Jaelyn Molyneux | arch magazine

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What if Instead of Living with Computers, We Lived in a Computer?

It’s a world where physical spaces and objects interact with technology. The computer is not a phone in your pocket or a screen on your desk. It’s all around you. That world is inevitable and researchers at UCalgary’s Programmable Reality Lab are helping to create it.

Rockets, Radio Waves and Risky Satellite Missions: 7 Ways Space Research is Taking Off in Calgary

For decades, space tools have been designed, built and operated by UCalgary’s makers and thinkers

A Lab Paving the Way for Better, Greener Roads

It’s all around us, but few of us pay much attention to the science behind the asphalt that makes up our walkways and roadways. A lab at the University of Calgary pays very close attention to the complexities of what the rest of us take for granted.

Everything I Know About Democracy, I Learned in Elementary School

With the current bleak outlook on global democracy, it’s crucial that our future leaders are capable of critical, empathetic dialogue. Education researchers say that starts when our kids open a book.

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.

5 Details About Dairy Farming in Alberta

It’s an old industry that is constantly advancing with new technologies and methods. A virtual-reality experience transports curious consumers to a dairy farm to see how it all works.

University of Calgary President Ed McCauley

With Creativity, Collaboration, and (a Little) Patience We Can Change the World

Inspired by the momentum of his first four years as president, Ed McCauley looks forward to a better world inspired by students who insist on being the change

In Focus: Artist Studios Above a Parkade

Just above the dark, dusty and very coveted carpark is a network of workshops and studio spaces where some of the most creative on campus get down to work

10 Rapid-Fire Questions with Zoo Veterinarian Doug Whiteside

Quiet mornings, the chillest animal, and why he chose zoology and conservation medicine as a career — the head vet at the Wilder Institute-Calgary Zoo and professor in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine gives us a glimpse of his day

Dear David Taras: You Were Extraordinary

Transformed by her late professor’s expansive worldview, and his compassion and exuberance, a former student remembers Dr. David Taras, PhD, professor emeritus of Communications and Culture at the University of Calgary and Ralph Klein Chair in Media Studies at Mount Royal University (MRU).

Summer Reading: Five Slightly Unconventional Chick Lit Recommendations

A scholar who literally teaches a course on Chick Lit shares her picks for books that far transcend the bubblegum-pink beach read

Will Stampede Midway Food Spoil My Dinner — and My Health? (Asking for a Friend)

From cotton candy noodles to meal worm hot dogs, we pitch a registered dietician and UCalgary prof a few of Stampede’s new midway snacks. She offers her expert thoughts on the potential joy and heartburn of lunch on the grounds