News Pitches June 28

News Pitches! 🗞

June 28, 2022

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Hello!!I hope everyone is doing well. Here are the announcements and pitches for the week!

AnnouncementsNo announcements this week. 

News pitches

  • Riya Ganguly will be the U of A's first Associate Vice-President Enterprise, where she will lead a new Strategic Partnership Office for the university.

  • Chris Cairo, a chemistry professor, and his research team found that a group of enzymes could offer clues to understanding inflammation and eventually finding new ways of treating it.

  • U of A students are working with the Indigenous Sport Council of Alberta to turn survey data into meaningful solutions.

  • The U of A, University of Calgary, and University of Lethbridge have formed a Quantam City Partnership, to create a hub that accelerates progress in quantum technology. This hub received $23 million in funding from the Government of Alberta announced today.

  • Two psychology students have created an online platform for exposing injustices in Canada where people can safely share their experiences of racial and social injustices.

  • A research team led by a University of Alberta scholar has received nearly $2.5 million in new federal funding for a national research project aimed at reforming the Canadian justice system.

  • Sustain SU's Campus Community Garden has opened up again! Interview someone from the garden on this!

  • Cree educator and researcher Dwayne Donald is one of the U of A's nine newest Canada Research Chairs, he will explore locally rooted Indigenous knowledge in teacher education.

  • Three U of A engineering students have developed a mobile app that tracks the progress of a healing wound.

Sports pitches

  • Swimming Alumna Keltie Duggan has been inducted into the Canada West Hall of Fame.

Feel free to pick up a story or pitch of your own!You can reach me on Slack or at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

Have a good week,Martin