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

U of A researchers receive nearly $8 million in new funding from SSHRC
An image of clearcutting in a forest. (Photo: Supplied)

Research, Science and Technology

Some boreal forest species fail to recover even 100 years after clearcutting: study
Laticia Chapman-Rainway.

Society and Culture, Research

Meet Laticia Chapman-Rainway
Brad Geddes

Society and Culture, Business, Research

"To lead and to serve"
Alberta SPCA officer

Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

New toolkit aims to support people’s well-being along with animal welfare
Digital illustration of people navigating a maze in various ways.

Research, Society and Culture

All Hail the Kludge Machine
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Society and Culture, Science and Technology, Research

New research hub will help conserve Canada’s vital grasslands
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Society and Culture, Research, Health And Wellness

Cultivating young medical minds
Larry Woolliams

Business, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

‘Farm-informed’ therapy offers vital mental health support for agricultural workers and their families
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Research, Science and Technology

Research reveals why beavers are getting busy sooner in spring
Alpaca students

Research, Business

Students help local alpaca-yarn business dress up its digital presence
Suddhabrata Deb Roy

Research, Society and Culture

Meet Suddhabrata Deb Roy
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Research, Science and Technology

Stemming damage to sensitive natural areas
Lauren Strumos

Research, Society and Culture

Landscapes of belief
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Society and Culture, Research

Handmade learning
Douglas Mugabe

Society and Culture, Research, Business

Shaping a sustainable future
Computing science and math professor Thibaud Lutellier has identified the most common bugs in Jupyter Notebook, a go-to software platform scientists use to do their work, with an eye to improving the security of their data. (Photo: John Ulan)

Science and Technology, Research

U of A research pinpoints bugs in popular science software
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Research, Health And Wellness, Business

Study reveals mental health toll of livestock disease on agricultural community
A photo of trees in the fall

Science and Technology, Society and Culture, Research

Rooting for green: U of A study explores why small-city residents plant trees
Two people walking outdoors and looking off into the distance, one of them holding a pair of binoculars.

Students, Research, Society and Culture

Rural Volunteer Revival
Three people standing outside with a green interpretive sign that features information about a Trembling Aspen tree.

Society and Culture

Restoring kinship with native plants at Augustana Campus
Night sky over Jasper National Park. (Photo: Getty Images)

Society and Culture, Business, Research

Research helps rural communities look to their dark skies for tourism potential
Three generations of a farming family walk through a field. (Photo: Getty Images)

Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Business

Study tackles challenge of Canada’s family farming legacy
Least flycatcher perched on a branch. (Photo: Getty Images)

Science and Technology, Research

Earlier migration signals deeper trouble for tiny birds
Andrea Wilhelm headshot

Society and Culture, Research

Leading with Justice and Love
Muskrat swimming in lake. (Photo: Supplied)

Research, Science and Technology

Study offers a look beneath the surface of muskrat behaviour
Huanqing Chen standing in the Augustana Forum building, Founders' Hall viewable through the window behind her.

Research, Science and Technology

Stars in Her Eyes
A group of children singing. (Photo: Getty Images)

Society and Culture, Research

Music professor aims to spark a ‘singing renaissance’
Alanis Morissette performs on stage. (Photo: livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Society and Culture

Alanis Morissette’s furious feminism lives on
Fengjing An crouching down and smiling at the camera in a wooded area.

Research, Society and Culture

Nurturing Future Eco-Citizens
Headshot of Ha Tran

Research

Adding It Up
Augustana assistant professor Greg King measuring the circumference of a large tree in a forest.

Society and Culture, Research

Climate solutions start here. Meet Greg King
Raiany Dias de Andrade Silva headshot.

Science and Technology, Research

A Breath of Fresh Air
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Research, Society and Culture, Business

Old-time business model could bring new economic development to rural Alberta
Rob Colgate

Research, Society and Culture, Health And Wellness

Psychology meets poetry
Shelisa Klassen

Society and Culture

The Heritage of Hidden History
Gianluca Vernillo

Health And Wellness, Research

A Message of Movement
least-flycatcher

Science and Technology, Research

To save the least: study pinpoints most helpful habitat for least flycatcher
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Society and Culture, Research, Science and Technology

U of A’s Augustana students help create climate resilience solutions in Camrose
Clark leaning against a wooden fence post and a do leaning on the fence post beside him.

Society and Culture, Research

Champion for Rural Communities
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Research, Science and Technology

Weevils found in Philippine rainforest ‘almost like discovering a dodo bird’
Black and white image of a man playing at a grand piano on a stage.

Society and Culture, Instructors, Commentary, Research

Consider This: Bringing music made for one to an audience of hundreds
A digital illustration of a person in an orange jumpsuit standing in a prison yard, staring at an orange sunset, a mountain range and a flock of flying birds beyond a wire prison fence. Along the left side of the fence is a watch tower, and in the sky above the person is a speech bubble in the shape of a cloud.

Research, Society and Culture

Voices rarely heard
A man with short, light-coloured hair leaning on a fence post in a wetlands area, wearing a plaid button down and zip-up work coat while looking off to the side.

Business, Research, Instructors, Science and Technology

A better balance
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Research, Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

In ‘Men’s Sheds,’ mental health is the project
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Health And Wellness, Society and Culture

Four ways to stay safe with cannabis edibles this Halloween
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Health And Wellness, Society and Culture, Business, Research

Study explores risk factors for suicide in farmers
A man standing in front of a classroom and teaching.

Commentary, Research, Society and Culture

Consider this: Who decides how we decolonize prison?
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Science and Technology, Research

AI could make studying birds easier
Ingrid Urberg smiling at the camera. She is wearing a black shirt and her hair is pulled back.

Commentary

Consider This: The value of collaboration