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Health And Wellness

Pregnancy complications can lead to mothers’ lifelong risk of cardiovascular disease
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Research, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness

U of A project could help children in daycare breathe easier during wildfire season
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Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

AI project aims to diagnose stroke more accurately so patients can get faster treatment
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Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

AI project aims to diagnose stroke more accurately so patients can get faster treatment
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Science and Technology, Research, Health And Wellness

Research comes to the rescue to make firefighters’ clothing safer
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News

Innovator Spotlight: Qipei (Gavin) Mei
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News

From the Provost’s Desk: Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Awards for Teaching Excellence
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News

Shaping the future: How the University of Alberta's colleges advance equity, diversity and inclusion
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Research, Science and Technology

Verna’s Vlog with Amit Kumar, world-leading climate scientist and mechanical engineering professor
A U of A research team led by Patricia Dolez (centre, holding fibre sample) and Lelia Lawson (end right) is now manufacturing metres of specialized fibres from cellulose in Canadian-grown hemp. (Photo: Supplied)

Society and Culture, Science and Technology

Canadian-made, environmentally friendly fibres could boost textile manufacturing
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Society and Culture, Research, Science and Technology

U of A’s Augustana students help create climate resilience solutions in Camrose
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News

Canada’s universities collaborate on climate action for net zero
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Science and Technology, Research

Climate change could be a mixed bag for mountain pine beetles
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Health And Wellness

Grande Prairie facility will train rural doctors
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News

A new irrigation system at the Green & Gold Community Garden uses less water for a more bountiful harvest
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News

Reduce your fashion carbon footprint by increasing the lifespan of your clothes
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Society and Culture, Research

New resource offers a starting point in the journey of Indigenous language revitalization
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Society and Culture, Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research

New research hub focuses U of A expertise on how climate change affects health
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Society and Culture

Doctoral student’s day in court helps uphold Indigenous child welfare law
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Society and Culture

New online course highlights the vital presence of Black Canadians
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Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

‘Shared mission’ pays off for students’ mental health
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Research, Science and Technology

‘The night might not save us’: New study shows drought drives overnight burning of wildfires
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Service Excellence Transformation, UAlberta

Technology with Purpose: Launching an institutional plan for technology
Candace Nykiforuk is leading new research on ways to address the toll financial strain related to COVID-19

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

Financial strain is bad for our health, says new Canada Research Chair
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Research, Science and Technology

Researchers release global database to understand climate impacts on ocean predators
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Society and Culture, Science and Technology, Business

Engineering students take plastic recycling to the next level
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Health And Wellness, Research, Science and Technology

Researchers find new way to deliver treatment to infants at risk of cerebral palsy
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Research, Society and Culture, Science and Technology, Business, Health And Wellness

‘Micro-breaks’ could break workplace cycle of fatigue and injury
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Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

Preventable hospitalizations and deaths ‘of despair’ associated with income inequality
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Science and Technology, Business, Research, Health And Wellness

Researchers serve up a guide to help kick-start new fermented foods
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Research, Science and Technology

Weevils found in Philippine rainforest ‘almost like discovering a dodo bird’
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Students, UAlberta

Campus Food Bank launches new community pantry
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Research, Business, Science and Technology

Researcher engineers a better way to produce carbon fibre from bitumen
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Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Science and Technology

Setting the agenda for climate science
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Research, Science and Technology

Research is making faba beans a better source of protein
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Health And Wellness, Research

U of A team uncovers new biological marker for scleroderma