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Recognizing postdoctoral excellence in the UCalgary Faculty of Arts

During National Postdoc Appreciation Week (Sept. 15-19, 2025), the Faculty of Arts spotlights three exceptional postdoctoral scholars.

Cannon Lachapelle Awards celebrate UCalgary entrepreneurial excellence

$7.5M donation creates university’s third-largest graduate scholarship endowment

Faculty of Graduate Studies hosts inaugural Transformative Talent Internship Non-Profit and Social Innovation Fair

Graduate students meet local organizations to explore internship opportunities that create community impact

Introducing new appointments in the Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts welcomes new colleagues and celebrates promotions

Four University of Calgary faculty named to incoming class of Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Chad Bousman, Jinguang Hu, Myrle Ballard, and Amanda Melin recognized as emerging generation of intellectual leadership

Royal Society of Canada announces 2025 Fellows including three UCalgary scholars

Henry Leung, Bruce Pike, and Frank Stahnisch recognized with Canada’s top academic honour

In the media

In the News Joshua Bourdage, Psychology, in Human Resources Director Canada

Rushed recruitment costing companies and damaging culture, experts say

In the News Kent Fellows, Economics, in Financial Post

Alberta premier praises first batch of national-interest projects

In the News Sabrina Perić, Anthropology and Archaeology, in CBC News Calgary

Alberta wants to become an AI data centre hub, but this rural county just rejected a big proposal

In the News Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Anthropology and Archaeology, in MSN

LiDAR-found “Lost Cities” May Never Have Been Lost at All, Scholars Warn

In the News Vivek V. Venkataraman, Anthropology and Archaeology, in CBC.ca

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