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Arts fast facts

346

full-time faculty

7,312

undergraduate and graduate students
Registered in Fall 2023

15

Research chairs

15

Academic departments, schools and centres

Featured news

Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Dr. Shelley Alexander of the Department of Geography joins an esteemed group of distinguished Canadians

2024-25 Canadian Writer-in-Residence likes to ‘jump lanes’

Syrian Canadian author Danny Ramadan has published children’s lit, memoir and fiction

Class of 2024: First graduate of Computational Neuroscience program studies the ‘edge of chaos’

Taylor Kergan’s research aims to use machine-learned models for diagnosis and exploration in brain research

Class of 2024: Meet the fall 2024 President’s Award recipients

Tanille Butler and Nicole Schmidt recognized for academic achievement, leadership and contributions to community

‘I found my passion’: How a UCalgary student discovered his Vietnamese identity through an undergraduate research project

Billy ‘Me’ Wijaya traced his family's roots over the course of a transdisciplinary undergraduate research summer studentship

Wrestling With Mindset: UCalgary Grad Erica Wiebe's Journey Beyond The Mat

Olympic Champion Erica Wiebe, BKin'12, BA'16, shares her evolution from UCalgary wrestling standout to global advocate for athlete mental health and well-being.

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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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