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Event - 03.04.2025
UCalgary's Biogeoscience Institute celebrates 75th anniversary
UCalgary’s Biogeoscience Institute celebrates 75th anniversary

Agronomy & Food Science - Innovation - 03.04.2025
Tech to power an agricultural revolution
Tech to power an agricultural revolution
Learn more about the future of agriculture at Creating Tomorrow in collaboration with the Calgary Stampede on April 12 The agricultural sector is witnessing a transformative era, driven by technological innovations designed to tackle age-old challenges.

Health - Career - 02.04.2025
SPARC grants ignite synergies between bone and joint health researchers
SPARC grants ignite synergies between bone and joint health researchers
Giving Day donations widen impact of collaboration event expected to attract dozens of experts on April 15 Can a brief conversation ignite a flame of innovation in health care? An upcoming McCaig Inst

Innovation - Economics - 02.04.2025
Waterloo founders win big at Velocity Pitch Competition
Waterloo founders win big at Velocity Pitch Competition

Psychology - Life Sciences - 02.04.2025
Music to their ears
A new study looks at differences in music listening habits between young adults with ADHD and their neurotypical peers.

Health - Campus - 02.04.2025
Long-running Kinesiology program supports people with chronic physical disabilities
Long-running Kinesiology program supports people with chronic physical disabilities

Health - 02.04.2025
SFU expert co-authors new report on Canada’s critical role in global health

Campus - 01.04.2025
Ontario Tech launches Black Youth Visionary Program with $500,000 investment from Scotiabank
Ontario Tech launches Black Youth Visionary Program with $500,000 investment from Scotiabank

Health - Physics - 01.04.2025
Donation driving arrhythmia research is close to Western grad's heart
Donation driving arrhythmia research is close to Western grad’s heart

Social Sciences - Pedagogy - 01.04.2025
Transforming lives and communities through co-op
Transforming lives and communities through co-op

Health - Life Sciences - 01.04.2025
Important clues contributing to Alzheimer's disease
Important clues contributing to Alzheimer’s disease
According to the Alzheimer's Society of Canada, one in four Canadians over the age of 85 is living with dementia - and Alzheimer's disease (AD) accounts for more than 60 per cent of those cases.

Economics - Innovation - 31.03.2025
Bold ideas win big at the Esch pitch contest

Event - Environment - 31.03.2025
King Charles III Coronation Medal awarded to UdeM members
King Charles III Coronation Medal awarded to UdeM members

Astronomy & Space - Event - 31.03.2025
Trottier Observatory celebrates a decade a stargazing and wonder at SFU

Materials Science - Environment - 31.03.2025
Schulich students explore new ways of recycling electric vehicle batteries
Schulich students explore new ways of recycling electric vehicle batteries

Innovation - Environment - 28.03.2025
Project Arrow 2.0: Ontario Tech University's next bold step into the future of transportation
Project Arrow 2.0: Ontario Tech University’s next bold step into the future of transportation

Economics - Innovation - 28.03.2025
Ontario Tech student-entrepreneurs empowered through partnership with Jennifer and Christian Lassonde
Ontario Tech student-entrepreneurs empowered through partnership with Jennifer and Christian Lassonde

Environment - Health - 28.03.2025
Network for arctic wildlife conservation
Network for arctic wildlife conservation
The University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine's (UCVM) Dr. Susan Kutz D.V.M is leading an expert interdisciplinary team set to revolutionize arctic wildlife conservation with a transformative grant of 2.5 million dollars from the Weston Family Foundation.

Innovation - Economics - 28.03.2025
University of Calgary opens Quantum City qHub
University of Calgary opens Quantum City qHub

Physics - Earth Sciences - 28.03.2025
Ask Me Something: How to see the northern lights and more aurora questions answered
Ask Me Something: How to see the northern lights and more aurora questions answered
UCalgary physicist Eric Donovan explains the science behind the night-time illuminations amidst 2025 solar maximum Last year, the night skies treated Calgarians to more auroral displays than usual.

Campus - Administration - 27.03.2025
Waterloo recognizes graduate supervisory excellence
Waterloo recognizes graduate supervisory excellence

Innovation - Economics - 27.03.2025
Builders attract builders
Builders attract builders

Campus - Materials Science - 27.03.2025
Preparing Western students to lead, innovate in critical sectors
Preparing Western students to lead, innovate in critical sectors

Campus - Social Sciences - 27.03.2025
Graduate Studies becomes SFU’s newest faculty

Campus - Environment - 27.03.2025
From campus to community

Forensic Science - 27.03.2025
How Canadian immigration law turns judges into border guards

Computer Science - 27.03.2025
Aaron Courville appointed interim scientific director of IVADO
Aaron Courville appointed interim scientific director of IVADO

Materials Science - Physics - 26.03.2025
Manipulating the very small at large scale
Manipulating the very small at large scale

Environment - Event - 26.03.2025
2024 SFU Newsmaker award winners share drive to inspire dialogue for change

Health - Campus - 26.03.2025
Salma Bafagih to represent Ontario Tech University at provincial Three Minute Thesis competition
Salma Bafagih to represent Ontario Tech University at provincial Three Minute Thesis competition

Health - Life Sciences - 25.03.2025
Schulich student brings the buzz to kidney stone research
Tucked in the back of the Microbiome and Probiotic Research Lab at St. Joseph's hospital sits the fly room - a small space that houses even smaller insects whose microscopic innards could hold clues into the link between antibiotic use and the formation of kidney stones.

Innovation - Economics - 25.03.2025
Made by Waterloo
Made by Waterloo

Health - Economics - 25.03.2025
Waterloo celebrates Co-op Students of the Year
Waterloo celebrates Co-op Students of the Year

Politics - 25.03.2025
Recruiting women as candidates: an electoral opportunity
People who believe that female candidates are at a disadvantage in elections are mistaken, according to two studies conducted by political scientist André Blais.

Health - Agronomy & Food Science - 24.03.2025
Eating well and aging better
Eating well and aging better
In an international study led by an UdeM nutritionist, healthy eating in midlife is found to be linked to overall healthy aging. Maintaining a healthy diet rich in plant-based foods, with low to moderate intake of animal-based foods and less of ultra-processed foods, is linked to a higher likelihood of healthy aging, a new international study led by an Université de Montréal nutritionist suggests.

Health - 24.03.2025
IRCM team identifies crucial mechanism in immune response
IRCM team identifies crucial mechanism in immune response
Nathalie Labrecque and her colleagues have discovered that NOTCH signaling is essential for the differentiation of CD8+ T lymphocytes, optimizing their immune response to infections. Ten years of substantial work by Université de Montréal immunologist Nathalie Labrecque's team at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center have shed new light on the mechanisms governing an effective immune response to infections.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 21.03.2025
Snapshot of Antarctica's past helps predict future climate
Snapshot of Antarctica’s past helps predict future climate
In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new insights into the future of Antarctica's melting ice that may change the way climate scientists predict the effects of a warming planet.

Environment - Earth Sciences - 21.03.2025
Exploring the future of frozen water
Understanding ice dynamics in the Yukon's St. Elias Mountains to prepare for sea level rise and protect water resources As the world focuses on glacier preservation this UN World Water Day , re

Health - Environment - 21.03.2025
Six Waterloo researchers receive more than $7.5 million
Six Waterloo researchers receive more than $7.5 million

Politics - Law - 21.03.2025
Roundtable: what future for the 49th Parallel?

Health - Pharmacology - 21.03.2025
UCalgary researchers among network receiving $5 million for new cancer research program
UCalgary researchers among network receiving $5 million for new cancer research program

Paleontology - Environment - 20.03.2025
Western prof reports first evidence of Cretaceous Period dinosaurs in South Africa
Western prof reports first evidence of Cretaceous Period dinosaurs in South Africa
Guy Plint is no stranger to tracking prehistoric beasts.

Economics - Innovation - 20.03.2025
Page raises $4.1M to grow AI external relations platform
Page raises $4.1M to grow AI external relations platform

Career - Health - 20.03.2025
Exploited: temporary foreign workers in Canada are vulnerable
Blandine Emilien and Patrice Jalette paint a troubling picture of the conditions faced by labourers brought in to this country on federal work permits.

Social Sciences - 20.03.2025
Canada the happiest G7 country: International report edited by SFU expert
Canada is the happiest country in the G7, according to the World Happiness Report edited by a Simon Fraser University professor.

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 20.03.2025
UCalgary grant funds project exploring transition to sustainable agriculture
UCalgary grant funds project exploring transition to sustainable agriculture

Astronomy & Space - Physics - 19.03.2025
'I've always been fascinated by the sky'
’I’ve always been fascinated by the sky’

Music - History & Archeology - 19.03.2025
Sharing untold stories of women in music history
Sharing untold stories of women in music history

Astronomy & Space - 19.03.2025
Euclid dazzles with new data and images
Euclid dazzles with new data and images
Science The first batch of survey data released by the Euclid mission gives us a glimpse into hundreds of thousands of galaxies reaching back 10.5 billion light years - and it's only the beginn

Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 19.03.2025
Why pain medication may not be as effective for women as it is for men
Why pain medication may not be as effective for women as it is for men
UCalgary researchers reveal biological differences between the sexes when it comes to chronic pain A new study led by University of Calgary Tuan Trang , PhD, may help to explain why there is an over-representation of women experiencing chronic pain compared to men.