - Richard Siemens
Laws on sex work don’t reflect sex worker’s perspectives, says PhD study
A study from the University of Alberta found that Canadian laws about sex work do not sufficiently take into account…
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Q&A: Graduate student studying how cannabis use impacts athletes
Sociology graduate student Alec Skillings is recruiting athletes who use cannabis to study the relationship between the recent legalization of…
Read More » - Haley Dang and Jean Sumbilla
Q&A: changes to the Canada Food Guide
Changes to the Canada Food Guide reveal that Canadians don’t need to be getting as much bread as they think.…
Read More » - Sandy Ganesan
U of A survey finds poor quality of sleep among Albertans
While the majority of Albertans are getting enough sleep, many are not sleeping well due to a sedentary lifestyle and…
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