Students in the Special Topics in Earth and Environmental Sciences/Advanced Tort Law course conducted a safety audit of Sandpoint Beach on Windsor’s east end.
Sarah Dobney, pictured here collecting recordings at a savannah sparrow nest in the Bay of Fundy, won a prize at the national meeting of the Society of Canadian Ornithologists.
Two University of Windsor graduate students won prizes for outstanding talks at the recent annual meeting of the Society of Canadian Ornithologists.
Sarah Dobney, a PhD student in the Department of Integrative Biology, won the “Early Program Award” for an outstanding presentation from an early-career researcher. Her prize-winning talk was titled: “Quiet in the nest: Nest environment diminishes song transmission to nestlings.”
Hugh MacIsaac of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research has been awarded $275,000 over five years under the Natural Sciences and Environmental Research Council of Canada’s Discovery grant program to assess interacting stressors in lakes.
The Coastal Research Group’s studies on awareness of rip tides is especially timely given the recent spate of drownings on the Great Lakes. Photo by Michael Spadoni/Pexels
Beach safety research by UWindsor alumna Summer Locknick and Chris Houser, dean of science, is featured in a recent edition of The Atlantic magazine. Photo by Oliver Sjöström/pexels.com.
UWindsor geologist Ihsan Al-Aasm is helping find a safe underground site for long-term storage of radioactive waste.
Professor emeritus Frank Simpson has endowed an award to fund student research into solutions to environmental problems.
Doctoral grad Sarah Larocque, seen here posing with a young salmon research subject, is one of two winners of the Governor General’s Gold Medal to be honoured during Convocation cermonies Friday.
Doctoral grads Yunyun Wu and Sarah Larocque will be recognized for excellence in the Class of 2021 during Convocation ceremonies Nov. 5.
A new citizen science program invites visitors to take photos in national parks to help monitor coastal change.
A public talk Oct. 6 will provide update on the relative effectiveness of homemade and medical masks.
