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The University of Alberta is firmly established as one of Canada’s top five universities and is consistently ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. Today’s faculty, staff and students are members of diverse and complex local and global communities. Aspiring to be a great 21st century research and teaching institution, the U of A aims to uplift leaders of tomorrow by creating a learning and research environment that is similar to and competitive with the world’s finest universities.

A University of Alberta-led literacy program has tripled the rate of progress for most struggling Grade 2 readers, with ...
08/27/2026

A University of Alberta-led literacy program has tripled the rate of progress for most struggling Grade 2 readers, with 80 per cent of participants showing significant improvement after just five months.

The largest reading intervention in Canadian history involved 1,000 students across five provinces.

A U of A literacy expert has completed the biggest reading intervention in Canadian history, improving literacy skills significantly in the vast majority of Grade 2 students in the program.

Today, we’re celebrating the opening of the new First Peoples’ House at the University of Alberta.For more than 40 years...
08/24/2026

Today, we’re celebrating the opening of the new First Peoples’ House at the University of Alberta.

For more than 40 years, First Peoples’ House has been a gathering place for First Nations, Métis and Inuit students. Its new 40,000-square-foot space creates more room to gather, learn, connect, reflect and celebrate culture.

Opening on the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6, this new space marks an important moment in the ongoing journey of reconciliation at the U of A.

Congratulations to everyone who helped bring this vision to life. 💚💛

08/21/2026

What if we could monitor harmful algal blooms across entire lakes, in near real time? U of A biological sciences professor Dr. Rolf Vinebrooke and his team are using satellite imagery to track how algal blooms develop and change in Alberta, helping lake managers better understand where they originate and when intervention may be needed.

https://algalbloomtracker.ca/

08/19/2026

A University of Alberta-led forestry research project is getting a $5.9-million investment to modernize the tools used to predict forest growth.

Foresters have always managed forests with multiple resources in mind. But today’s challenges, from climate change to conservation planning, have become more complex.

Professor Robert Froese believes the project will help foresters to make use of the full suite of resources available to them in order to make better decisions about the future of our forests.

Read more: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2026/02/timber-technology-to-get-a-5.9m-upgrade.html

How can drones and machine learning help protect forest ecosystems? University of Alberta researchers are using both too...
08/11/2026

How can drones and machine learning help protect forest ecosystems? University of Alberta researchers are using both tools to map soil fungal diversity, offering a more efficient and scalable way to monitor forest soil health and support conservation.

Combining drone data and machine learning can help cover a lot more ground in monitoring forest soil health, University of Alberta research shows.

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