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The ACCESS Open Minds project began in 2016 with efforts to make mental health services more accessible to young people. (Photo: Getty Images)
Science and Technology, Business, Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

U of A research opens doors of access to youth mental health services

Students and researchers contribute to cross-Canada study that has changed service delivery for the better.

  • April 28, 2025
  • By Gillian Rutherford
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The calorimeters (pictured) were one of the elements of the ATLAS detector that U of A physicists were involved with as founding members of the ATLAS team. (Photo: CERN)
Science and Technology, Research

From Edmonton to CERN and back: U of A physicists land Breakthrough Prize

U of A researchers recognized for decades of key contributions to the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider.

  • April 24, 2025
  • By Adrianna MacPherson
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Science and Technology

Splitting water molecules with sunlight

The process to produce hydrogen fuel could become a cheaper and more efficient path to a clean energy future than existing solar technologies.

  • April 24, 2025
  • By Geoff McMaster
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Researchers found that a comprehensive approach for removing food “hotspots” that attract deer to farms or fields is likely necessary to effectively manage the spread of chronic wasting disease. (Photo: Getty Images)
Science and Technology, Research

All-out approach needed to curb chronic wasting disease ‘hotspots’ on farms, study suggests

Removing access to some but not all food attractants could increase the risk of transmission of the fatal disease among mule deer.

  • April 23, 2025
  • By Adrianna MacPherson

U of A In The News

Statements & Announcements

Expanding opportunities for Albertans: LIFT Centre to lead on life sciences

U of A centre to advance research, train the workforce of tomorrow and expand access to high-demand fields.
28 February 2025

Statement on the Passing of His Highness, The Aga Khan IV from the University of Alberta

05 February 2025

Remembering a ‘giant of Prairie politics’

Peter Meekison, beloved political science scholar and co-architect of the Canadian constitution, leaves an enduring legacy.
31 January 2025 By Geoff McMaster

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