In the spring of 1941, the German Navy’s Bismarck was the largest and fastest battleship in the world, state-of-the-art in every aspect. On its first voyage, in May of that year, it sunk the HMS Hood, the pride of the British Navy, in a brief and one-sided battle. Three days later, two British ships, the… Continue reading CMSS profs document Bismarck
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U of C team explores ancient African Fortress
Many of us take for granted the fact that most of our home continent has been thoroughly explored. This leads us to conclude that the same is true for the rest of the world, an assumption which could not be further from the truth. Explorers still roam the earth searching for treasures of the distant… Continue reading U of C team explores ancient African Fortress
U of C’s own deadly septet
In the dog-eat-dog world of research awards, seven University of Calgary professors just received a leg up.Drs. Susan Bennett, Len Bruton, Richard Cleve, Curtis Eaton, Edna Einsiedel, Marcelo Epstein and Patrick Lee are the inaugural recipients of the U of C Professorships award program, designed to complement the federally-funded Canada Research Chairs program and to… Continue reading U of C’s own deadly septet