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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

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Winter Olympics 2026, here we come!

Meet the UCalgary students, alumni, and Oval-trained athletes who will compete on the world stage in Milano Cortina, Italy

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Arts Co-op highlights student and employer success at annual awards ceremony

The Arts Co-op community gathered to recognize outstanding students and employers and to celebrate the value of hands-on learning and partnership

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UCalgary wraps up 2025 United Way Workplace Campaign with record community support

Community members rally together to make a lasting difference beyond campus

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2025 Vanier Scholars advance community-driven health and land equity research at UCalgary

From improving access to cervical cancer screening to advancing gender- and youth-focused land justice in the Amazon, two PhD researchers are shaping policy, practice and lived experience

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Writing for Wellness: Finding Steadiness on the Page

Storyteller, poet and alum Miranda Krogstad, BA'16, reflects on writing, mentorship and mental well-being, and how returning to the page can help when life feels heavy.

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UCalgary's most-read research news of 2025

In a year that saw the University of Calgary officially become a Top 5 research university, readers of UCalgary News learned about early humans adapting to extreme climates more than a million years ago, the cause of a mysterious white patch appearing next to northern lights, the subtle effects of the sounds found in a modern-day health-care clinic, and more

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Arts researchers are collaborators, bold innovators and creative practitioners.

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

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