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Science Talks: U of A Space Program: An Eye in the Sky
University of Alberta student group AlbertaSat made history in 2017 when they launched the first made-in-Alberta satellite, Ex-Alta 1. Now the group is set to launch their second satellite, Ex-Alta 2, to capture wildfire data from orbit and continue the space weather monitoring started on their first mission. Join us to hear from Katelyn Ball, Faculty of Science alumna and former AlbertaSat deputy project manager, and Ian Mann, AlbertaSat faculty advisor and professor in the Department of Physics, on what it’s like to build and launch space vehicles, work with the Canadian Space Agency and NASA, and test space equipment in zero gravity.
Note: Due to technical issues, the recording is unavailable.

Science Talks: Climate change on Canada's highest peak
In May of this year, ice core scientist Alison Criscitiello and her team drilled a record-breaking 327m high-altitude ice core on Mount Logan's brutal summit plateau. She and her team climbed Logan and then spent two weeks on the plateau drilling what may be the longest climate record in the North Pacific, and the oldest non-polar ice on earth. The geography and conditions of Logan's high plateau offer what is generally only possible at the poles: tens of thousands of years worth of climate data — critical to understanding past climate trends so we can predict future change.
Science Talks: Software Development - Building Better Code through Reuse
We depend on software systems in almost every aspect of our daily lives, with the hope that these systems do what they are supposed to do. Creating this software is complicated — what software libraries do we use, and how do we ensure code is free of defects? Join Sarah Nadi, assistant professor in the Department of Computing Science and Canada Research Chair in Software Reuse to learn key aspects of how software is developed and how innovative techniques using software tracing data are helping software developers create better, more reliable software to benefit us all.
Previous Webinars
March: Science Talks: Rural Sustainability in Alberta with Bob Summers January: Keeping hives alive: Behavioural defence of honey bees against disease with Olav Rueppell
November: Electric potential: Extracting lithium from waste in Alberta with Dan Alessi
October: Chasing a cure: New tools in the fight against COVID-19 with Fred West
June: Brain immune cells - the new frontier in neurodegeneration with Matthew Macauley
May: Sleep to remember with Clayton Dickson
April: The Evolution of Ethics in AI with Eleni Stroulia and Nidhi Hegde
February: COVID-19 modelling demystified with Marie (Betsy) Varughese and Michael Li
January: Fostering coexistence over conflict with urban coyotes through evidence-based methods with Colleen Cassady St. Clair
2020 Webinars
November: Data permutations: How to understand human speech, the spread of COVID-19, and the Alberta electorate with Adam Kashlak
October: Searching for life outside of Earth: NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission with Chris Herd
September: Eavesdropping on communication in wild bats and mice with Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell
August: Community Approaches to Housing Affordability with Joshua Evans
July: The science of Rock, Paper, Scissors with Ben Dyson
June: Perspectives from new Canadian Arctic Ice Cores with Alison Criscitiello
May: Cretaceous Dinosaurs in Northern Alberta with Corwin Sullivan
April: Glycomics- Sugars and Human Health with Lara Mahal