The new headquarters for Campus Community Police is more centrally located and will enhance the service’s profile, says director Mike MacKinnon.

“It’s more accessible and definitely more visible,” MacKinnon said of the new space, on the ground floor of the Joyce Entrepreneurship Centre. The office, staffed 24 hours a day, opens onto Sunset Avenue and shares a foyer with Campus Parking Services.

Officers are special constables with policing authority over the campus, including criminal investigation and powers of arrest. Students and others come to the office for any number of reasons—to report a crime or safety concern, to discuss a situation with an officer, or just to check in with the lost-and-found.

“We’re here to serve our population just as any police agency,” MacKinnon said.

He said the new space makes that easier, both because it is more recognizable to the public and provides appropriate facilities for officers.

“It’s a gorgeous modern building and we plan to be happy here for a long time.”

Innovative and cutting-edge research generated at the University of Windsor will get regular exposure on the airwaves once again come Wednesday, January 7. The radio show Research Matters had a short hiatus, but tomorrow host Sara Elliott brings the program back to CJAM 99.1FM.

Elliott, research communications officer in the Department of Public Affairs and Communications, brings many years of broadcast experience as a host at CBC radio and plans to entertain as well as inform the listeners as she interviews a wide variety of researchers from across campus.

“Radio allows researchers to tell their stories in their own voices,” said Elliott. “That makes it a powerful way to inform the local community and beyond about all the wonderful research happening right here on campus.”

The half-hour weekly talk show airs Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. but will also be archived on the station’s website for listeners to hear later at their own convenience.

The first guest will be librarian Dave Johnston, scholarly communications coordinator at the Leddy Library. He’ll talk about UWindsor’s work to stay on the leading edge of online publishing: from archiving websites to eTextbook pilot projects.

The Lancer men’s and women’s basketball teams will host the Western Mustangs in a double-header January 7 in the St. Denis Centre.

The women are ranked number one in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, carry a 7-0 record in league play and swept their three appearances in the Lancer Holiday Classic tournament. They will play at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The men will tip off at 8 p.m. Windsor is currently ranked fifth in the CIS and boast a 5-2 record, including an 85-55 victory over Western in their season opener, November 5 in London. The Mustangs are 5-3 in conference play.