A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

<p>This fall, Maclean&#8217;s photographed 24 of the 49 institutions featured in the 2013 <a href="http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2012/11/01/2013-university-rankings/">Maclean&#8217;s University Rankings.</a> Below, Chris Bolin shows you around the University of Alberta. Click on each photo to make it larger. Then check out the other <a href="http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2012/11/02/acadia-to-york-photos/">23 galleries by clicking here.</a><br />
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				Law students participate in a moot court session on campus
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				Philip Currie, Canada Research Chair in Dinosaur Paleobiology, works on a specimen
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				Mechanical Engineering students work with autonomous flight vehicles
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				Nikki Webb with Art and Design students
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				Lynn McMullen, a professor in Meat Microbiology, teaches students at U. Alberta (Chris Bolin for Maclean&#8217;s)
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				Urban Planning students peer out at the city skyline
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<p>October 03, 2012 &#8211; Edmonton, Alberta &#8211; Leslie Robinson, a second year doctoral student in the department of Secondary Education works on a class project at The  University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. Photo by Chris Bolin / For Macleans Magazine</p>


Campus life at the University of Alberta

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