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Keira Rawlinson, BSc Major in Physiology, Dean’s Gold Medal in Science

Driven by curiosity, student charts her own path in science

June 17, 2026

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Convocation 2026: Alexander Cross, BSc Specialization Chemistry, Gold Medal in Science

Discovering his element: one student’s journey from an undeclared first year to a chemistry star

June 17, 2026

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2026 Faculty of Science Celebration of Excellence

Meet the recipients of our annual awards, highlighting excellence and honouring our exceptional faculty and staff.

May 14, 2026

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2025 Faculty of Science Celebration of Excellence

Meet the recipients of our annual awards, highlighting excellence and honouring our exceptional faculty and staff.

May 8, 2025

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2024 Celebration of Excellence in Research and Teaching

Meet the recipients of our annual awards, highlighting excellence and honouring our exceptional faculty and staff.

May 28, 2024

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New dean of the Faculty of Science Declan Ali, pictured in his lab on the University of Alberta North campus.

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Announcing the dean of the Faculty of Science

Declan Ali appointed dean of of the Faculty of Science, beginning a five-year term on July 1, 2023.

July 1, 2023

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Named a 2022 Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100, Faculty of Science alumna Frincy Clement is a recognized advocate for women in AI and STEM.

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Alumna Frincy Clement advocates for women in AI and STEM

Named a 2022 Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100, Clement leads by example — and by empowering those around her.

May 12, 2023

Donna McKinnon

U of A president Bill Flanagan (left) and Amii CEO Cam Linke were at Amii's downtown Edmonton headquarters today to announce $30 million in funding for 20 new Canada CIFAR AI Chairs. (Photo: Cooper & O’Hara)

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New researchers will help shape the evolving landscape of AI

The U of A and Amii will soon welcome 20 new faculty members whose work reflects the technology’s transformational impact in health, energy, Indigenous leadership and more.

January 31, 2023

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Researchers aim to turn century-old building into a model of smart energy use

Project will create a “living laboratory” using hardware and software to optimize controls with the goal of reducing energy use, emissions and operating costs.

September 21, 2022

Adrianna MacPherson

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Society and Culture, Science and Technology, Research

AI researchers improve method for removing gender bias in natural language processing

New technique removes biased meanings from text while retaining other important contextual information.

September 8, 2022

Adrianna MacPherson

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    Best Paper Award at the 2nd ICML Workshop on Foundation Models for Structured Data (FMSD 2026)

    Shi-ang Qi (former PhD student), with Vahid Balazadeh, Michael Cooper, Russ Greiner and Rahul Krishnan, received the Best Paper Award at the 2nd ICML Workshop on Foundation Models for Structured Data (FMSD 2026)!

    July 14, 2026

    G7 GovAI Challenge

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    UAlberta Computing Science Students Win G7 GovAI Challenge

    University of Alberta Computing Science graduate students Steven and Akemi won the Under-29 category at the international G7 GovAI Challenge with their innovative accessibility tool.

    March 16, 2026

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    Nathan Sturtevant elected AAAI Fellow

    Every year, the AAAI elects a handful of researchers as AAAI Fellows, recognizing those who have made significant, long-term contributions to AI research.

    January 20, 2026

    Osmar Zaiane receives the 2025 CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award

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    Osmar Zaiane receives the 2025 CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award

    Professor Osmar Zaiane is recognized for his contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence in Canada.

    June 2, 2025

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    Bailey Kacsmar awarded the 2025 University of Alberta Award for Outstanding Mentorship in Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities

    Assistant professor Bailey Kacsmar is recognized for her outstanding commitment to supporting students and their goals.

    March 13, 2025

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    Rich Sutton receives the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award

    Andrew G. Barto and Richard S. Sutton are named by ACM as the recipients of the 2024 A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning.

    March 5, 2025

    Marlos C. Machado

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    Marlos Machado recognized at AAAI'25 under New Faculty Highlights

    Marlos Machado has been invited to present his research at the AAAI'25 conference as one of the selected New Faculty Highlights.

    January 7, 2025

    Jialiang Yan

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    Jialiang Yan Recognized with Honorable Mention for the 2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award

    University of Alberta student recognized in 2025 Computing Research Association awards.

    January 6, 2025

    Award Receiving from Program Chairs

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    Best Paper Award at EMNLP 2024

    Mir Tafseer Nayeem and Davood Rafiei won the Best Resource Paper Award at EMNLP 2024.

    November 14, 2024

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    Two Computing Science Profs win the Brockhouse Prize

    Wishart and Greiner awarded the 2024 NSERC Brockhouse Prize for Interdisciplinary Research, for "Machine Learning for Metabolomics" collaboration.

    November 6, 2024

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