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Despite the class size, the teacher, six weeks into the term, is on a first-name basis with all 85 students.This isn't the byproduct of photographic memory. Rather, Dr. Cari Din is willing to put in the time, to practise until she gets…

It could be something as simple as a window to allow light into the workspace. An easy addition, and one now widely understood to fuel happier, less-stressed humans — but the benefit of natural light in building design wasn’t clear until…

Students from the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL) were all hands on deck to help build a home — and address painful inequities faced by women today — at Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build 2022 program on Sept.…

Everyone deserves the opportunity to pursue recovery. That's the belief and focus of a new Alberta government-funded and University of Calgary-driven initiative that aims to support individuals with addiction and mental health challenges…

The global mental health crisis would be better supported if public health education included more of a focus on nutrition, says a research psychologist and professor emerita with the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine.…

For medical geneticist Dr. Xiao-Ru Yang, BSc ’13, MD’16, few things are more rewarding than helping a patient understand what caused their mysterious, unexplained illness — answers those patients often seek for many years.Thanks to a new…

Have you ever heard of quantum science and wondered what it was all about? Well, your chance to learn is here!A Taste of Quantum: A Quantum Leap in Quantum Information is an upcoming public lecture as part of the University of Calgary’s…

For every flourish of creativity on a construction site, there’s hours of mind-numbing repetition, whether it’s cutting, fastening or forming.But what if mobile, rentable robots armed with tools could tackle the tedious work, freeing up…

In collaboration with The City of Calgary, and as part of the activation of the underutilized downtown Lot 6 parking lot, the Laboratory for Integrative Design (LID) at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape created and…

Arecently completed mural is highlighting and honouring the unique experiences of Métis survivors of Canada’s residential school system. The Métis Memories of Residential Schools, A Testament to the Strength of the Métis mural mosaic…