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Society and Culture

Meet eight honorary degree recipients who are building a better world

Graduates will hear speeches from people who advanced Indigenous Peoples’ rights, improved the field of search and rescue, and made new medical discoveries.

  • April 23, 2024
  • By Sandrine Camminga
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Health And Wellness, Research

Racism leads First Nations patients to leave emergency departments without completing care, study finds

First Nations patients face anti-Indigenous stereotypes and language, U of A researchers say.

  • April 22, 2024
  • By Gillian Rutherford
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New research highlights the negative impacts that social factors such as race, language and socio-economic deprivation can have on children’s health. (Photo: Getty Images)
Health And Wellness, Research

Children’s social circumstances dictate outcomes in emergency care

Early or prolonged exposure to social risk as kids can lead people to increased hospitalizations, poorer health and worse chronic conditions, study says.

  • April 22, 2024
  • By Will Gibson
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A new University of Alberta project is exploring how to turn hemp straw into economic gold, in the form of Canadian-made, environmentally-friendly fibres that can be used for everything from dental floss to workwear. (Photo: Supplied)
Society and Culture, Science and Technology

Canadian-made, environmentally-friendly fibres could boost textile manufacturing

University of Alberta project is exploring how to spin hemp straw into economic gold.

  • April 17, 2024
  • By Bev Betkowski

U of A In The News

Statements & Announcements

From the President’s Desk: Response to Bill 18, the Provincial Priorities Act, 2024

Advocating for the U of A and its world-class researchers.
17 April 2024 By Bill Flanagan

University of Alberta elects new chancellor

Entrepreneur, community leader and U of A graduate Nizar J. Somji will begin a four-year term as the university’s ceremonial head in June.
15 March 2024 By Bev Betkowski

U of A joins transatlantic network to accelerate tech innovation

As part of the NATO DIANA network, the university will help innovators and researchers advance new technologies to solve challenges affecting global security and peace.
14 March 2024 By Sean Townsend

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