News Pitches Jan 31

News Pitches! 🗞

January 31, 2023

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Hello everyone!!My name is Lily, and I will be taking over the news editor role from Martin for the remainder of the semester. I look forward to working with you all! Here are the news pitches for the week. Let me know if you would like to pick up a pitch and I can get you started! And as always, feel free to pick up a story or pitch of your own.

News pitches:

  1. Research explores how fungi become drug-resistant

  2. U of A and Amii usher in a new wave of broadened AI research with the recruitment of 20 new AI Chairs

  3. New research refutes claims that humans are colonized by bacteria before birth

  4. Researcher aims to help autonomous vehicles make faster, safer decisions in real time

  5. Study shows 'false balance' in media coverage of COVID vaccine requirement for organ transplant

  6. High levels of stigma experienced by some COVID long-haulers are associated with more intense symptoms, reduced physical function and loss of employment due to disability, according to new study

  7. Researcher takes another step toward discovering how a brain molecule could halt MS

  8. Three new college deans have been appointed

    1. Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn — dean and vice-provost of the College of Health Sciences

    2. Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell — dean and vice-provost of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences

    3. Dr. Marvin Washington — dean and vice-provost of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities

  9. Sustainability Council: Climate change policy in a time of crisis, war, and rapidly-evolving technology; Feb. 6 @ 7pm, TELUS 150

  10. The University of Alberta Sexual Assault Centre is excited to announce the launch of its newest educational offering, a non-credit, online course entitled Building a Culture of Consent on Campus: Addressing Sexual Violence in the University Context. 

Pitch #7 is going to be split into three articles, one for each dean. If you're interested in picking this up, just let me know who you'd like to write about!

I prefer to use the messaging platform Slack, you can join the Gateway's Slack here. You can also reach me at [email protected].Have a great week,Lily