University of Alberta Folio

Volume 36 Number 13 Edmonton, Canada March 12, 1999

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Cobalt king remembers U of A with $3.5 million

"Can you repeat that number please?" development officer Brian Shea asked the Victoria, B.C. trust officer no less than three times. To his considerable surprise, one Gladys May Young had died, leaving the University of Alberta a staggering $3.5 million for undergraduate student scholarships. There were no further restrictions attached to the bequest, only that the money help students who need it.

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President defends Parkland Institute
In his letter, Premier Ralph Klein wrote, "I am dismayed to see yet another one-sided and ideologically biased attack on the generosity of Albertans by the factually challenged Parkland Institute and its apparent campaign to undermine the good work of the people of this province."

U of A post Ted Germaine
According to Ted Germaine, the government said: "Well, you have a choice - you can either retire the day before your 65th birthday or the last day of the month in which your birthday falls. So, being an ornery cuss, I said 'Damn well, I'll stay every last day I can.'"

Professor hammers his way to success
"I enjoyed teaching more than the construction business," said Dr. Simon AbouRizk, a recent Killam Professorship winner. "I settled into a different role than my childhood dream but I wasn't too far off. Now I get the best of both worlds."

Buffalo Yell
When indigenous people from as far away as Ghana and Ecuador were asking to be added to the Buffalo Yell mailing list, it was clear to Paul Cardinal that demand would not be a problem. Neither would finding advertisers.

The deification of the 'invisble hand'
Ever since John Lennon sent shock waves around the globe by proclaiming the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ, we've been aware of the power of popular culture and consumerism to fill a spiritual void in our lives. Today the Nike "swoosh" and Coca-Cola logo are more recognizable than any religious icon, carrying with them connotations of progress and global conquest

New drugs help heart attack victims
"What we hope this drug will do is lessen the likelihood of them developing heart failure by actually saving the muscle following a heart attack," says Dr. Gary Lopaschuk. "The end result is that there will be less damage to the heart."

Father of carbohydrate chemistry
Reaching the summit of organic chemistry came fairly easily to "Sugar Ray" Lemieux of Lac La Biche, when he synthesized sucrose, or common table sugar, in 1953. This remarkable feat amazed everyone in the world of science, but was only the first in a series of carbohydrate discoveries to change chemistry, and medicine, forever.

We are the Champions!
With seven rookies on the team, there were doubts about the Pandas defending their title. They had, after all, lost to the Thunderbirds in Canada West play-offs and came into the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union (CIAU) national tournament in third place. There are no doubters now.

Undergrad students elect new executive
"It was a real victory for issues-based campaigning," says Mike Chalk, a business student who is currently serving as SU vice-president operations and finance. "My ideas seemed to have clicked, and I am glad to see that there is popular support for what I plan to do."

Virtual Lines of Site
Ninety-eight works created by 30 artists, including internationally celebrated Liz Ingram, Walter Jule and Lyndal Osborne, make up the retrospective exhibition Lines of Site: Ideas, Forms and Materialities, which spans more than 25 years of printmaking in the U of A's Department of Art and Design.

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