2021 Summer Contours

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Ellie Ardakani shares her perspectives on education and entrepreneurship.

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Crossing the hidden bridge

8 July 2021

Ellie Ardakani

Chris Herd is part of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission as a returned sample science participating scientist, supported by the Canadian Space Agency.

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A year of Perseverance

8 July 2021

Andrew Lyle

LISA WILLIS is an associate professor (biological sciences) in the Faculty of Science. Her research is centred on understanding women’s health issues through glycobiology and glycoimmunology. Willis is a strong advocate for diversity in STEM.

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12 ways to combat discrimination in STEM

8 July 2021

Lisa Willis

Talwinder Punni co-founded Edmonton-based spinoff company Naiad Lab Inc.

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Going the distance: Graduate reimagines the future of health care

8 July 2021

Katie Willis

New graduate Reihaneh Abtahi shares her experience of working in the Science Internship Program—despite the challenges of COVID-19.

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Working through it

8 July 2021

Tom Ndekezi

Jon Veinot (left) and Stacey Hume are pictured in the Applied Quantum Materials Inc. lab in Edmonton.

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Tried and tested chemistry

8 July 2021

Andrew Lyle

When Anil Arora—pictured here in Ottawa—embarked on modernizing Statistics Canada four years ago, he never imagined a pandemic would thrust the agency’s work into the spotlight more than ever.

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Vital statistician: Modernizing Canada’s census for a COVID-19 world

8 July 2021

Julie Naylor

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Talwinder Punni (’16 BSc), pictured on the cover of the Summer 2021 issue of Contours. Punni co-founded Edmonton-based spinoff company Naiad Lab Inc., advancing remote healthcare to help rural populations.
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AI innovator named to Royal Society
In May 2021, Rich Sutton (computing science) was elected as a fellow of the venerable Royal Society, the world’s oldest national scientific institution, for pioneering contributions to machine learning.

In May 2021, Rich Sutton (computing science) was elected as a fellow of the venerable Royal Society, the world’s oldest national scientific institution, for pioneering contributions to machine learning. Read about what the recognition means to Sutton and other exciting news from the Faculty of Science.

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