Folio March 26, 1999

Volume 36 Number 14      Edmonton, Canada      March 26, 1999

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Not all of them wear lab coats:
Keumhee Carriere, Tim Caulfield
and James Smythe.
AHFMR gives 'thumbs up' to 25 U of A researchers

Twenty-five U of A researchers received about $16 million in funding from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR). These research funds, effective July 1, are spread over a record eight faculties: medicine and dentistry; nursing; science; physical education and recreation; forestry, agriculture and human ecology; pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences; law and for the first time, arts.

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Economic power will shape peace in new Ireland
As a young boy in Derry, Ireland, John Hume saw people march down the streets waving flags and stirring up nationalistic feelings. He felt their Irish Catholic fervor. But his father wisely warned him: "You can't eat your flag, son."  audio clip of Hume's speech


Sports Wall of Fame 1999 Inductees
The Green & Gold Athletic Society (GGAS) is pleased to present the 1999 Sports Wall of Fame Inductees. The 14th annual dinner, April 8, 1999, serves to honor outstanding contributions made by former athletes, coaches and administrators.


Rajah of Renfrew latest release from U of A Press
Light in tone and full of anecdotes, Brant Ducey's book traces the history of Edmonton baseball through the personalities and work of the two men who laid down the foundations for the sport in this city. The first was W.F "Deacon" White, the second was John Ducey.


Cause of death: weather
"Imagine it's the year 2050," Karen Smoyer begins, "and mean global surface temperatures have increased 2 C above what they were in 1999. Another heatwave has hit Edmonton and an elderly neighbor has died of heatstroke," she continues. "You're concerned about your own health because while visiting Toronto, you were bitten by a mosquito and malaria has been on the horizon in Toronto over the past few decades."


No room for complacency in a global economy
If U of A students want to be part of the global economy, they better educate themselves about the language, politics and culture of rising economies, said economics chair, Dr. Ken Norrie, at a symposium on internationalization March 18.

  Bankruptcy bias?
With nine years of undergraduate and graduate degrees behind her, Annick Chénier found repaying her $52,000 student loan ate up one-third of her take-home pay as a practicing psychotherapist. According to the CFS, that's not an unusual amount of debt for a graduate student. In comparison, the average full-time student debt for a four-year undergraduate degree in 1998 was $25,000.


A passion for all things African
A 16-month stint in Tanzania a long time ago sparked a life-long interest in Africa for the University of Alberta's Nancy Hannemann. She was only eight years old when she and her parents packed up and took part in a mission helping some hunter-gatherers settle in a community.


Indian spirit in Russia
In early summer, just outside of St. Petersburg, Russia, 300 people gather from all around Russia to live in teepees and perform dances and rituals of North American Indians. Most of the participants use the Lakota people to imitate. They learned about the North American Indians from books and films."The singing was surprisingly like Indian singing and the dances were what you see in a movie," says Dr. Beatrice Medicine.


Folio scores high in reader survey
While Folio scored high on intelligence and credibility, readers want a more lively tone and more stories from the employee perspective, rather than administration, to provide a balance. At the same time, respondents like the even coverage between people and information stories.


Big Daddy
Head into the Varsity weight room any weekday around 5 p.m. and you'll notice the big Filipino guy with the bulbous arms.

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