Research

Virtual ecosystem sheds new light on how species develop

Were Charles Darwin alive today, he’d probably be very interested in working with Robin Gras.

Without such modern technology as high performance computing, Darwin developed his theory of natural selection, an explanation of how all species of life on Earth have descended from common ancestors.

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Ornithology researchers win three top prizes at international conference

Placing three UWindsor graduate students among the top award recipients at the North American Ornithological Congress confirms the university as a centre of excellence for bird biology in North America, says professor Oliver Love.

Fourteen researchers represented the University of Windsor, including Dr. Love and students from his laboratory and the laboratories of Dan Mennill and Stephanie Doucet.

The Windsor delegation took three of the 12 awards for the best student talks and posters among the hundreds of student presenters:

Campus to hear from candidates for Vice President, Research

The Search Committee for the next Vice President, Research, has short-listed two candidates. The UWindsor campus community is invited to a public presentation to be given by each candidate, on the topic of “the role of research in the university today.”

Everyone is invited to attend these presentations. The candidates, and the time of each presentation, are as follows:

Tables turned on students promoting healthy eating

Ashley Kirby and Jillian Ciccone were pretty stoked about having a meal in the home of a celebrity chef – until they found out they were the ones doing the cooking.

Both masters’ students working under the direction of kinesiology professor Sarah Woodruff, the pair travelled earlier this summer to the St. Catharines home of Sandi Richard, a Food Network host and their academic supervisor’s collaborator.