2020 Fall Contours

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A new project will provide insight into the effects of melting glaciers on drinking water in Western Canada.

Glacier to table: Understanding the effects of melting glaciers on drinking water

  • Katie Willis
  • 11 September 2020
Lara Mahal, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Canada Excellence Research Chair.

Sweet science: Sugar research gets $20M stronger

  • Katie Willis
  • 11 September 2020
UAlberta chemists create hand sanitizer in a campus lab.

Chemists create hand sanitizer on campus

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 11 September 2020
Alumna Marie Betsy Varughese (’17 PhD) is at the centre of the race to understand the spread of COVID-19 in Alberta.

On trend: Modelling the future in a COVID-19 world

  • Katie Willis
  • 11 September 2020
Alumnus Jack Newton shares his perspective on the value of educational breadth.

The value of educational breadth

  • Jack Newton
  • 11 September 2020
Statisticians and faculty members Bei Jiang and Linglong Kong.

Financial intelligence

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 11 September 2020
Alumna and entrepreneur Antoinette Nguyen (’10 BSc, ’16 PhD).

Skin deep: Cultivating the beauty of science

  • Katie Willis
  • 11 September 2020
An illustration of the structure of coronaviruses, created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Fighting back with precision health

  • Katie Willis
  • 11 September 2020
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Marie Betsy Varughese (’17 PhD), pictured on the cover of the Fall 2020 issue of Contours magazine.
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A life well learned: Esteemed physicist retires from the University of Alberta after a career committed to strengthening science
Esteemed physicist John Beamish retires from the University of Alberta after a career committed to strengthening science

How do you sum up a life spent on campus—from undergraduate studies to becoming a graduate student, returning as a professor, evolving into a departmental chair, to topping it off as vice-dean in the largest undergraduate faculty at one of Canada’s top universities? Upon his recent retirement, John Beamish (’75 BSc(Hons), ’77 MSc, ’82 PhD) reflects on a life well learned.

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