A group of students from the Odette School of Business raised more than $800 for the United Way by throwing a pasta dinner earlier this month.
“Our event was a success,” says business major Karen Gorospe. In addition to a presentation by Danielle Moldovan, the charity’s manager of resource development, it featured a performance by local band Cake & Bacon. “We had a great time.”
One of the challenges in developing wind power is how to store energy generated during off-peak hours. A UWindsor engineering professor’s research into a unique solution will be the focus of a lead segment on tonight’s edition of Daily Planet on the Discovery Channel.
The School of Music is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two free tickets to the University Jazz Ensemble’s fall concert, Friday, December 2, at 7:30 p.m., in at Banwell Community Church.
Admission is $10, with a student rate of $5. Order tickets by phone at 519-253-3000, ext. 4212, or purchase online at www.uwindsor.ca/music. Tickets also available at the door. Find more information on the music Web site.
While many men consider shaving something of a chore, Dave Andrews will be thoroughly enjoying it later this week.
After spending the entire month of “Movember” growing a moustache to help raise funds for prostate cancer research, the Human Kinetics professor will be cheerfully cutting off the cookie duster as soon as he possibly can.
“It’s a lot of work,” he said. “You have to maintain it.”
A visit to the University Bookstore, a quick cross-border sightseeing trip, and a spectacularly unsuccessful radio interview were among the highlights of her stop at the University of Windsor for Ursula the bear, who toured Canada to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.
Watch a video of her Windsor visit by George Kalivas of the Office of Public Affairs and Communications:
Students in history professor Leslie Howsam’s graduate course “Studies in the History of the Book” will present their research in a series of free public lectures on Tuesday, November 29, with the support of the Humanities Research Group.
The mini-conference begins at 10 a.m. in Alumni Hall’s McPherson Lounge with Dr. Howsam’s introductory remarks on Mediation and Materiality: Aspects of the History of the Book.”
The Leddy Library understands it is better to give than to receive. So it has announced that it is accepting donations to the University of Windsor Student Food Bank as payment for library fines.
Under the Food for Fines program, each non-perishable, non-expired food item donated at the Leddy’s circulation desk will be credited at a rate of $2 off outstanding fines, to a maximum of $50 per person. The program runs through December 9.
It is truly better to give food than to receive a fine for overdue materials!
Meghan Roney has played plenty of high-contact sports like rugby and lacrosse, but draws the line when it comes to roller derby. Not because she’s afraid of getting hurt, though.
“I don’t skate,” the first-year kinesiology masters student confesses. “It would be interesting to try though. It 
might be fun to give it a shot.”
University Stadium and the St. Denis Centre will play host to championship series in six Campus Recreation intramural sports on Sunday, November 27.
Champions Day will decide the ultimate winners in flag rugby, flag football, ultimate frisbee, men’s soccer, Co-ed soccer and ball hockey.
“Our program will serve more than 2000 participants this semester alone,” says coordinator Josh Leeman. “Champions Day will feature the cream of the crop.”
Engineering students in professor Bill Altenhof’s second-year course in dynamics were required to build a working catapult out of nothing more than popsicle sticks, glue and string.
See the results in this video by George Kalivas of Public Affairs and Communications:
