By Daniel Pagan
Hayley Wickenheiser, one of Canada’s most talented and successful Olympic hockey players, is bringing her talents to the University of Calgary. Last Wednesday, Dinos Athletics called a news conference to announce that Wickenheiser will be joining the U of C Dinos women’s hockey team. Considered by many to be the greatest female hockey player in… Continue reading Canadian hockey icon dons Dinos jersey
By Daniel Pagan
Residence students can now resort to the online “matchmaker” program, StarRez if they need a roommate. StarRez is an online program that lets students select their roommates when applying for residence dorm rooms. Residence services started using the program in 2009. In the past, incoming students were asked to fill out a form with questions… Continue reading StarRez a success in matching students
By Daniel Pagan
After years of playing on the same team, the Dinos’ Bekkering brothers will get the rare chance to face each other in professional basketball in the land of decriminalized weed and wooden shoes, otherwise known as Holland. Last month, the Dinos all-time leading rebounder Ross Bekkering signed with ZZ Leiden of the Dutch Eredivisie league.… Continue reading Former Dinos turn pro in Holland
By Daniel Pagan
The University of Calgary Department of Music is jamming more freely after two people donated a combined $1 million towards the Music Department Facilities Renovation and Relocation Project. Dick Matthews, one of the founding members of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra who has donated generously to various art departments at the U of C in the… Continue reading Music department receives $1 million
By Daniel Pagan
The Pumphouse Theatre is locked in a standoff with the City of Calgary after a committee rejected the local theatre’s bid for an additional $2 million for renovations. The Pumphouse Theatre is planning a $10.5 million expansion, which would see renovations to two existing theatres, the addition of a 150 seat theatre, a new rehearsal… Continue reading Gauntlet Online: Pumphouse Theatre gets a “rough ride”
By Daniel Pagan
University of Calgary researchers are one step closer to producing synthetic morphine and codeine, after unlocking the genes that allow the opium poppy to produce these two drugs. In the online edition of Nature Chemical Biology, U of C biochemist Peter Facchini explained the isolation of these genes allows for production of synthetic painkillers in… Continue reading Opium research yields synthetic painkillers
By Daniel Pagan
The Nickle Arts museum received more than its namesake, after the City of Calgary contributed $3.234 million towards the construction of its new home in the Taylor Family Library. The fund is part of the needed $50.5 million in construction costs. Once completed the new Nickle Arts Museum will connect with the Hotel Alma, Rosza… Continue reading City of Calgary donates over $3 million to Nickle Arts Museum
By Daniel Pagan
Engineering students and staff had an explosive surprise after a staff member found a small amount of TNT in the Schulich School of Engineering building last Friday. A lab technician found about half a kilogram of a chemical suspected to be trinitrotoluene, during a routine review of chemicals in storage facilities. U of C research… Continue reading TNT found on campus
By Daniel Pagan
A flawed twenty-five year-old taxi supply/demand ratio may be the reason for long taxi waits in downtown Calgary. In the first of its public education seminars held last week, Voters For Taxis poked holes in the cab industry’s argument for the current regulations. The group reviewed historical data of the number of taxis and noted… Continue reading Group wants Calgary taxi policy reviewed
By Daniel Pagan
New adaptive technology and the decline of braille education in public schools could result in a shift from a literate society to a new oral culture among blind people. Last year, the National Federation of the Blind reported that less than 10 per cent of 1.3 million visually impaired Americans read braille. According to the… Continue reading U of C prof researches decline of braille