Thesis
If you can’t travel widely, travel deeply
Thesis
If possibility is endless, our experiences are the only things that are real
Continuing Education
I met the limitations of my judgment when navigating the space between conviction and flexibility
At Home
Five books that will transport you around the world
Thesis
The revolution is incremental
Did You Know
This traditional art is Tara Kappo’s ‘medicine,’ linking her to her relations, human and non-human.
Tiny
When language ebbs and flows, students get creative
Feature
Communities around the globe are struggling to remain viable. How can we stop their decline?
Continuing Education
I grill it, flip it and serve it, all to perfection. But my reasons for not eating it are less global change and more personal challenge
Society
There’s nothing I can do for my family in Ukraine except plan for better days
Living
It’s winter. It’s supposed to be cold, and I’ve finally learned to like it
Thesis
What happens when the idea of “us” grows, allowing it to encompass a little more than it did before?
Thesis
Sometimes a map shows the way to a place. Sometimes it points to a memory.
Just For Fun
Cooking together is as much about telling stories as it is about recipes
Technology
Could this 12-year-old technology put the ownership of our personal data back in our hands?
New Trail 100
During the First and Second World Wars, the magazine connected grads serving overseas to those a little closer to home. The archives offer a glimpse into those times
Living
Grad Andrew Parker talks about demonstrations and conversations in a time of change
Just For Fun
A sleuth uncovers how a UAlberta prof's quote was credited to a U.S. judge - and why it matters
Thesis
Learning is labour, and memory socks away its yields for a rainy day. But how we learn and recall involves surprising processes - and body parts
Energy
When you hit the switch, the lights have to come on. Read about the challenge of powering the next generation
Thesis
Your city in tough times: true hunger is never far away
Thesis
Have we seen the future of meat?
Feature
Reimagining the way we care for people
Thesis
It comes down to something called the friendship paradox
Thesis
One scientist's research on anesthetics might help find the answer
Feature
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. We look behind the hype
Tech
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. We look behind the hype
Health
4 myths busted by a public health expert
Feature
There is a magic that happens when you place words alongside a picture. Understanding the interplay can enrich the way we see and think
Feature
Here are just some of the many ways to begin educating yourself
Did You Know
The story behind the switch from newspaper to magazine
Living
Clothing opens door to outdoor activity for those with limited mobility
Tech
Just For Fun
Answering the question: What if our biggest discoveries were made into movies?
News
A land trust has been approved to provide long-term revenue for the university
Feature
Environment
What you'll find at the U of A's Circumpolar Library
Discovery
Next time you're stuck on the freeway think of waves radiating outward from a gas explosion.
Health
Building different takes persistence
Thesis
There’s no magic bullet to managing my migraine, but learning a little about myself has helped
U of A in Your Life
Tools like ChatGPT have their uses but make sure you know the limitations
Continuing Education
They say it’s the journey that matters. But when that ‘journey’ includes furniture repair with limited skills, it helps to have an empty basement and an open mind.
Thesis
A former 4-H club kid has to ask, can people actually learn without doing? It turns out there is no solid line dividing the two.
Continuing Education
Seems like just yesterday I lightened my parents’ load by moving out. Back then, I couldn’t imagine why it was such a big deal
Thesis
Humans can’t help but create — the evidence is in our books, our gardens and even in our gods. And in enacting our creativity, we define our humanity
Thesis
Student clubs give participants a taste of what it means to work together on a complicated and multifaceted design project
Thesis
The edge is a zone of transformation and discovery, at once a marker between distinct areas and a place of its own
Thesis
From lapdogs to sentries, our canines are part of many cultures in a way no other creature is
Just For Fun
If you love lifelong learning, and love (or loathe) insects, read on
Walking Together
The land and all its beings are central to Indigenous beliefs
Walking Together
Indigenous Peoples agreed to share the land — with conditions. It’s important that we learn and talk about what that means
Health
How a pandemic and an international movement for civil rights converged to throw light on flawed systems
New Trail 100
We dug through the New Trail archives and found articles that showed just how well grads and researchers could predict the next big thing
Society
Dig into this contentious call to action
Commentary
With the small amount of solace I can offer, I myself am comforted at heart
Thesis
We change our minds all the time. What makes our decisions easy or hard?
Thesis
There's no way to level the playing field but we can aim to do better by each other more often
Continuing Education
Sometimes acting your age is more fun than you expect
Thesis
Understanding how you perceive flavour is the first step to expanding your palate
Thesis
Environment
Urban water systems risk running dry. Can research help?
Thesis
If you could download your brain, would you still really be you?
Tech
Two years after the Fort McMurray disaster, there are new tools on the horizon that could better predict a destructive fire
Did You Know
Forget everything you've learned in the movies. AI is so much less - and more
Did You Know
Our social circles are overlapping more than ever
Continuing Education
Being forced by an injury to take it slow offers valuable lessons on life — though I'd rather have been golfing
Living
There is value in contemplating the impact of our education and the places that make it possible
Feature
A few facts and findings from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Society
New Islamic cultural garden set to open in 2018
Just For Fun
Newest MOOC highlights essential role of world's peaks
News
A brief look at what's new at the U
Did You Know
Just For Fun
Hide & Seek Club president Adam Pinkoski shares the "10 commandments of hide-and-seek"
Environment
U of A weather expert Gerhard Reuter answers the question what is a Frankenstorm
Feature
Take a peek inside the U of A's new one-of-a-kind CCIS building.
Living
What does it take to find joy in the concrete jungle?
Continuing Education
Growing up with five siblings made me competitive. Later, I discovered a dark side to competition
Feature
Tools like ChatGPT are already having an impact on our learning, our jobs — even on our sense of what’s real. Experts weigh on what to expect.
Did You Know
From bees to bats, pollinators are key to a stable food supply
Thesis
Swapping lectures for in-class activities is flipping the script in law classrooms
Continuing Education
A taste for the red stuff has created surprising similarities across species — and across research interests
Feature
Today’s challenges and how we address them will shape the way we live
Living
A former U of A sociology professor refused to accept Japanese internment. Now his story is on the stage
Living
What we say when we avoid talking about death
Continuing Education
These aren't your average inspirational quotes
Just for Fun
One of my favourite profs assigned a seminal Dostoevsky novel 30 years ago. Would I ever finish it?
Discovery
What does it take to win the world’s top prize in medicine? Inside Michael Houghton’s seven-year hunt for a mystery virus
Just For Fun
You might learn something about romance
Society
There’s no shortage of stories to help you shift your gaze and see things in a new way
Society
In turbulent times, educators need amazing mentors
Feature
Pandemics shape societies as much as they do public health practices, exposing rifts and new potential
At Home
These aren't your typical staff picks. Here's a curated booklist to broaden your horizons while you're holed up at home
Thesis
Not everyone's brain operates the same way. Shouldn't we try to make the most of it?
At Home
'We have everything we need and nothing more, and somehow that makes everything simpler'
Health
Plus U of A experts field questions about cannabis
Thesis
However we slice it (or bake it), bread is so much more than something we eat
Continuing Education
My wife's extended holiday at home has rattled my routine and taxed my, er, productivity
Health
Countries and communities are taking action to change attitudes and keep people safe
Thesis
Science is uncovering what's behind the canine-human bond
Did You Know
We forget almost everything, so what sticks and why?
Continuing Education
After five decades on the planet, I'm still searching for the balance between 'laid back' and 'lava'
Did You Know
How resourceful Cubans get their Netflix
Just For Fun
We asked alumni to share the most popular (or worst!) fashions while they were students
Feature
Education is essential on the path to reconciliation, the TRC emphasizes. But implementing the wide-ranging calls to action is a slow and complex process, as many at the University of Alberta are beginning to realize.
Feature
Three artists reflect on their work related to truth and reconciliation
Health
Study finds daily text messages help manage anxiety and depression
Did You Know
'Verbing' the Future of the U of A
Living
7 Lessons From a Semester Abroad
Did You Know
From the Collections
Money
New platform gives students and researchers a new way to raise funds
Just For Fun
The U of A has several things worth bragging about. Here is our list of some superlative things on campus
Did You Know
NASA refocuses on a plans for an unmanned mission to mars in 2018.