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Organizers issue call for proposals for Campus Technology Day 2012

With a theme of “Opening Doors with Technology,” the sixth annual Campus Technology Day is set for Thursday, May 17, in the CAW Student Centre.

The interactive event brings together faculty, staff and students to discuss the impact technology has in enhancing learning, teaching, research and building community on campus.

Organizers have issued a call for proposals, inviting presenters to share their expertise and experiences with colleagues, through:

Local experience a focus of military studies conference

Southwestern Ontario was a front in some of Canada’s defining wars, and that history will come under exploration during the seventh Windsor Military Studies Conference, this weekend at the Major F.A. Tilston VC Armoury.

Titled “War & Memory,” the conference is a collaboration between the UWindsor Humanities Research Group, the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment, the HMCS Hunter, the Windsor Regiment, and 21 Windsor Service Battalion.

RSVP by end of month for research excellence celebration

The University of Windsor will toast its top scholars with a reception—and you're invited. The Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity is set for Monday, February 6, at 4:30 p.m. in the CAW Student Centre's Ambassador Auditorium.

New program to enable enterprising graduates to launch tech businesses

A new program will help enterprising university and college graduates take the first step towards startup success in the innovation and technology sector in Windsor-Essex.

The DeskUP program will provide office space in the Windsor Business Accelerator, at 720 Ouellette Avenue -- including a computer, telephone, printer, and access to professional meeting space and a shared receptionist.

Dan Renaud, president of Tellbob, a consumer information company, says the location provides a collaborative environment.

Pioneering philosopher honoured for blazing trail in his field

For the last 45 years, Tony Blair has been making the world a better place, one argument at a time.

A professor emeritus in the university’s Philosophy department, Blair is one of the original founders of a school of thought known as informal logic. Simply put, it’s a manner of ordinary reasoning that helps people become more skilled critical thinkers, better able to assess the validity of arguments they’re faced with every day.

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Researcher seeking subjects for study into boosting memory and health

Interested in boosting your memory and health?

Anne Baird, associate professor of psychology, is conducting a free workshop offering information and skills aimed at those who seek to maintain or improve good memory function and health in the second half of work life and in retirement. The workshop is part of her research study, funded by a University of Windsor internal grant.

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Visiting shark expert to discuss methods of slowing species decline

The Asian delicacy shark fin soup is often served at weddings, banquets and important business deals and symbolizes wealth, power, prestige and honour, but demand for its main ingredient has led to the overfishing and rapid decline of many shark species around the world.

A visiting researcher will discuss his work, which he hopes will help slow that decline, at a lecture this afternoon.

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Free fitness classes to add to health

Campus Recreation is offering free sessions during Mental Health Awareness Week.

UWindsor employees can check out lunchtime fitness classes in the Education Gym, between the CAW Student Centre and the University Computer Centre, weekdays at 12:10 p.m. Assumption University Chapel is the setting for a new Zumba course, Mondays and Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m.