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Arts fast facts

551

full-time faculty

8,331

undergraduate and graduate students
Registered in Fall 2024

20

Research chairs

15

Academic departments, schools and centres

Featured news

Research explores the experience of Black immigrant and refugee families living with neurodevelopmental conditions

With an Azrieli Accelerator Catalyst Grant, Roz Zulla leads a transdisciplinary team studying the unique challenges in accessing supports and services

With no 'how to' guide, Schulich students build their own historic Gutenberg-style printing press

Historically accurate printing press now in use at the Book Arts Lab

New Order of Canada appointees have UCalgary ties

Three individuals with connections to the University of Calgary have received one of the country’s highest civilian honours

2025 Indigenous Curriculum Grant recipients announced

Pipe ceremony launches third cohort of projects while reflecting on learnings from those recently completed

In Memoriam: Tareq Y. Ismael, Faculty of Arts

Campus flag at Rozsa Centre lowered on June 20

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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