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Through early work on sequence comparison, RNA structure comparison, and RNA structure, David Sankoff launched the bioinformatics field's strong emphasis on fast algorithms with a provable performance guarantee. Sankoff’s algorithm was a crucial advance in this area. He is recognized as one of the founders of the field of bioinformatics and is the co-author of the first bioinformatics book.

Researchers at the University of ݮƵ have found that individuals may be more motivated to do work for their favourite charity than for money.

In a study reviewing the efficacy of a new online work-sharing platform designed to put money into the hands of charities, the researchers discovered that people providing their skills and labour toward a specific task tended to do a better job if they knew their favourite charity rather than themselves would be paid for it.

The Master’s of Actuarial Science program (MActSc) celebrated its 10 year anniversary with a banquet dinner on Friday May 31, 2019,welcoming backMActSc alumni, faculty, and special guests.

At the dinner, the faculty's newest scholarship,the Mary R. Hardy Graduate Award in Actuarial Science was announced. Read more about this story.

Photo credit: University of British Columbia, Okanagan

The C&O department is very pleased to welcome Professor Walaa Moursi, its newest faculty member.