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 Major donation will create new heart of campus
Don and Ruth Taylor have announced a donation of $25 million to the new Taylor Family Digital Library at the University of Calgary. The gift will be used to create a new learning hub in the heart of campus. The Taylor gift will also be used to create the Taylor Quadrangle, an outdoor public space running east/west across campus. >> more
Building a better way for MS patients
Jayman MasterBUILT donates $1 million to support MS research and patient education to improve care.
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Daphne Marlatt coming to U of C
The University of Calgary’s Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program in the Faculty of Humanities brings poet and novelist Daphne Marlatt to Calgary. >> more
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Spotlight on Events
 Holiday Entertainment
The U of C is featuring many musical events during December: the Modern Romantics (Dec. 9), a Community Music Program (Dec. 11), a Winter Concert by the Calgary Hopak Ensemble (Dec. 16) and Rajdarshan, a night of Bengali song and dance (Dec. 22). Local dance schools are also presenting Christmas programs: The Nutcracker by Jeuness Classique Ballet Co. (Dec. 9 & 10), Cinderella Kids by Drewitz Dance Productions (Dec. 14 & 15). >> more
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Research in Action
 It's all in the bones
As a consulting forensic anthropologist, Dr. Anne Katzenberg uses her study of bones for everything from identifying skeletal remains to help bringing closure to distressed families who have lost a relative, to unlocking the secrets of past civilizations.
Through her human osteology research, Katzenberg, professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Calgary, learns everything she can from what’s left of people from the past — usually bones, teeth and occasionally with mummies, hair and soft tissue that can be reconstructed. >> more
 Empowering people who have schizophrenia
A group of Calgarians with schizophrenia was given a rare chance to dramatically voice their feelings of loss of control in dealing with housing and medical service providers as part of a University of Calgary research project. >> more
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