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U of A professor researches the role of microbes in the Earth’s climate

Micro-organisms are a small but crucial agent in both the creation and mitigation of climate change, according to Lisa Stein.  Stein is a professor in the department of biological sciences at the University of Alberta and the Canada Research Chair in Climate Change Microbiology. According to Stein, micro-organisms “are present, highly…

U of A proposing 10 per cent tuition increase for international students in 2026

U of A researcher discovers potential heart function benefit from anti-obesity drug

U of A professor creates ‘mindful social listening room’ on campus

Parkinson’s disease impacts mental aspects of movement, U of A researchers find

Profit or preservation? Alberta’s Crown land at a crossroads

The proposed changes to Crown land resort development in Alberta has reignited a familiar debate: economic growth versus environmental preservation. The All-Season Resort Act, or Bill 35, would make it easier for private developers to build all-season resorts on Crown land. On the surface, the changes seem like it could…

Burlap Sack: Parking on campus

There’s a better way to use AI, so let’s talk about it

Budget season is an opportunity for Edmontonians to demand better

Trump has returned: Now how does Canada survive?

Exhibit review: ‘This Show is Trash’ at FAB Gallery

Is there such a thing as trash, or is “trash” simply the word we assign to forgotten things? At This Show is Trash at the Fine Arts Building (FAB) Gallery, artists Tanya Klimp and Darcy Fraser Macdonald challenge human perceptions of waste and value. The outcome is a museum-like exhibition…

Hobby Hole: Collaging

Social Intercourse: November 20

Comics creator Jarret Hartnell releases debut graphic novel

Book review: ‘Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead’ by Erina Harris

What’s behind the cost of U of A residences?

There’s a lot of big choices for incoming university students to make. Choosing what program and what university to attend is one of the big ones. And once students accept an offer from a university, they have another big choice to make: where to live.  For most, that choice begins…

U of A students are experiencing sexual and gender-based violence, survey finds

Can generative AI and academic integrity co-exist?

The never-ending search for a more inclusive health-care system for 2SLGBTQ+ Albertans

The 2023 Purity Test: Glass Onion Edition