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The Future of Liberal Education
Past Shaping the Future
The U of L reimagines liberal education for the 21st century.
A new University Campus Master Plan is set to shape the U of L’s campus for the next 25 years.
25 Healthy Futures U of L neuroscientist Dr. Gerlinde Metz and her team of student researchers are advancing our understanding of preterm birth and are leading the way for a healthy tomorrow.
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Spotlight on Research
The U of L stakes claim as Canada’s Research
University of the Year (2012), Undergraduate Category.
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Art Gallery
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34 | Significant And Mentionable What a fall! Find out what happened at your university as it wrapped up its 45th year.
41 | Alumni News And Events
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Get a recap on Homecoming and learn more about
what’s coming up in 2013.
45 | Alma matters
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Looking to reconnect? Alma Matters features news and notes from your former classmates.
Small Business, Big Opportunity
To Sleep Perchance to Dream
Management professors Dan Kazakoff and Dr. M. Gordon Hunter establish the Small Business Institute and connect the University with the small business community.
Art professor Taras Polataiko captures the world’s attention by bringing a fairy tale to life in his recent exhibit, Sleeping Beauty, held at the National Art Museum in Kiev, Ukraine.
EDITOR: Tanya Jacobson-Gundlock ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alesha Farfus-Shukaliak DESIGNER: Three Legged Dog Design PHOTOGRAPHERS: Jason Jones Rod Leland Leslie Ohene-Adjei Jaime Vedres ILLUSTRATOR: Dale Nigel Gobel CONTRIBUTORS: Jaelyn Birch
Chemical Reaction U of L Alumna of the Year Dr. Kathryn Preuss (BSc ’95) found her career experimentally. Read on to discover how she became one of Canada’s leading chemists.
Kristine Carlsen Wall Bob Cooney Spencer Court Jane Edmundson Natasha Evdokimoff Betsy Greenlees Trevor Kenney Bruce MacKay Kali McKay Jana McFarland Josephine Mills Julia Mitchell Jaime Morasch Angelsea Saby Maureen Schwartz Bernie Wirzba Jamie Woodford Dana Yates U of L Advancement Office
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