Haskayne Scores New Market Information Centre Business students at U of C now have access to top-of-the-line financial resources thanks to the new N. Murray Edwards Market Information Centre, recently unveiled in its Scurfield Hall home. The centre consists of a plasma screen, graphical stock ticker, data wall, and a Reuter’s data station in the business library. It is the only one in a Western Canadian university to offer both Reuter’s and Bloomberg financial services. Learn more...

Calgary Takes a Quantum Leap
Cowtown will soon become home to one of the world’s elite research institutes with the creation of a unique multidisciplinary institute that will advance the frontiers of quantum information science. Only a few quantum institutes of this calibre exist in the world. The new institute will eventually link research in computer science, theoretical and experimental physics, chemistry, mathematics, and electrical engineering.

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U of C Athletes Dominate Across Canada
In 2003/04, the U of C had more athletes recognized as Canadian University Sports Players of the Year than any other university in the country, with four being honoured. Joanna Niemczewska (women’s volleyball), Erin Gammel (women’s swimming), Jessica Zelinka (women’s track and field), and Chad Murray (men’s swimming) were the four outstanding athletes. Niemczewska and Murray were also named U of C’s Female and Males Athletes of the Year respectively.

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Alumni Award Recipients Chosen Kelly-Marie Murphy, one of Canada’s leading composers, and Laura Lucier, a flight controller for the Canadian Space Agency in Houston, are the two most recent remarkable alumni to be chosen for awards through the University of Calgary Alumni Association. Murphy will receive the Association's 21st Distinguished Alumni Award, and Lucier will be given the Graduate Of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award—an honour that was first awarded in 2003. Both recipients will be honoured at an event in the fall. Learn more...

Calgary Adventurer to Speak to Alumni Brian Keating, Head of Conservation Outreach at the Calgary Zoo, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Alumni Association AGM on May 26. After a brief business meeting, Keating—who has led some 50 expeditions to remote locations worldwide and who returned earlier this year from his fourth of six planned voyages to the Antarctic—will give an account and illustration of the brilliant leadership of Ernest Shackleton, an early 20th-century explorer who lead a failed Antarctic expedition but remarkably returned without a single loss of life.

Alumna in Concert
Alumni Jacqui Lynn Fidlar, mezzo-soprano, will perform with Kathleen van Mourick, piano, for the Alberta in Concert 2004 season on Saturday, May 1 at 8:00 pm in the Rozsa Centre. Call for tickets: 220-7202 (adults $20, students/seniors $15).

Edmonton Haskayne Alumni Chapter Networking Event
Alumni in Edmonton and area are invited to attend Italy in Springtime: A Wine Tasting Social Event on Wednesday, May 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Sorrentino’s Downtown, 10162 – 100 Street, Edmonton. Cost is $20 in advance (RSVP before May 1) or $25 at the door. Please RSVP to rsvp@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or call Cynthia Kong at (403) 220-5688.

EMBA Alumni in Calgary Gather at Murrieta’s
Executive MBA Alumni are invited to meet at Murrieta’s West Coast Bar & Grill, 200 – 808 1 Street SW, on Thursday, May 6 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. For more information or to RSVP, e-mail craig@craigelias.com

Workshop on Alternate Careers for Teachers
Are you a trained teacher and have decided a traditional classroom is not for you? If so, the Faculty of Education is hosting a career workshop on May 13 to give you ideas on how your degree can work in alternate careers. To register, send an e-mail with your name and phone number to educpdi@ucalgary.ca no later than May 10.

MIT Dean to Speak at Engineering AGM
Thomas Magnanti, the dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will give the “first of a series” guest lecture at the Engineering Alumni Chapter’s AGM on May 14 at noon in the Rozsa Centre at the U of C. A light lunch will be provided as Dr. Magnanti speaks on “engineering our future.” For more details or to register, e-mail engineering.alumni@ucalgary.ca

MBA Alumni Calgary Luncheon
The next MBA Alumni Networking Luncheon will be held on Friday, May 14 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Delta Bow Valley, Calgary. The guest speaker will be Derek Bullen from S.I. Systems. The cost of the luncheon is $25. Register by Tuesday, May 11 by e-mailing rsvp@haskayne.ucalgary.ca, or call Cynthia Kong at 403-220-5688.

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