Reading Time: 3 minutes Newly announced scholarships will support computing science students from under-represented groups
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Stents more effective for patients with stable high-risk heart disease
Reading Time: 3 minutes Location of blockages in a patient’s heart is a key consideration in selecting the right treatment, U of A cardiologists find
Giving future teachers Black history lessons to take to the classroom
Reading Time: 3 minutes For Kathy Robinson, introducing her students to Black Canadian historical figures and events is a way to impart knowledge she’d like to see taught in classrooms all year long
Program launched to diagnose genetic diseases in children
Reading Time: 4 minutes Children are disproportionately affected as genetic diseases typically manifest during childhood and usually come with neurological symptoms
Putting bison back where they belong heals land and people: researchers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Project to rebuild bison herd in Banff National Park shows how ecological restoration offers opportunities for reconciliation and decolonization
Daily text message service helps with stress, depression during COVID-19
Reading Time: 3 minutes Studies show regular disruption of negative thoughts mimics cognitive behavioural therapy model
U of A satellite team pulls off space rescue mission in the nick of time
Reading Time: 6 minutes Student-led AlbertaSat team comes to the aid of fellow cube satellite designers after communication failure threatens mission from International Space Station
Dialysis patients to be surveyed on mental health during COVID-19
Reading Time: 3 minutes Rates of depression, anxiety were 10 times higher for people with end-stage kidney disease even before the pandemic started
Potential new treatments for cardiovascular disease
Reading Time: 3 minutes Researchers have identified a new mechanism responsible for the buildup of plaque on artery walls, a process known as atherosclerosis
U of A graduate helps ensure Indigenous voices are counted
Reading Time: 4 minutes As an Indigenous liaison advisor with Statistics Canada, Krista Chiponski is building relationships with 63 First Nations communities to help gather vital data for 2021 Census