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U of A switching marks

By Julian Cheung

Give it a little over two years, and University of Alberta students will be glad to see fours on their transcripts. The U of A’s General Faculties Council approved a proposal to change the nine-point grading scale to a four-point scale similar to that used by other North American institutions. Currently the school uses a… Continue reading U of A switching marks

U of A finds gene for macular eye disease

By Julian Cheung

A far-reaching research collaboration has found the gene that causes a major degenerative eye disease. The study, published in January, discovered a gene that may contribute to some forms of degeneration in the central part of the retina. This suggests that some people may be genetically prone to develop a specific type of the age-related… Continue reading U of A finds gene for macular eye disease