Researchers at the University of Alberta have made strides in the area of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) through an interesting partnership between specialists in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. The resulting study, to be released mid-October, uses diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to map out specific areas of the brain which are affected by ...

For four days, comic book lovers will mingle with magazine editors, graphic designers will chat with romance novelists, and professors, students, and industry professionals alike will gather from the 27–30 of August at PopFest, the University of Alberta’s first comics and writers festival to blur the lines between academia and pop literature. Behind the two technically separate, but closely ...

Every community has its problems, but for the residents of Garneau near the University of Alberta, when it comes to finger pointing, the blame usually falls on fraternities. “If you woke up one morning to find a cigarette butt in your front yard, how would you know who threw it?” wondered David Skrypichayko. A lawyer and alumnus of the Zeta Psi fraternity, Skrypichayko speculated that ...

Students can look forward to worrying about grades come September, but the University of Alberta will also be anxiously waiting to see whether it will get a pass or a fail. Earlier this summer, the municipal naming committee rejected the University’s request to change the Bay LRT station’s name to Enterprise Square station. The U of A is appealing that decision in front of Mayor Stephen ...

Drive-by snotting On 26 August, a University staff member was smoking outside of the Students’ Union Building when a male rode up beside her on a bike. The male then walked up to the staff member, plugged one nostril of his nose, and blew snot out of the other nostril onto the staff member. He then made a comment about how “disgusting” smoking was. He proceeded to flee, while the female ...

Since 1989, the Students’ International Health Association (SIHA) has been providing local and international communities with healthcare education and supplies. As they approach their 20th anniversary, SIHA plans to not only continue the work they have done in the past, but also expand their services. “SIHA was founded by a group of medical students who originally just started discussing ...

An American review group has granted the University of Alberta’s medical school full accreditation nearly two years after it threatened to put the school’s undergraduate program on probation. The accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) comes as the last stop in the long road the school took to boost its curriculum after being threatened with probation. read ...

David Lawrie may be a sane doctor, but when he putters around his office, digging through chemistry experiments for the upcoming semester’s classes, the room feels a little more like a mad scientist’s laboratory. Lawrie, a doctor in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Science, might have more of an earthy chuckle than a cackle, but the coordination he’s doing for the Faculty’s new course ...

Students’ Council meets every second Tuesday in the Council Chambers in University Hall at 6pm. Council meetings are open to all students. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, 9 September, where free food will be provided for all attendees. So if you’re at all interested in student politics, swing by, fill your belly, and get your democracy on. Bear Tracks upgrade to go live in ...