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#UofA

My alma mater, the University of Alberta, supports genocide. That action is contrary to the lessons I learned at the UofA:

"Our report to the UN sets out the UofA’s disclosed investments across four fiscal years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24) and includes detailed information about 25 of the companies UofA has invested in that are known to be violating Palestinians’ rights"

#UniversityOfAlberta #UofA #GenocideFinancier #Evil

https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/uofalberta-investments/

The University of
Alberta invests in
human rights violations
in Palestine: it's time for
accountability

UN BUSINESS HUMAN RIGHTS SUBMISSIONS (NOV. 2024)

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations
Special Rapporteur for the Occupied
Palestinian Territories, is conducting an
investigation into the involvement of non-
state actors in the commission of crimes
connected to Israel's unlawful occupation,
racial segregation, and apartheid regime.
Based on the UofA's recent partial disclosure
of its investments, we have referred the UofA
to Albanese for investigation of its
complicity in crimes against Palestinians.
Our preliminary analysis shows that over the
past four years, the UofA has invested more
than $130 million per year in at least 46
companies that are well-known violators of
Palestinians’ human rights.

@TucsonSentinel

I would not want to be in leadership of any public university, as they’ve been under attack from the Republican regime for many years, though the attacks are certainly ramping up.

But if I was, I’d fucking walk before I caved in and abandoned my principles to appease a fucking lunatic and his sycophants.

I’m disappointed in you, University of Arizona.

#BearDown #UofA #Arizona

It's time to KICK/OFF the new Arizona Football season with DUSK and the U of A! 🐻⬇️

#BearDown with us on April 19th for a FREE, family-friendly celebration in Arizona Stadium at the 2025 Spring Showcase

🏈 Field goal kicking contest at halftime for 10 lucky fans!
🐤 "Egg" hunt in-stadium with incredible prizes!
🎶 Live music + DJ's and DUSK-related fun!
🎡 Kids zone with games, activities & giveaways!
🍔 Food and
🍻 Drinks!
🌵 The Pride of Arizona + Spirit Squad + Wilbur & Wilma!
🍿 Post-game movie Cars on the football field!

📅April 19th, 2025 @ 5pm
🏟️Arizona Football Spring Showcase
📍Arizona Stadium
🎟️Free entry

#DUSKPresents #UofA #KICKOFF #ArizonaFootball #SpringGame #DuskMusicFestival

Congratulations to Matthew on graduating form the UofA School of Engineering! We had a fun grad session on campus last weekend.

#portraitsession #photographer #uofa #grad #beardown

🍼⚠️ Did you know gut #bacteria can make a deadly infant disease worse? New research by Christine M. Calton, Katelyn Carothers, Shylaja Ramamurthy, Neha Jagadish, Bhumika Phanindra, Anett Garcia, VK Viswanathan, and Melissa D. Halpern uncovers a surprising cause of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature babies—and a potential way to prevent it. Learn more from their work at https://doi.org/10.25422/azu.data.24208272 & https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00102.2023. Image: Calton et al. (2023). CC BY 4.0. #Opendata #Openscience #UofA

$Lumenal and intracellular levels of individual bile acid species. Bile acid quan,es were determined by mass spectrometry. Values are expressed as mean mole frac,ons of the lumenal or intracellular bile acid pool ± standard devia,on.$

🌋🔥 Did you know volcanic vents start breaking down right after an eruption? New research on Iceland’s Holuhraun 2014–2015 eruption by Sarah Sutton, Jacob Richardson, Patrick Whelley, Stephen Scheidt & Christopher Hamilton shows how rockfalls and slow erosion change the landscape over time and proposes early monitoring to track potential hazards like falling rocks. Learn from their dataset & article at https://doi.org/10.25422/azu.data.19680372 & https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-024-01709-9. Image: Sutton et al. (2024). CC-BY 4.0 #UofA

a Geologic and geographic context of Holuhraun in central Iceland, situated in the volcanic zone just north of the subglacial Bárðarbunga volcano. B Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager scene acquired July 4, 2020. The Holuhraun lava flow is outlined in white, with location of the Baugur vent indicated by the small rectangle marked c. c Orthophoto mosaic of Baugur derived from 20 cm unoccupied aircraft system (UAS) data (“Aerial topographic surveys”). White solid and dotted lines indicate the boundaries of the Vent Exterior and the Vent Interior, respectively. Locations of field photos in Figs. 7, 8, and 10 marked in c with look directions indicated by white arrows

"@redata provided a user-friendly, long-term solution for archiving the data and code produced through my PhD research at the University of Arizona. Not only has @redata given me an #openaccess option for licensing, storing, and citing these datasets, but the thorough review conducted by the repository specialists has ensured that these archives are accessible and properly documented for any potential future users." - Tyler Meng, Graduate Research Associate

#LoveData25 #ReDATAtestimonials #UofA

Just chillin' in a coffee shop waiting for an email from #UofA administration about the latest in the shitshow that is the US government.

Costco chooses integrity and retains DEI. Honourable and upstanding behaviour.

UofA President Bill Flanagan cancels DEI from the formerly world class University of Alberta. Neofascist behaviour.

#UofA #AbPoli #UniversityOfAlberta #DEI #Neofascism

Headline: Costco shareholders rejected a proposal urging the wholesale club operator to evaluate any risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

Headline: ‘Time for a refresh": University of Alberta rebrands DEI policy to ACB Published: January 08, 2025
University of Alberta President Bill Flanagan is seen in an undated handout photo. Flanagan says the university's renaming of its DEI policy to "access, community and belonging" was made after consultations with the campus community, including students, faculty and staff.

#MPIA:
"
Nahaufnahme eines supermassereichen Schwarzen Lochs in Aktion

Eine neue Art der Beobachtung zeigt, was die Kerne aktiver Galaxien glühen lässt.
"
https://www.mpia.de/aktuelles/wissenschaft/2025-01-lbti-isbell

17.1.2025

#AGN #Astronomie #Galaxie #LBT #Messier77 #MountGraham #NGC1068 #OVMS+ #SchwarzesLoch #UofA

Can we use copper to kill bacteria? UofA researcher got a $1.9 mln grant to research

https://www.kjzz.org/business/2025-01-13/university-of-arizona-researcher-using-1-9-million-grant-to-study-coppers-impact-on-bacteria

#copper #health #UofA #research

I guess I hadn't realized the SSH connector for #Positron is now working. So far works like a dream for connecting to a #jetstream2 instance. Going to try it with the #UofA HPC (although doubtful it will "just work" as it requires some automated installation of stuff on the server side)
https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/2307

Disappointed to hear that the University of Alberta, in isolation and without communicating with the swimming community in Alberta, suddenly and without reasonable explanation, cut the varsity swim team which has existed for many decades.

The crushing notice to the team members came just at the start of midterms.

Team members have reported being cut off from team social media accounts and instructed not to comment on social media.

Alumni have not been informed directly.

#yeg #uofa

Nice when the Ali Express $4 watch arrives with the (mostly) correct time!

It's fall so Green and Gold? Or is that the (Edmonton) Elks colours? U of 'eh? :)

Original Casio included for reference.

#AliExpressFinds #Casio #F91W #RetroTech #VintageStyle #WatchCollection #EdmontonElks #FallFashion #GreenAndGold #BudgetWatches #Tech #UofA

Two digital wristwatches are displayed side by side. The watch on the left is a classic Casio F91W in a dark green color with a rectangular face, showing the time 18:37:44. On the right is a gold-colored digital watch from Ali Express, with a similar retro design, also displaying the time as 18:37. Both watches have black rubber straps, and the Ali Express watch has a tag attached to it that reads "SKMEI." The watches are positioned against a plain background for comparison.

@cscheid Oh, that's nice! Can't wait to make a #UofA _brand.yml!

Season 3 Episode 2: Thinking About How We Think About Animals with Dr Chloë Taylor

Today’s episode is all about animal ethics—or do we mean critical animal studies? Ariel discusses this linguistic nuance and the difference between them (and much, much more!) with Dr Chloë Taylor, professor of women and gender studies at the University of Alberta. Dr Taylor has been involved in a five-year-long project researching the “Intersections of Animality” and is a trained philosopher who works in gender studies, and sees a lot of intersections between the way that we think about and treat animals and the way that we think about and treat minoritized subjects. Come join us for a thought-provoking and highly educational discussion!

https://youtu.be/qJjoUe2XbkU?si=TmUdezI7NDv9UFyH

#Episode #Season3 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #AnimalRights #CriticalAnimalStudies #UofA #Ethics #Philosophy #AnimalEthics #linguistics #vegan #Intersectionality

If it's Friday then I guess I better ask Discogs for a Random Album :)

🎶 Kate Bush
Lionheart
1978, Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Sonopresse
France

Ah, one of my personal favourites. Got this one at the old Student Union Records store in HUB mall, University of Alberta campus. Things you find in the imports section. $12.95 new :)

Released just nine months after her debut, Lionheart showcases Kate Bush's distinctive mix of art rock and pop. Though it didn't achieve the same level of success as The Kick Inside, it solidified her reputation as a singular talent. Bush herself later expressed dissatisfaction with the rushed production, but tracks like "Wow" still resonate with her ethereal style.

#KateBush #Lionheart #ArtRock #PopRock #NowSpinning #NowPlaying #Music #VinylCommunity #1978Music #FrenchRelease #UofA #YEG #Vinyl #YEGDigs

A turntable setup featuring Kate Bush's 'Lionheart' album. The turntable, an Akai model, is playing a record. Above it, the album cover for 'Lionheart' is displayed, showing a shadowy figure in a attic-like setting. On a shelf above, there's a calculator and a small hula dancer figurine.

The University of Alberta’s free online critical thinking and science literacy course to help people differentiate science from pseudoscience:

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/admissions-programs/online-courses/science-literacy.html

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Incidentally, there is also a free Indigenous Canada class offered by the UofA under the same platform: https://www.coursera.org/learn/indigenous-canada

I'm currently doing an IT Support class through Coursea as well (that one is not free though).

#abpoli #cdnpoli #science #UofA

Dr. Jonathan N. Stea
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The University of Alberta’s free online critical thinking and science literacy course to help people differentiate science from pseudoscience:

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/admissions-programs/online-courses/science-literacy.html

What you'll learn

- Learn how to think critically and understand the scientific method

- Learn how to form well balanced and logical scientific arguments, read and design scientific research papers

- Learn how to differentiate and discriminate science from pseudoscience, fake science and bad science

- Become scientifically literate, and be able to critically evaluate information in the mainstream and social media, as well as every day life

One of my many alma maters is running a FREE course on science literacy: learning how to differentiate between science, pseudoscience, fake science, and fraudulent science – and to explain what makes pseudoscience both attractive and dangerous.

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/admissions-programs/online-courses/science-literacy.html

#ScienceLiteracy #CriticalThinking #YEG #UofA #pseudoscience

Science Literacy

We are often told not to believe everything we read online or see on TV—but how do we tell the difference between sensationalized statistics and a real scientific study? Learn how to spot sound science in this 5-week course.

@Paulatics Currently working thru the fourth year of my PhD program in agricultural entomology at #UofA. Thank you so much for your incredible efforts to collect & share this vital information with the many Canadians who might otherwise be entirely unaware.🙏

Reminds me of a sign I once saw:

#UofA

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