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[Editor's note, September 15, 2009, 4:34 p.m.: Philip Morris International was mentioned as the owner of U.S. Smokeless Tobacco in the original version of this story. U.S. Smokeless Tobacco is in fact owned by Philip Morris USA, former parent company of PMI. The two groups split in 2008, and since share no associations with one another.

David Coltman, a researcher and biology professor at the U of A, has been studying bighorn sheep in an attempt to learn more about their individual personalities and temperaments.

At the University of Alberta, pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists all share the roadways, but with 1,600 Albertan pedestrians visiting emergency rooms each year, there is evidence that the coexistence between the three across the province isn't always a healthy relationship.

University of Alberta biologist David Hik has reported that to ensure proper understanding of a variety of arctic issues from climate change to ecology, Canada must strengthen its postsecondary presence in the north. exerize

Future’s bright
University of Alberta English and Film Studies professor Jonathan Hart has been awarded the Fulbright Canada’s Visiting Chair Award.

From September 16-18, Banff, Alberta will become a brimming nucleus of bio-ethical debate as the fifth annual Age of Personalized Genomics Conference (APGC) descends on the small mountain town.

Before the Governor General dissolved Parliament last year, a much-maligned bill C-61 — the Act to Amend the Copyright Act — was to make its way through the House of Commons and update Canadian copyright legislation. That bill died with the 39th Parliament.

Students’ Council meets every second Tuesday in the Council Chambers in University Hall at 6 p.m. Council meetings are open to all students. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 15, where free food will be provided for all attendees.

A new study out of the University of Alberta that maps the perception of adults within computer simulations and in real-life scenarios has taken a step towards plotting human hiding and searching patterns that could one day open the door for computer programs to do their own searching.

A University of Alberta botanist and her field assistant were indirectly the centre of attention for a pack of wolves for a few days in Canada’s far north this summer.