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After urban planning expert Jeff Birchall found a knowledge gap in Canadian planning programs, he created a new course to better prepare students to help communities facing the growing impact of climate change. (Photo: John Ulan)

Society and Culture, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

New climate adaptation course fills knowledge gap for urban planners

Research reveals most Canadian urban planners enter the field without learning enough about strategies to help communities facing growing climate impacts.

January 23, 2025
By Adrianna MacPherson

The U of A has five subjects in the Top 100 in the world according to the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject — showcasing excellence in teaching and research in disciplines across the health sciences, natural and applied sciences, and social sciences and humanities. (Photo: Alex Pugliese)

Research, Business, Society and Culture, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness

U of A ranked in the Top 100 worldwide in five subjects

Excellence in a broad array of disciplines shows in Times Higher Education’s latest ranking.

January 22, 2025
By Adrianna MacPherson

A $1.4-million partnership between the U of A and EPCOR will allow a new water research centre to tackle global challenges related to supply and demand, treatment and reuse, and infrastructure. (Photo: Getty Images)

Science and Technology, Research, Health And Wellness

U of A, EPCOR team up to launch water research centre

Engineering researchers head up interdisciplinary network aimed at tackling global challenges of supply, demand and infrastructure.

January 22, 2025
By Geoff McMaster

A study reveals a disconnect between how undergraduate adapted physical education textbooks and autistic self-advocates discuss autism, highlighting the need to revise educational materials to better incorporate lived experiences and create more inclusive environments. (Photo: Getty Images)

Research, Health And Wellness

Study uncovers disparity between how textbooks and self-advocates discuss autism

Educational materials could be perpetuating outdated perspectives, say researchers.

January 22, 2025
By Adrianna MacPherson

Michael Houghton Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize

Michael Houghton wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the hepatitis C (HCV) virus.

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Science and Technology, Research

U of A Nobel winner’s impact extends from personal to global

Michael Houghton’s colleagues and trainees describe the determination that led him to discover the hepatitis C virus and continue his quest for vaccines that will save millions of lives.

08 October 2020 By Gillian Rutherford

Research, Science and Technology

COVID-19 has ‘created a new paradigm for developing vaccines,’ says U of A Nobel winner

A vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is essential—and thanks to scientific advances and global will, it will likely come faster than any previous vaccine, according to virologist Michael Houghton.

08 October 2020 By Michael Brown