Celebrating the Faculty of Science’s top stories of the year

Looking back on the top stories from the Faculty of Science for 2025.

12 December 2025

Athabasca Hall, pictured in winter with a layer of snow covering the building, trees and quad.

The Faculty of Science is incredibly proud of what we were able to accomplish in 2025. 

From Professor Richard Sutton receiving the A.M. Turing Award – the "Nobel Prize" of computing science, beginning work on our new five-year strategic plan and welcoming several esteemed faculty members to teach our exceptional students, we have a lot to celebrate. 

Through all of our successes, conversations and headlines, our most popular stories of the year emerged.

Take a look at the top 5 stories of 2025 for the Faculty of Science, as measured by pageviews: 

  1. Computing science professor wins ‘Nobel Prize in computing’
  2. How the U of A became Canada’s top AI university
  3. U of A to award honorary degrees to leaders in science, philanthropy and community
  4. U of A life sciences research gets a $100M lift
  5. Deepest ice core in the Americas drilled in Canadian Arctic

Thank you to each and every member of our community who made these highlights possible – we’re grateful for you and look forward to what we can achieve together in 2026.