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Arts fast facts

320

full-time faculty

8000+

undergraduate and graduate students
Registered in Fall 2024

20

Research chairs

15

Academic departments, schools and centres

Featured news

Altered chinook winds result in cooler springs and winters, study finds

Cold anomaly in southern Alberta the result of climate change

Bookstore owned and run by alumni offers up riveting reads for spooky season

Nocturne Books offers a space for horror lovers to gather

Wayfinding study confirms traveling to space makes astronauts age faster

Researchers to share the cognitive and neurological effects of long-duration spaceflight at the 2026 Canadian Space Health Research Symposium

Alberta’s clocks are staying put. What does that mean for sleep?

UCalgary researcher Michael Antle and psychologist Kyle Dyck explain how light and daily schedules shape sleep, learning and mental health

Dr. Veda Kim receives Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

Dr. Kim’s dissertation awarded by the Korean Social History Association for his dissertation Life/Death: The Jeju Genocide, Necropower, and South Korean Subimperialism (University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2023)

More than 40 organizations from 16 countries unite to strengthen Arctic observing and knowledge sharing

New EU-funded project aims to make Arctic information more accessible, equitable and responsive to the needs of communities, researchers and decision-makers

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Researcher Brian Kooyman behind a collection of bones

Energizing Research

Arts researchers are collaborators, bold innovators and creative practitioners.

Students study together

Preparing students

Arts students enjoy active inquiry, creative-based learning, and early research opportunities

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Taking the stairs in the Social Sciences building? Read up on the tale of Leon the Frog