University of Alberta

A new study by University of Alberta researchers shows a link between horn size and female reproductive fitness in bighorn sheep — a potential conservation issue that may stem from trophy hunting of male bighorn sheep with larger…

Canada’s nursing school graduates are not as ready as they should be for the digital transformation happening in health care, according to a University of Alberta researcher. Nurses need better education to keep up with the fast pace of…

Albertans aiming to upgrade their skills, gain new skills or rejoin the workforce now have a new avenue at the University of Alberta, thanks to $1.14 million in new provincial funding over the next two years.The investment in 10 U of A…

When one of Janice Hurlburt’s friends posted on social media about a carved “totem” pole she’d received as a birthday gift from a non-Indigenous artist, Hurlburt was quick to message her.“I suggested to her that she could call it a…

For many students and teachers, the start of the new school year has added a new set of challenges to the big ones they’ve already been dealing with for nearly two and a half years. And though it may be simple enough to “switch on”…

The imaginative exercise projects law students back in time, letting them peer into the Indigenous experience of colonization.As they walk on a floor covered with blankets at the old powwow grounds of Maskêkosihk (Enoch Cree Nation) —…

As soon as Chinese scientists identified the Langya henipavirus, a previously unknown virus spreading among Chinese farmers earlier this year, Matthias Götte’s lab got to work recreating the virus’s polymerase, or replication engine, with…

It was a Friday afternoon and Alexandra was running errands when she looked down at her five-month old son Armando and thought, “You know, he looks really yellow, like jaundice, like a newborn would look.” She took him in to their family…

On May 31, 2021, professional tennis player Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open, revealing a battle with long-term depression that left her unwilling to take part in mandatory media commitments. A few weeks later, American gymnast…

When Muhammed S.’s sister broke her femur bone in an accident, he became aware of the financial barriers many people face in accessing medical technology. From that moment on, he was determined to make medical technology more affordable…