The University of Alberta has slipped a spot in one key metric

A new national ranking of research universities has put the University of Alberta in the top 10, but it has slipped a spot ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

U. of Alberta Expects No Scandal From Appointing Controversial Poet Derek Walcott

The poet Derek Walcott’s candidacy for a prestigious post at the University of Oxford drew such bitter criticism this month that the Nobel Prize winner withdrew from consideration. But the University ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

U. of Alberta Gets $42 Million for Women and Children’s Health

The University of Alberta received a joint gift Wednesday that will pump more than $42 million (U.S.) into its Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, Global News reports. The bulk of the ...

University of Alberta Hospital opens Atrium space

The University of Alberta has opened a new Atrium space. It aims to give hospital staff, patients, visitors and family a ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Renowned Chemist Leaves U. of Alberta for U. of Washington; Bowdoin College’s Next President Led the Search Committee

A northern light is now shining south of the 49th parallel. Norm Dovichi, a renowned professor of chemistry at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, left last month, taking 6 of the 35 people in his ...
Edmonton Journal

University of Alberta incubates big international solutions

Necessity is the Canadian mother of innovation for Edmonton projects tackling real-world problems from drought to bone cancer to military buildup to market sovereignty with next-generation ...
Inside Higher Ed

U of Alberta Wants Staff to Return ‘Overpayments’

The University of Alberta in Canada wants nonacademic staff to repay “overpayments” and agree to other retroactive pay cuts, the Edmonton Journal reported. According to a contract proposal obtained by ...