Siyaram Pandey’s Kevin Couvillon Research Project on Anticancer Effects of Dandelion Root Extract, got another boost from the community yesterday when the India Canada Association presented a cheque for $5000 to Dr. Pandey during a ceremony in Essex Hall. The ICA, which has a long history of supporting community initiatives, raised the money at its annual fund-raising dinner in October, which featured India’s consul general to Toronto, Preeti Saran, as its guest of honour.
Current Students
Windsor Law will host a panel discussion on the subject of legal ethics that is accredited by the Law Society of Upper Canada for three hours of continuing professional development.
Panelists for “The Law of Ethics and Defence Advocacy: The Year in Review” include law professor David M. Tanovich, Crown attorney Brian Manarin, and Justice Renee Pomerance of the Superior Court of Justice.
Among the cases under discussion are:
Iranian students, staff and faculty are hosting a potluck dinner party this evening—Thursday, December 20—in celebration of the festival of Yalda.
Shab-e Yalda is celebrated on the Northern Hemisphere’s longest night of the year, the eve of the winter solstice.
When he climbs up on the stage of Toronto’s Sound Academy on Thursday, a dream will come true for Michael Ure. The third-year nursing student will play and sing his country music as the opening act for the Toronto stop on singer-songwriter Tyler Ward’s North American tour.
Ure beat out thousands of competitors for the honour in an online contest judged by Ward’s management team, by TOPBLIP.com and by fans’ votes.
The Great Lakes are at risk of “death by a thousand cuts,” according to a University of Windsor biologist who was part of an international team of scientists who spent three years identifying the worst threats to one of the world’s largest supplies of fresh water.
A program that places master’s students of political science in internship positions has won a vote of confidence from Leamington—the town will double its commitment next year.
After Rachael Myers completed her term as the program’s first intern in Leamington, it has agreed to take two next year.
The University of Windsor Alumni Association is inviting nominations for the Alumni Award for Distinguished Contributions to University Teaching.
The award is given annually at the Spring Convocation ceremonies to honour and recognize distinguished teaching on campus and to provide incentive and encouragement for achieving excellence in this field. All full-time members of the teaching faculty with a minimum of five consecutive years teaching at the University of Windsor are eligible for nomination.
The GATA Winter Academy presents a series of workshops to help undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants get off to an informed start, January 8 to 17.
Helping adults diagnosed with autism and other intellectual disabilities get in shape has been an extremely rewarding experience for graduate student Phil McKeen, and it’s provided him with a new sense of perspective about his own life.
The past is the perfect present, says Chris Edwards.
The UWindsor grad (BA 1983, MA 1985) and his life and business partner Elaine Weeks (BA 1985) have already sold 4,000 copies of their nostalgic coffee table book, 500 Ways You Know You’re From Windsor. They will sign copies as a pre-holiday promotion at the University Bookstore kiosk in the CAW Student Centre on Wednesday, December 12, from noon to 2 p.m.