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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

UCalgary research into reindeer antlers could help unlock secret of human limb regeneration

Study is one of six UCalgary projects receiving New Frontiers in Research Fund grants

Department of Psychology rankings show excellence in the discipline

‘Dreamy’ research among work gaining acclaim for UCalgary

Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship appoints 16 academic co-leads

New appointments will support expanding transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation 2024 Emerging Artist Recipient – Nicole Charlton Goodbrand, BA’07

School of Creative and Performing Arts dance alum Nicole Charlton Goodbrand, BA’07, honoured as the 2024 Emerging Artist Recipient (Dance)

A transdisciplinary researcher’s journey from Egypt to Calgary

UCalgary President’s Doctoral Scholarship empowers Yomna ElGhazouly’s work on improving accessibility and comfort in architectural design

UCalgary alums receive Young Women in Energy Award

Learn how they are making an impact in the sector

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