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  1. A winning proposal

    Roger Graves’ writing students dug into the challenge of helping a local group of gardeners fund a new greenhouse

  2. Writing teacher sets up students for success

    UAlberta teaching award recipient uses contract with students to help them overcome fear and bring out the best in their writing.

  3. Building a monument to human rights

    A graduate student at UAlberta is chairing a national council to develop a Holocaust memorial in Ottawa.

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  1. U of A grad's search for the perfect belt kickstarts successful business (Edmonton Journal)

    Claire Theaker-Brown was determined to make the most of her University of Alberta degree, which included a major in industrial design, a minor in Mandarin and internships in marketing. The result is a life in Shanghai with a burgeoning business on the go, making unique, low-profile belts that lay flat under T-shirts and tops.

  2. Rookie MLA Khan ready to captain Enterprise portfolio (Edmonton Journal)

    Less than a month after his election victory, new Tory MLA Stephen Khan admits there is little chance of beginning his political career in obscurity. Article mentions that he studied anthropology at the U of A and was drawn to the field by professor Owen Beattie.

  3. Creativity key to success in global economy: economist (Edmonton Journal)

    A conference on creativity notes that business culture has to be more tolerant and open, and Alberta schools need to provide more opportunities for creativity if the province hopes to thrive in the world economy. Article notes that political scientist David Kahane is trying a new politics he calls empowered citizenship.

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  1. Super-Vision!: Michael Eubank

    May 15

    10:00 - 05:00 PM

  2. InSight: Visualizing Health Humanities

    May 15

    10:00 - 05:00 PM

  3. U of A Studio Theatre: Medea

    May 17

    07:30 - 07:30 PM

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