By Chris Adams, November 13 2014 —
The University of Calgary Firearms Association (UCFA) has entered its second year, and its popularity is rising.
UCFA has 150-plus members, up from 30 at their first meet-and-greet last year, and 13 executives, … Read the rest
By Hayden McBennett, November 13 2014 —
A University of Calgary researcher working in Canada’s Arctic has discovered a 700-year-old plant virus preserved in frozen caribou dung.
U of C permafrost and glacial hydrologist Brian Moorman and his team were … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, November 13 2014 —
International students can now work 20 hours a week without a work permit after the federal government changed visa regulations on June 1.
Study permits now expire 90 days. If students want to … Read the rest
By Scott Strasser, November 13 2014 —
The Students’ Union will vote in favour of a 2.2 per cent tuition increase at a Board of Governors (BOG) meeting on December 12.
The BOG votes on tuition increases every December. Annual … Read the rest
By Chris Adams, November 13 2014 —
The University of Alberta Students’ Union (UASU) will protest student fee increases at Alberta’s legislature on Monday, Nov. 17. The rally is on the same day as the speech from the throne and … Read the rest
By Katy Atherholt, November 13 2014 —
This November, the Calgary Police Service (CPS) became the first North American police force to implement a new facial recognition software called NeoFace Reveal.
NeoFace matches photos of suspects to the CPS database … Read the rest
By Chris Adams, November 6 2014 —
The University of Calgary has climbed international university rankings in recent years. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranks universities on categories like research, student experience and quality of education. The U of C scored perfectly … Read the rest
By Babur Ilchi, November 6 2014 —
Third-year neuroscience student Yasamin Mahjoub was awarded for her research on iron neurotoxicity in brain cells at the Markin Research Symposium in Health and Wellness.
Mahjoub won the oral presentation award in early-October, … Read the rest
Scott Strasser, November 6 2014 —
Five Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) 381 students are bringing an Amazing Race-inspired event to the University of Calgary on Nov. 13 at 5:00 p.m.
The race includes 10–15 stations where teams will solve riddles … Read the rest
By Hayden McBennett, November 6 2014 —
Maclean’s 2015 Canadian university rankings placed the University of Calgary twelfth among medical-doctoral universities, three positions down from last year’s ranking.
Two years ago, the U of C ranked eighth. McGill, University of … Read the rest