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 Miranda Krogstad, November 6 2014 —
People usually don’t get excited about spoken word poetry. The topic conjures images of darkly-clad artists with cigarettes and berets snapping to pretentious poetry.
But spoken word has evolved into a modern scene … Read the rest
By Sonny Sachdeva, November 6 2014 —
After a decade of disappointment, the Calgary Flames’ future appears to be trending upwards.
Calgary’s youth movement has been in full swing as of late, beginning last season with the emergence of Sean … Read the rest
The view from second-floor residence isn’t fantastic. I can’t see over the first row of beige homes across the street. There’s no beautiful skyline or city lights. It isn’t great, but it’s fine. Would I pay $800 more a year … 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 Katy Atherholt, November 6 2014 —
Seven-time Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has proved once again why she is one of the reigning queens of pop. Her fifth album, 1989, reportedly sold 600,000 copies 24 hours after its … 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
By Jason Herring, November 6 2014 —
“You can run the jewels or lose your fingers,” spits Killer Mike on the heavy track “Oh My Darling Don’t Cry,” a line that serves as a mission statement for the second collaboration … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, November 6 2014 —
Local art organization Contemporary Calgary is working on creating a new public art gallery in the Calgary Centennial Planetarium.
The planetarium, in the west end of downtown, has been vacant since the Telus … Read the rest