News Pitches Feb 1st

Extra, Extra! News Pitches Coming in Hot ðŸ”¥

February 02, 2021

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Hello everyone! My name is Areeha, and I'm the Deputy Editor for the News Section! I'm a first-year Biology student who loves spending time outdoors, reading books, and listening to Dolly Parton! I'll be responsible for sending out pitch emails weekly! If you have any questions, or would just like to chat, feel free to contact me via Slack, or via email at [email protected]! 

Interested in hagfish, mental health, or libraries? We have a pitch for you! Here are some leftover pitches from yesterday's meeting! Send Khadra a Slack message or an email her at [email protected] if you'd like to take one! 

  • Black Students' Association and the Black Medical Students' Association are holding a virtual afro-fusion dance workshop on February 11!

  • Black History Month Virtual Keynote Lecture ft. Dr. Carl E. James from the faculty of Education. Feb 5 1:00 - 2:30 PM.

  • What does it mean to be a student (and woman) of colour on a Canadian university campus today – a talk with Eternity Martius, a Canadian author! Feb 5 10:00 - 11:15 AM

  • Students carried out experiments in simulated zero-gravity conditions on a parabolic flight—laying the groundwork for components for the next satellite project by student group AlbertaSat. Talk to them about their experience!

  • The Alberta School of Business continues its streak as the first and longest continually AACSB-accredited Business School in Canada. It's 53 years old this year! Talk to someone from the faculty about its history!

  • Science fundamentals is a free science camp for children and their registration is now open! Talk to them about what they have planned for the camp this year/ how they're moving it online!

  • Talk to biology professor Andrew Derocher about how polar bears became the symbols of global change (he just wrote about this for polar bears international! Or just talk about his research with polar bears in general!

  • A U of A study finds that eating human food could be causing trouble for coyotes!

  • MedROAD, a virtual clinic pilot project in the town of Pincher Creek, is seeing promising results in making long-distance health care a reality during the pandemic.

  • New U of A research offers insights into how student-athletes stay mentally healthy through the rigours of sports and studies

  • A newly discovered trace fossil of an ancient burrow has been named after University of Alberta palaeontologist Murray Gingras.

  • The U of A and Brass Dome Ventures Ltd. have launched Innovation Masterminds Edmonton (imYEG), an accelerator designed to increase the number and quality of early-stage commercial ventures coming out of the university

  • Apparently, our libraries offer the L-pass, which links you OneCard to an Edmonton Public Library card!

  • New research on hagfish provides insight into how eyes evolved in vertebrates, including humans

  • The U.S. FDA has approved vericiguat—a first-of-its-kind drug to treat heart failure—thanks in part to a clinical study run by researchers at the U of A’s Canadian VIGOUR Centre

  • U of A researchers are developing a fabric treatment for "self-decontaminating" protective wear that kills viruses on contact!