The Butterdome on the University of Alberta campus is being turned into a referrals-only COVID-19 treatment facility with the aim of keeping mildly ill people out of emergency departments in the Edmonton area, Alberta Health Services said Friday. The facility,…
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Can a malaria drug combat coronavirus? Researchers want to find out
A team of researchers from the University of Manitoba is part of a collaborative effort by universities across three provinces to test a malaria drug’s efficiency in combating COVID-19. “Our health system may become overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients and currently…
Friday’s letters: Albertans are in good hands with Hinshaw
In response to the one-sided viewpoint from the person who criticized the U of A for turning to letter grades, the university cannot stand by the authenticity of the marks after they went online. Case in point: one look at…
University of Alberta students, faculty and staff ask the province to rethink budget cuts in light of COVID-19 outbreak
Article content Staff and students at the University of Alberta warn the provincial government’s deep education cuts threaten not only to hurt post-secondary education, but to strain the university’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. In a letter tabled at the…
Group of University of Alberta scientists steps up with hand sanitizer
Maintaining social distance while working in a lab to make hand sanitizer is a task a group of University of Alberta scientists didn’t think would be their new reality. That changed earlier this week. “We’re using the World Health Organization…
UCP denies University of Alberta request for budget flexibility, planned layoffs will go forward despite COVID-19 crisis
University of Alberta president David Turpin said that despite attempts to work with the government to “reach an agreement,” mass layoffs due to the 2020 provincial budget will go forward, amid the COVID-19 crisis. In a blog post Monday, Turpin…
U of A and NAIT students say new grading systems during COVID-19 pandemic is unfair
Students and faculty members at the University of Alberta (U of A) are demanding the university claw back its recently changed grading system. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U of A made the decision to change its grading and…
Tuesday’s letters: U of A ‘Pass’ grades unfair to students
Words are inadequate to describe my profound relief that Premier Kenney’s Economic Recovery Panel reached out to former prime minister Harper (his colleague in financial irresponsibility) for guidance. Harper, despite draconian budget cuts through a string of deficit budgets over…
‘Maximum protection’: Alberta company developing COVID-19 vaccine
By Su-Ling Goh Global News Posted March 23, 2020 3:09 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Entos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is developing a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 infections — and it could…
Coronavirus: University of Alberta confirms first positive case
The University of Alberta has confirmed one of its students has tested positive for COVID-19. On Saturday morning, Alberta Health Services informed U of A about the positive case and said the student took the correct measures after realizing he…