The University of Calgary has problems with the university ranking processes of Maclean’s magazine. According to the 18th annual university rankings publication, the U of C placed seventh in the medical doctoral universities category, an improvement from 10th place last year and up from 13th in 2006, but to U of C administration, the ranking… Continue reading University rises in Maclean’s survey
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Students take their show on the road
What do ethics, glowing bacteria and revolutionary new software have in common? They were all projects presented by University of Calgary teams at the recent International Genetically Engineered Machines competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. iGEM, which began in 2003, is an annual international competition designed to involve undergraduate students in the field of… Continue reading Students take their show on the road
Roadside memorials affect driver behaviour
A new study conducted by the Schulich School of Engineering at the Univer-sity of Calgary indicates that in the short term, roadside memorials may actually prompt improved driver behaviour at intersections. The study observed driver red-light-running behaviour at selected intersections in the city where mock memorials were set up. Significant changes were observed in the… Continue reading Roadside memorials affect driver behaviour
Poking fun at the boy-meets-girl paradigm
Dark. Tragic. Funny. All words director Jamie Dunsdon uses to describe Canadian writer Karen Hines’ musical play Hello…Hello, the latest instalment of the University of Calgary’s current drama season. “Really, this is a black and white movie on stage and now we’re just kind of twisting it, poking fun at it, and throwing in a… Continue reading Poking fun at the boy-meets-girl paradigm
Letter: Liberal arts faculty would fail to provide proper education
Editor, The Gauntlet, I am firmly opposed to the notion that the faculties of Fine Arts, Humanities, Communication and Culture and Social Sciences could viably be combined into a single liberal arts faculty [“All for one and one for all,” Julie Phillips, Oct. 30, Gauntlet]. I am presently studying music performance; a highly specialized discipline… Continue reading Letter: Liberal arts faculty would fail to provide proper education
All for one and one for all
The University of Calgary is discussing the possibility of reorganizing four arts-related faculties into one super arts faculty on campus. In a recent memo, president Harvey Weingarten and provost Alan Harrison announced plans to initiate discussion between the faculties of communications and culture, fine arts, humanities and social sciences. While there have been many informal… Continue reading All for one and one for all
Collaborative art so cool
One hundred blank journals, each cover designed by a local artist, each journal numbered, catalogued, put out into the community. Welcome to the City of Calgary’s 100 Journals Project. “We invite people to contribute their stories, their drawings, writing, poetry, whatever they want and then pass them on in this collaborate art form,” says City… Continue reading Collaborative art so cool
U of C studies effects of roadside memorials
A new University of Calgary study explored Calgarian’s reactions to flowers, photographs, stuffed animals taped to lampposts, street signs and crosses erected on Albertan streets and highways as tributes to lives lost in traffic and pedestrian collisions. This unique research wasn’t conducted by psychologists, sociologists or nurses who deal with loss and grieving. It was… Continue reading U of C studies effects of roadside memorials
Wireless access expands outside
On the hill by the prairie chicken, second-year engineering students Tyler Enns and Glenda Yee are surfing the net. “I just thought we were getting [Wi-Fi] from a building,” said Enns, who did not realize the increased wireless coverage is due to three new antennas installed over the summer on the U of C campus.… Continue reading Wireless access expands outside
News for the unnewsed: elections and employment
Four years is plenty First-year students in the faculties of Communications and Culture, Humanities, Science and Social Sciences may now qualify for the 2012 graduation guarantee. The guarantee, the first of its kind in Canada, enables students to enter into an agreement with the U of C where students are guaranteed to graduate within four… Continue reading News for the unnewsed: elections and employment