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Tom Oliver Lecture Series
The Tom Oliver Lecture Series is a public lecture series hosted by the Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment in the Faculty of Science. Normally taking place annually, the series seeks to bring in internationally renowned researchers to present stimulating lectures on topics of fundamental interest to the Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment and the broader UCalgary community.
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It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science — and here’s why that matters
Researchers from UCalgary's Faculty of Science say it’s important to celebrate progress in advancing gender equality, but there’s still room to grow
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UCalgary paleontologists capture public’s imagination with dinosaur discoveries
The science of dinosaurs has everyone — from students to Slash from Guns N’ Roses — wanting to learn more about Earth’s prehistoric population
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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