University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

May 30, 1997

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Tentative three-year agreement reached

AAS:UA president recommending faculty accept University offer of just over 3 per cent each year for the next three. Full Story

Dr Natsuko Cyr performs the Japanese Tea Ceremony for guests assembled in the Ozawa Pavilion at the Devonian Botanic Garden, Sunday afternoon, May 25, 1997. After the boxed lunch, Dr Janice Brown, Assistant Professor, East Asian Studies, gave a talk explaining the history and tradition of the Tea Ceremony. This is the first tea ceremony for the D.B.G., however, the event was sold-out and so popular, the Garden plans to hold another.

Learned Congress chooses U of A
The Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities is starting the new millennium at the U of A.

KPIs: the internal question
The University devises its own measures of success.

Finding voice: ISTAR program turns young life around
A unique program helps life-long stutterers gain control.

Good walls make good neighbors
U of A researchers receiving funding from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research combine expertise in membrane research.

Professor of biochemistry named MRC distinguished scientist
Chris Bleackley named a Medical Research Council of Canada Scientist.

How old is that rock?
Earth scientists at the U of A are about to receive a thermal ionization mass spectrometer to help them answer the question in detail.

That'll be some chicken coop
The U of A Poultry Research Centre looks for partners to upgrade facilities so they can lead in the value added market.

Latimer case inspires student to write "Return to Sender"
Heide Janz explores life, death and disability as she brings her first-hand knowledge of cerebral palsy to her latest play.

Helping families bounce back
U of A researchers are determined to transfer research knowledge quickly through on-line course.

Kasparov vs Deep Blue--the Rematch
U of A webmaster Rob Lake recounts his trip to New York to witness the rematch between man and machine.

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