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Renata Pinho, grad student in UCalgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, wins international award for research into new sedation protocols for exotic pets Who knew that the secret to a happier, healthie

Facilitating the interaction between students and industry in a way that is community focused is something University of Calgary community members kept in mind when collaborating with RadiCare Ventures, Innovate Calgary's Social Innovation Hub and Mitacs, a national research organization.

Newly appointed geography professor Benjamin Gwinneth uses innovative geochemical methods, such as measuring fecal molecules, to understand how climate variability shaped ancient populations.

Ecologist and academic Jacques Brodeur makes a compelling case for using biological pest control as a main line of defence against invasive non-native species.

Brendan Pinto (BSc '15, Kinesiology) first took up swimming to improve his fitness, but enjoyment and skill in the sport led him to take it up competitively.

For Aparajita Bhattacharya, who is graduating with a Master of Arts degree in Public Issues Anthropology, the interdisciplinary nature of her graduate student experience opened doors to new research paths and an exciting future.

Medical devices and implants, like catheters, heart valves and stents, are important tools for diagnosing and treating cardiovascular conditions.

Q&A with the Experts: Why ChatGPT struggles with math. Have you ever tried to use an AI tool like ChatGPT to do some math and found it doesn't always add up? It turns out there's a reason for that.

In late October, as some of the first patients begin to walk through the front doors of the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre (also known as the Arthur Child), they join more

UdeM's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine welcomes Morgane Schambourg, a specialist in equine surgery and sports medicine who honed her skills in the United Arab Emirates caring for endurance racehorses.

A new professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Legault is using innovative techniques in genetics and AI to predict patients' responses to medication.

Over the past year, the Waterloo Climate Institute has collaborated closely with Southwestern Public Health (SWPH), which serves the regions of Oxford County, Elgin County and the City of St. Thomas, to identify critical climate-related health risks in the region.

Close your eyes. Breathe in. Breathe out. Now picture this. You are standing on the beach, feeling the soft, warm sand underneath your feet, watching the ocean waves crash gently onto the shore and palm trees swaying in the wind.

Canadians who identify as members of sexual minorities are more involved than others in non-electoral politics, according to a new study. A recently published study has found that members of Canada's LGBTQ+ community are more likely than heterosexuals to participate in non-electoral politics. They tend to be more involved in both institutional and non-institutional political activities, aside from casting a ballot.

Scholars join forces with the community to build solutions to Canada's second-leading cause of the disease When people think of lung cancer, they often associate it with tobacco smoking. However, the second leading cause of lung cancer in Canada is radon, which poses a greater health risk in Canada than in many other parts of the world.

While Joshua Pearce has no plans to open a Michelin-starred restaurant any time soon, the Western University researcher spends much of his free time thinking about feeding the world. Now, a decade after co-writing Feeding Everyone No Matter What (a how-to guide on combatting an apocalyptic global food crisis), Pearce has taken his big-picture planning off planet with his latest concept: mining asteroids for space food.