University of Alberta

10/06/2026

What if thousands of crop seeds could be inspected in the time it takes to examine just one? University of Alberta students are combining AI and robotics to rapidly analyze seeds, helping speed up quality inspections and protect agricultural crops and the food supply.

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2026/10/student-invention-combines-ai-and-robotics-to-rapidly-analyze-crop-seeds.html

10/05/2026

A University of Alberta researcher is looking at how music and songwriting can be used to help process complex feelings of grief and anxiety around climate change. For her PhD research project, Hannah Bayne teamed up with artists from across Western Canada to create a folk album called ‘Tuning In to Climate Change’. Bayne hopes her research and the music that came from it can help people process the complicated feelings that come from climate change.

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2026/10/tuning-into-climate-change.html

10/02/2026

Whether going subtle or all out, there's no wrong way to wear GREEN+GOLD.

Today, game day, every day. Wear it your way. 💚💛
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/campus-life/we-are-green-gold.html?utm_source=rebrandly&utm_medium=vanity&utm_campaign=uab.ca%2F&utm_content=GreenGold

10/01/2026

The University of Alberta ranks among the world’s top six per cent of universities and fifth in Canada in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

The university also tied for first globally in the Industry pillar for the third consecutive year, recognizing our strength in patents, inventions and industry partnerships. https://www.ualberta.ca/en/news/spotlights/2026/09-sept/latest-the-rankings-put-uofa-in-top-six-percent-globally.html

09/30/2026

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day of reflection and learning to honour the children who never returned home, survivors of residential and day schools, and their families and communities.

In observance of the day, the University of Alberta is closed. We encourage everyone to learn more about the U of A’s ongoing work toward reconciliation through Braiding Past, Present and Future, the U of A Indigenous Strategic Plan.

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/indigenous/trc/index.html

09/29/2026

Orange Shirt Day is September 30, a day to honour the thousands of children who were forcibly removed from their families and sent to Indian Residential Schools.

As our community comes together throughout the week, we encourage everyone to wear an orange shirt, reflect, learn and continue meaningful conversations about the lasting impacts of residential schools.

Learn more about Orange Shirt Day activities on campus: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/first-peoples-house/programs-and-services/cultural-wellness/orange-shirt-day.html

09/28/2026

From expanding access to high-demand programs to researchers earning recognition from scholarly institutions, September brought plenty of exciting developments across the U of A.

Catch up on some of the month’s highlights and read full stories here: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/index.html

09/25/2026

Biking through 90+ neighbourhoods across 9 city wards, PhD candidate Genevieve Montemurro got a new perspective for her research on active transportation. She rode her bike alongside Edmontonians to chat about how urban design shapes our daily health and well-being.

09/24/2026

A new collaboration between members of the Clinical Trials Alberta initiative, including the University of Alberta, the University of Calgary, Alberta Innovates and Acute Care Alberta, aims to accelerate clinical trial start-up times across Alberta, helping patients access promising new treatments sooner.

The Alberta FAST program aims to reduce the time it takes to begin recruiting patients from more than 90 days to 45.

A new collaboration involving the University of Alberta, the University of Calgary, Acute Care Alberta and Alberta Innovates aims to make more clinical trials available to Albertans, so they can gain access to new treatments as soon as possible.

09/23/2026

Helpfulness is a virtue, but how exactly do you know when someone needs a hand?

At the U of A’s Chinese Multimodality Lab, Dr. Xiaoyun Wang is looking into how people from different cultural backgrounds notice and respond to each other's needs.

Read more about the research: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/the-quad/2026/05/the-unspoken-science-of-helping-others.html