The place where curiosity sparks discovery.
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What sparks your curiosity?
For our researchers, it’s a passion for exploring the big questions, discovering something new and understanding the world around us.
Hear what drives their research at Seven Wonders of Science.
Register here: bit.ly/4s8y3aT
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UCalgary's Alberta Centre for Advanced Diagnostics, led by Dr. Ian Lewis, has become a globally competitive hub dedicated to finding faster, more accurate ways to diagnose serious infections bit.ly/4exCs1y @ucalgaryscience
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New Nickle Galleries exhibition includes more than 100 works by and about Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace bit.ly/4kdBJGs @nicklegalleries
ALT All Netted Together exhibition at the Nickle Galleries.
Big ideas. Real impact.
Our 2025-26 Community Report highlights a year of discovery, collaboration and community impact, from student achievements to groundbreaking research helping shape the future.
See what's possible when we Get Science Done.
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UCalgary returns as presenting sponsor of Platform Calgary's Innovation Week from Nov. 2 to 5, helping turn bold ideas into new discoveries, ventures and opportunities bit.ly/4jOPqvv
ALT Attendees explore displays at Innovation Week 2025.
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Seven researchers. Seven wonders. Plenty of reasons to get curious. Meet the UCalgary researchers behind Seven Wonders of Science at @Beakerhead. Register: bit.ly/4s8y3aT @ucalgaryscience
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UCalgary alum, honorary doctorate recipient, and conservationist, Harvey Locke, addresses a nature-positive future at EARTHx lecture series bit.ly/47C7hym @ucalgaryscience
ALT UCalgary alum and 2018 honorary degree recipient Harvey Locke gives a talk at EARTHx on Oct. 13.
Seven researchers. Seven wonders. Plenty of reasons to get curious.
Meet the @UCalgary researchers behind Seven Wonders of Science.
Join us for an afternoon of big ideas, surprising discoveries and hands-on science on Nov. 7.
Register here: bit.ly/4s8y3aT
@Beakerhead
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Join us for Open House on Oct. 24! Explore campus, tour residence, and step inside labs, simulation centres, and the learning environments that bring UCalgary to life. Open House is the perfect opportunity to discover what makes UCalgary unique. Register: bit.ly/4rdGykx
ALT Open House volunteers posing for a photo with Rex.
From punch card computing in the ‘70s to overseeing 20 space missions for NASA, alumni Maria So built her career in space research, starting with a degree in computer science.
Story here: bit.ly/4k8KIZr
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Researchers @ucalgaryscience used the CLS to study nickel-based catalysts and #heterocycles, key building blocks in many medicines. They hope improved nickel catalysts could make medicines safer, cheaper & greener: bit.ly/4mwwPDu
#ResearchInAction @UCalgary @NSERC_CRSNG
Curiosity is growing.
As part of Petri Dish by @Beakerhead, a new science festival from @TELUS_Spark in association with @UCalgary, the Faculty of Science invites you to get curious with Seven Wonders of Science.
Register today! bit.ly/4s8y3aT
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Dr. Tamara Bodnar receives Killam Memorial Emerging Leader Chair for her community-engaged research on how we understand Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder bit.ly/4jSyQdU @ucalgaryscience @KillamTrusts
ALT Sandra Davidson, provost and vice-president (Academic) and Tamara Bodnar.
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First @XPRIZE Canada Hub at UCalgary cohort puts academic expertise to work on global challenges bit.ly/4dtN8xR
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Living in our new digital world: From innovative ideas to public awareness, see how UCalgary researchers are staying ahead of cybercriminals bit.ly/4enAxfM @SchulichENGG @ucalgaryscience
ALT Ken Barker in the Faculty of Science makes a presentation with the Cyber Assessment and Training Centre (CATE) in 2023.
The EARTHx public lecture series returns. Join Dr. Harvey Locke for Nature Positive: A global goal to restore stability to the earth system.
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
EEEL Building, University of Calgary + livestream.
Free public event. bit.ly/48FOCQy
ALT A graphic banner advertising Dr. Harvey Locke's talk: Nature Positive.
Explore careers, make connections, and grow your network!
Location: EEEL Lobby, Main Campus
Time: 5:00-7:00pm
Who: open to all faculty of Science students
RSVP: bit.ly/3UiklFV
ALT Graphic advertising "Science in Action: Beyond your Degree", an event taking place in the main lobby of the EEEL building on university campus on Wednesday, Oct. 14 between 5-7 p.m.
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Quantum computers need space, sub-zero temperatures, superconducting circuits and extremely sensitive electronics. Dr. Shabir Barzanjeh in @ucalgaryscience lays out framework for drastically reducing the size of a quantum system. bit.ly/47dEjoe @KillamTrusts
ALT The quantum computer in the UCalgary lab measures nine cubic metres. Associate Professor Shabir Barzanjeh stands in front for scale.
With an international team, Killam Fellowship recipient Dr. Shabir Barzanjeh has published an article surveying how quantum computers are made and what it might take to make them smaller, cheaper and less complex to operate.
Full story here: bit.ly/47dEjoe
ALT A photo of the inside machinery of a quantum computer
ALT Dr. Shabir Barzanjeh poses in front of his research lab's quantum computer
Congratulations to Drs. Ben Tutolo and Dan Shugar, UCalgary researchers who have been awarded 50 Under 50 Awards!
Both researchers have upcoming public talks.
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Jasper Dark Sky Festival: bit.ly/4y6abWZ
Brew Lab: bit.ly/4hDMZu4
ALT Dr. Ben Tutolo
ALT Dr. Dan Shugar