From Waste to Wealth
A student implements a black soldier fly biowaste treatment in Tanzania that empowers women, and could positively impact human health and the environment
10 Questions with Rajeev Nair on Volcanoes
Hidden within these potentially explosive formations is a lot of information about the history of the earth. It’s also cool to know they can be found deep underwater and way out in space.
The People at the Centre of the Brutal and Messy History of Slavery in Maritime Canada
The story of slavery in Canada is often distorted by an American narrative or told as a collective experience. A UCalgary scholar gets specific by meticulously detailing the lives of hundreds of enslaved people in the Maritimes. Here are some of their stories.
How a Computer Game Helps High School Students Prepare for University
The transition can be tough, especially for students with learning disabilities. A computer game makes the leap from high school to university a little easier with a fun, personalised learning experience.
As Demand for Counselling Skyrockets, This Clinic Finds Ways to Help Those Who Need It Most Urgently
UCalgary’s Psychology Clinic knows the answer is not one-size-fits all.
We Interrupt This Workday to Streak
Two educators explain why they introduced “wellness streaks” to their field-study curriculum and give tips on how to start one and keep it up.
A Space Where Students Can Embroider Clothes and 3D-Print Dinosaurs
Inside the library is an inspired space full of hands-on technologies for UCalgary hobbyists and researchers, alike
7 People Paying it Forward in Calgary
These university champions are deeply invested in the community and believe philanthropy is about more than money. It’s also about cultivating a feeling of home, caring about the success of the next generation and building a better future.
Six Book Recommendations That Might Change Your Way of Thinking
From restoring one’s faith in humankind to reminding us of the importance of sleep, these six books have inspired UCalgary students, faculty and staff in more ways than one.
This is Your Brain (and Body) on Alcohol
New low-risk alcohol consumption guidelines are a big change from long-held official recommendations. Nobody’s saying the party is over, but UCalgary experts make a convincing case to slow it down.
Sasha Reid’s Fascination with Serial Killers
She created one of the most comprehensive serial killer databases in the world and interned in a prison. Now the UCalgary student is focused on the intersection of law and psychology.
When Artificial Intelligence Takes the Wheel
We’ve been hearing about a driverless-vehicle revolution forever and, make no mistake, that world is a-comin’. In the meantime, our engineers are asking, and answering, critical questions that will keep us on a safe road to the future.
How a Swiss Startup in the 1960s Led to Some of the Canadian Prairies’ Most Innovative Art
It’s a tale of immigration, experimental textiles and a love affair with the landscape.