2022 Winter Contours

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University of Alberta researcher Peggy St. Jacques' research into memory has been recognized with a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship.

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Your memory maker
A deer, pictured in a small clearing.  University of Alberta biologist Colleen Cassidy St. Clair shares advice for how to appreciate wildlife from afar.

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Urban guide to animal etiquette
Alison Crisctiello, director of the Canadian Ice Core Lab at the University of Alberta.

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Peak study
A beaver sits in a stream. University of Alberta researchers are investigating how Chronic Wasting Disease spreads through ecosystems via other animals, including beavers.

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CWD: Not just an ungulate problem
A collection of fossils wrapped in newspaper more than 100 years old.

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Lost and found (again)
Post-doctoral researcher Nilusha Welegedara found that Edmonton has “urban heat islands” with significantly higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas in both summer and winter. (Photo: Matt Photo Videography)

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Cities feel the heat
The Robird's AI-powered drone design resembles a predatory bird, a design aimed to help deter birds from industrial sites.

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AI-powered drone protects birds
An Bui, '22 BSc(Hons), was a contributor to Connections: Bringing Neuroscience and Art Together, with this piece of artwork.

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A beautiful mind
University of Alberta computing scientist and AI ethics expert Nidhi Hegde, photographed in her lab.

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The ghost in the machine (is unfair)
An illustration by Anja Javelona depicts scientists creating new things from building blocks of science.

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Solutions are built on basic science
An illustration by Mariella Villalobos depicts AlbertaSat satellites in orbit around the Earth.

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This is ground control