November 2013, Vol 12, No 11

Leading education in a connected world

The newly named Werklund School of Education will transform education for teachers, future teachers and students.

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Top of the class

Look no further than Avenue Magazine's annual Top 40 Under 40 for alumni who are leaders in our city. Learn more...

The price of a kidney

Alumna Lianne Barneigh co-authors a study that finds paying people for a kidney donation could be a cost-effective strategy to increase the number of kidney donors in the organ transplant donation system. Learn more...

Feature Alumni Activity:

Alumni Holiday Program

Join us for holiday fun at the Olympic Oval for our annual Alumni Family Skate with Santa (and Rex) Nov. 30 and holiday traditions at Theatre Calgary's A Christmas Carol Dec. 12. Bring your entire family.

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Feature Campus Activity:

Landscape Change and Human History of the Athabasca Glacier Area

Speaker: Alwynne B. Beaudoin, Curator, Quaternary Environments, Royal Alberta Museum

Sunwapta Pass and the Athabasca Glacier are visited by thousands of people each year as they travel the famed Icefields Parkway, following in the footsteps of the first tourists who marveled at the glacier in the late 19th century. Come learn more mountain building, ancient volcanoes, flowing ice, tilted trees, climate change and adventurous travelers.

Nov. 20, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Earth Sciences Building 162, Tom Oliver Room

Presented by the Archeological Society of Alberta

More events at the university ...

Corporate Calgary supports the university

Canadian Natural Resources Limited donated $7 million to the Schulich School of Engineering, making it the single largest corporate donation to the university. Learn more...

Experts in broadband access connect on campus

A symposium at the University of Calgary will look at how to improve access to high-speed digital technology in rural Alberta and overcome issues like the "final mile" problem is getting a boost from a federal grant program. Learn more...

Commemorative book celebrates fastest ice in the world

When Juan Antonio Samaranch, the president of the International Olympic Committee officially opened the building in 1987, he commented that the facility was one of the best he'd seen. Learn more...