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New assistant professor Kathleen Munley aims to examine how the environment, brain and hormones shape social behaviour
Athabasca Hall in winter, with a layer of snow covering the building, trees and quad.

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Celebrating the Faculty of Science’s top stories of the year
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From internships to innovation
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Fall Convocation 2025: MD Samiul Islam
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Meet Jacob (Terry) Blaskovits: Assistant professor aims to find new sustainable solutions at the intersection of chemistry and AI
Michael Serpe, professor in the Department of Chemistry, takes on the new role of associate dean (International Relations). Here, Michael is depicted collecting water samples for analysis from a creek.

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Polymer power: Harnessing the building blocks of innovation
Alison Criscitiello, U of A glaciologist and recipient of the 2025 Summit of Excellence award, examines ice cores in the Canadian Ice Core Lab alongside her daughter, Winter. The pair peek through the shelves, examining labels on metal tubes containing ice core samples.

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In Her Element
Carrie Demmans Epp, associate professor in the Department of Computing Science.

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Smart tools for smarter learning
Michael Serpe, professor in the Department of Chemistry, takes on the new role of associate dean (International Relations). Here, Michael is depicted collecting water samples for analysis from a creek.

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Meet Michael Serpe: Associate Dean (International Relations)
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Science and Technology, Research, Instructors, Employees

From industry to Ichnology: Meet Murray Gingras, new chair of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
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Employees, Instructors, Research, Society and Culture

Meet Elmond Bandauko: The human geography scholar amplifying the voice of Africa's low-income urban communities
Suzanne Tank, Frontiers Planet Prize national champion and professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Planetary linchpins: What rivers can tell us about climate change
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Employees

Meet Vice Dean Anthony Singhal: Supporting scientific excellence in leadership and research
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Students

Rachael Chew: BSc General with Double Major, Biological Sciences and Psychology
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Students

Patricia Eiman: BSc with Double Major, Chemistry and Biological Sciences
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Students

Convocation ‘25: Lindsay Weller, BSc specialization chemistry
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Convocation ‘25: Emily Liu, BSc Specialization in Pharmacology
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Convocation ‘25: Chenoa Kaufman, Bsc Honors in Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Convocation ‘25: Adrien Lam, BSc Honors Immunology and Infection
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Society and Culture, Science and Technology, Research

U of A professor emeritus joins ranks of Newton, Darwin in Royal Society
The Climate Action Through Grazing (CAT-G). From left to right: Majid Iravani, James Cahill and Carolyn Fitzsimmons.

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Threatened grasslands key to carbon capture solutions
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2025 Faculty of Science Celebration of Excellence
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Science and Technology, Research

Meet Yafei Wang: Advancing the field of statistics through collaborative problem-solving
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Beyond the numbers: Award-winning student group breaks barriers for women in math
Wesley Chalifoux and Nicolai Gois with one of the ‘highly red' fluorescent materials used in their lab. Photo supplied.

Science and Technology, Instructors, Research

Meet Wesley Chalifoux: Advancing materials for electronics, energy storage and more
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Research, Science and Technology

Your partner in academic discovery and success: Meet Virginia Pow
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Curiosity drives discovery, and discovery fuels success: Meet Faculty of Science librarian Lauren Steiglitz
Chris Herd, professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Science.

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Sound and video of meteorite impact recorded together for the first time