UofA
As a youngster, then as young man Jordan Eleniak was familair with the blue-green algae blooms that appeared on Lac La Biche every summer.Jordan is an engineering student at the UofA and applied his skills to design a device that would detect and forecasts algae blooms.
The UofA has made public their strategies to increase enrollment from the current 44,000 to 60,000, a 35% increase in the next decade. Much of the projected increase will be international students, many who remain in Alberta after graduation. The increase in enrollment will increase revenues which would be invested in hiring faculty and staff. Tuition alone will not cover the increased costs so there will be the need for the province to provide additional funding.
The UofA is already a leader in research, artificial intelligence, health, well-being, energy and the environment and will make these a continuing priority to become one of the leading research universities in both Canada and the world.
In 2005 the UofA purchased what was originally the former Hudson’s Bay building which first opened in 1939. Since then the building has been renovated, remodeled and renamed as the Enterprise Square building. The additional move of 500 people will bring the total to over 600 people working in Enterprise Square and will be a big help in revitalizing the downtown core.
Even though drivers have been warned and ticketed if caught driving while distracted the problem of distracted drivers remains. The University of Alberta and Edmonton Police Service have worked together in developing AI assisted cameras which are being tested and touted as a way to identify distracted drivers.
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A group of about 40 UofA business students is launching an accelerator program to help potential student entrepreneurs. The NXT-GEN program will begin the end of October and the 50 students who are accepted into the program will meet one Saturday a month from November 2022 to May 2023. NXT-GEN aims to provide the students everything they need to be able to start a high-growth business on their own.
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The University of Alberta like other educational institutions has experienced much fallout due to Covid. The article below addresses the growing dissatisfaction many students have with the “incredibly poor quality” of online learning they are currently receiving this year even though tuition has increased substantially.