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Providing Solutions
We are an applied science faculty that draws on the social sciences, business and the arts and humanities to find comprehensive solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues. They include food security and safety, food’s relationship to health, the environment, natural resource development, individual and community well-being and bio-resource innovation.
Read more about the Faculty of ALES in the Providing Solutions booklet.
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ALES researcher discovers a natural way to speed up and increase densification of tailings ponds, allowing for more rapid and increased recovery of water
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Academia, industry and government came together to create stronger links and talk innovation in the egg industry at Banff Egg 2012
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Celebrated researcher revolutionized Alberta's beef cattle industry during a life in which he made a tremendous difference. He passed away at 85.
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Human Ecology professor Megan Strickfaden is curating a photography show entitled "In Focus." All of the artists featured are partially sighted or fully blind.
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An article co-authored by John Kennelly, dean of the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta, calls for more public funding of agricultural research to stem concerns surrounding the imminent threat of food shortages.
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A method to identify the number of cattle used in the production of ground beef batches could lead to quicker, less costly recalls of potentially contaminated products, a researcher has claimed. The process, which was developed at the University of Alberta in Canada, involves the extraction of DNA from individual muscle fibres in sample batches of ground beef.
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May 24
08:00 - 01:30 PM
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May 27
12:00 - 03:00 PM
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Please join us for the 7th Annual Convocation Celebration.
When: June 6th 2012
Location: Lister Center Maple Leaf Room
Time: 12:30 -2:30PM
Conference in Banff, AB, October 2-5, 2012