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How Physics Pointed the Way to an Unexpected Octopus Discovery Deep in the Ocean

A scientific surprise, decades of work by multinational teams, complicated math and the most educated of guesses led to the discovery of an octopus nursery surviving — against all odds — 3,100 metres under the sea. Rachel Lauer helped create the treasure map that led to the discovery.
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  • Finding Solutions
  • People & Places

An Expert’s Take on Affordable Housing and Livable Cities

Housing was acknowledged as a human right in the Canadian National Housing Strategy. Since then, affordability seems to be getting worse. A UCalgary expert, who has studied the issue for decades, provides context for how we got here and why solutions will require sustained policy, planning and design intervention.
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Human hand using computer to surf the internet.
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Navigating the Virtual Crime Universe

A partnership between the Calgary Police Service and UCalgary’s cybercrime simulation centre aims to help catch real-life criminals
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School children, students walking into a school building.
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Keeping Diet Culture Out of the Classroom

Diet culture is returning with a vengeance. Or maybe it never went away. A team of researchers say making classrooms “weight-neutral” zones could dramatically improve the physical and mental health of kids and teens.
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UCalgary Around the World: 12 Academics Who Took Their Expertise Global this Summer

From South Africa and Spain to the United Kingdom and Australia, UCalgary researchers went around the world for cross-border collaborations
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All-Ages List: 12 Indigenous Books to Expand Your Knowledge

Picture books for your toddler, age-appropriate novels for your tween or teen, and adult non-fiction for you — this carefully curated database directs you to Indigenous stories with important messages
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The Summit 2nd Floor Common Area
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At The Summit, Kids Get Mental Health Treatment and Make a Difference

For the first time, Calgary has a designated centre for young people dealing with mental health issues that is removed from the often-traumatic experience that can come with traditional hospitals and emergency rooms. What’s more, the concept was designed by youths themselves.
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“Slim” Moorehouse driving World’s Record Team.
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  • People & Places

8 Treasures from Inside the Stampede Archives 

Vintage admission tickets, arena deal announcements and the sheet music for Calgary’s very own marching song are all to be found in the century-old archives that preserves a rich history that helped shape our city
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Carved and printed bird lino block and kozo fibre from the mulberry tree.
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  • Research & Innovation

How the Art of Hand-Press Bookmaking is Promoting Sustainability and Fostering Community

Look inside an unexpected workshop where old processes help drive new methods for sustainable products for the future and where students find community in a sometimes-solitary major
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Photo of Justine Doll looking at some bee specimens
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10 Questions on Pollinators with Justine Doll

What they are, why they are important and how a community science initiative makes it easy for everyone to get involved in helping bees and their pollinator pals.
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Jamie Michaels looking at some drawings
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What’s Your Jam? Comic Books with Jamie Michaels

Academia collides with the colorful universe of comic books to help us understand the world a little better.
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AI Processor Unit Drawing
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8 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Making the World Better

It doesn’t come without serious ethical and societal concerns, but AI can also be a good thing. Researchers across UCalgary are using it to make informed decisions more quickly and solve complex problems.
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MyHEAT Thermal - Calgary
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Look at this Photograph. It Will Help Fix Your Energy-Leaking Home

Houses can lose heat at an alarming rate, but it’s hard to do anything about something you can’t see. For nearly a decade, high-tech residential heat maps have been making the invisible visible to encourage action.
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The University of Calgary acknowledges the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to Metis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. The University of Calgary acknowledges the impact of colonization on Indigenous peoples in Canada and is committed to our collective journey towards reconciliation to create a welcome and inclusive campus that encourages Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, connecting and being.