Research
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Supplied – Elsie Hui Alberta makes the grade on food report card, barely
POWER UP!, a research and policy group at University of Alberta’s School of Public Health, has given the province a…
Read More » - Supplied — Hannah McKeand
Polar explorer makes way to warmer Edmonton temps
With a degree in Classics and a career in theatre, Hannah McKeand had never envisioned a career in Antarctica. But…
Read More » - Jamie Sarkonak
Workhouse woes: Victorian studies of a self-proclaimed ‘newspaper nerd’
Jillian Richardson loves leafing — or clicking — through tabloids, pamphlets, local newspapers, national newspapers. As long as they’re from…
Read More » - Christina Varvis
Engineering students race for grades
Over a hundred students packed into the Mechanical Engineering Lab on Monday, to watch and participate in a robot race.…
Read More » - Mitch Sorensen
Campus shaves lids to raise money for cancer research
There was hair everywhere in ETLC, as the Faculty of Engineering hosted their 12th Annual Headshave last week. Benefiting the…
Read More » - Alex Patterson
‘Snunkoople’: science proves why this word is funny
Probble, quingel, and himumma; none of these words mean anything and they can’t be found in a dictionary, but something…
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U of A faculty and staff provide comment on ISIL’s attacks on Paris
Matthieu de Rorthais’ Facebook profile picture is the cover of Oasis’ 1995 album, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” Described by…
Read More » - Christina Varvis
Couples that clean together, sleep together, study says
For Matt Johnson, something didn’t seem right after he read a study stating that men who assisted in household chores…
Read More » - Alex Patterson
The science of growing up: learning to deal with loneliness, sex and health
Growing up is more than turning 18. It’s more than moving out of mom and dad’s, starting university and having…
Read More » - Christina Varvis
Students tend to stay silent when cyberbullied, researcher says
While the effects of cyberbullying can be debilitating, the behaviour itself often goes unreported. According to a recent study coauthored…
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