University of Calgary

Anew multidisciplinary study including researchers at the University of Calgary shows that people who act quickly to test for and mitigate radon gas in their homes are at a much lower risk of developing lung cancer long term.The study…

When Dr. Christine Friedenreich, PhD, came to the University of Calgary in 1992 to investigate the links between physical activity and cancer risk, no one else in Alberta was working in her field of research. Her early grant proposals…

With Rex boarding a virtual rocket ship before smoke and streamers filled the foyer, the Hunter Student Commons was officially launched on Tuesday at the University of Calgary.Elder Rod Hunter performed the Honour Song and Elder Reg…

When an international science organization holds its first major event in Canada in more than a half-century in 2026, a University of Calgary professor will play a key role.The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing…

Dr. Peter Stys, MD, a professor at the University of Calgary, is the first winner of the $1-million Hopewell M.I.N.D. Prize. His research project was selected by an international panel of experts, including representatives from Harvard…

University of Calgary International hosted Germany Day on Oct. 6. The annual celebration of German culture and German-Canadian relations had been put on hold since the start of the pandemic, but saw over 160 students, staff, faculty and…

Following years of research, Dr. Kathryn Reese-Taylor, PhD, professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at UCalgary, as well as her team of international colleagues, has used lidar (light detection and ranging) to help…

Innovation and sustainability go hand in hand at The University of Calgary, as demonstrated by the 2022 Institutional Sustainability Report released Oct. 26.The report recaps another year of sustainable progress supported by the…

Making “fortune tellers” — a folded paper game children hold on their fingers and thumbs and practice counting and “telling fortunes” with — has been a time-treasured craft and play activity for generations across cultures.One of the…

Over several decades, constant innovation in the technology sector has created once-unimaginable products and services: a device in your pocket with dozens of apps, a vehicle that drives itself, a fridge that knows when you’re out of…