http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/taxonomy/term/25/0 en http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/uextra <!--paging_filter-->UExtra Winter 2012 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:01:08 +0000 tdroden 263 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/uncover-research <!--paging_filter-->Uncover Research Winter 2012 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:15:09 +0000 tdroden 229 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/unlocking-mysteries-space <!--paging_filter--><p>Stop the asteroid and save the planet. This isn’t another plot for a science fiction movie but a space mission in which the University of Calgary’s Alan Hildebrand is playing a leading role.</p> <p>In 2016, NASA will launch a spacecraft—OSIRIS-Rex—to a potentially offending asteroid near Earth. The spacecraft will fly for three years before it stops to map and gather samples of the asteroid before returning to Earth.</p><p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/unlocking-mysteries-space">read more</a></p> Winter 2012 UExtra Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:14:56 +0000 tdroden 187 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/win-win-approach-life-saving-drugs <!--paging_filter--><p>Aidan Hollis is an economist with a twist. A professor in the Department of Economics, he has long studied the pharmaceutical industry, including innovation in research and development, and affordability of medications. But his interest in the field goes beyond simple analysis; he’s using his knowledge of economic incentives to help save lives.</p><p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/win-win-approach-life-saving-drugs">read more</a></p> Winter 2012 UExtra Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:14:39 +0000 tdroden 185 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/new-model-social-housing-albania <!--paging_filter--><p><span class="inline inline-right"> <img class="image image-_original " src="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/files/ucalgarymag/images/Article-Albania_Housing_1.jpg" alt="Albania’s social housing project has resulted in the construction of 1,200 rental apartments for 5,000 people. (Photos courtesy of Sasha Tsenkova)" title="Albania’s social housing project has resulted in the construction of 1,200 rental apartments for 5,000 people. (Photos courtesy of Sasha Tsenkova)" width="350" height="263" /><p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/new-model-social-housing-albania">read more</a></p> Winter 2012 UExtra Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:12:45 +0000 tdroden 186 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/challenges-coming-home <!--paging_filter--><p><em>Kimberly Pavelich, BA’08, is a second-year master’s student at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. Last year, she travelled to Gulu, Uganda to research the reintegration of women returning from the Lord’s Resistance Army into their communities. She conducted focus groups and spoke to more than 45 women who have returned from the fighting force.</em></p> <p><strong>What is Gulu like?</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/challenges-coming-home">read more</a></p> Winter 2012 UExtra Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:11:54 +0000 tdroden 152 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/its-his-bones <!--paging_filter--><p>We all have them and some of us have even broken one or two. Alumnus David Cooper, PhD’06, is studying how to keep our bones healthy. More specifically, he’s interested in the aging of bones and its effect on diseases such as osteoporosis, which affects one in four women over 50 and one in eight men over 50 in Canada.</p> <p>“There’s a huge health impact to understanding how bones develop and age, and ultimately how they get diseases,” says Cooper, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Synchrotron Bone Imaging.</p><p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/its-his-bones">read more</a></p> Winter 2012 UExtra Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:11:21 +0000 tdroden 153 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/after-hurricanes-slideshow <!--paging_filter--><style> /*hide cover image*/ .section-holder{ display:none; } </style> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe src="http://people.ucalgary.ca/~icweb/u_magazine/Winter-2012/slideshow/_files/iframe.html?noscale=620x503" width="620" height="503" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> Winter 2012 UExtra Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:09:54 +0000 tdroden 191 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/unforgettable-imagery-video <!--paging_filter--><style> /*hide cover image*/ .section-holder{ display:none; } </style> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe src="http://jetvision.tv/embed.aspx?videoID=57048&amp;playerID=2" width="500" height="370" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> Winter 2012 UExtra Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:09:04 +0000 tdroden 192 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/leadership-initiatives-university-calgary <!--paging_filter--><style type="text/css"> /*hide cover image*/ .section-holder{ display:none; } </style> <style type="text/css"> table.list { border: 1px solid #CFCFCF; border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; } </style> <table class="list" style="border: 1px solid #CFCFCF;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8"> <tbody> <tr style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"> <td valign="top"><strong>Program</strong></td> <td valign="top"><strong>Description</strong></td> </tr> <tr onmouseover="this.bgColor='#EFEFEF'<p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/winter-2012/article/leadership-initiatives-university-calgary">read more</a></p> Winter 2012 UExtra Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:07:59 +0000 tdroden 154 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca