Aquatic invasive species are a problem worldwide and the single biggest threat facing the Great Lakes, according to ecologist Hugh MacIsaac.
“I believe that it’s the leading issue in the Great Lakes today,” said Dr. MacIsaac, a professor in the university’s Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research and director of the Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network.
When someone reasons to a conclusion by weighing factors favouring that conclusion against those telling against it, and in the end decides that the pros outweigh the cons, do the cons remain as weighing against the conclusion, thus making the argument weaker than it would have been had there been only the pro factors to consider?
Smartphones, computers, laptops and tablets—being plugged in all the time can drive you crazy.
As a finale to Mental Health Awareness Week, Screen Free Day invites members of the UWindsor community to take a break from electronics on Friday, January 18.
The technology fast is a project of Campus Ministry, which has arranged other activities to keep people’s hands busy, including board games all day in the Assumption University lounge.
Film student Samuel Pollock was uncertain when his classmate Matt Bendo first pitched the idea of making a documentary about Canadian boxer Justin Hocko.
But after meeting Hocko, says Pollock, he realized: “This is a story that has to be told.”
The two third-year communications majors started work on the project and watched it grow into something much bigger than they originally thought. Their 30-minute documentary, Rise of a Champion: The Justin Hocko Story, will enjoy a test screening Saturday, January 19, at Lakeshore Cinemas.
After almost six years of post-secondary education, Stan Amyotte is ready to begin blazing a trail of his own.
A master’s student in chemistry, Amyotte and his partner have an innovative idea to launch a new business in the electronics research and manufacturing sector, but know it’s not going to be cheap.
“All of us are students,” said Amyotte, who estimates launching the business could take as much as $100,000. “We don’t have a whole lot of money to start off with.”
The Lancer women’s hockey team will play its only night game of the year this Friday, January 18, facing off against the Laurier Golden Hawks at South Windsor Arena.
Laurier’s 16-1-2 record places it first in Ontario University Athletics; Windsor is fifth at 10-7-2.
Athletics staff has dubbed the match-up “Rivalry Night.” Marketing manager Eric Vandenbroucke says they are looking to get a big crowd out to support the Lancers.
 Saxophonist Ray Manzerolle. |
Saxophonist Ray Manzerolle and pianist Mike Karloff will take listeners on a tour of the history of jazz in a free public presentation today at 4 p.m. in the Music Building’s Recital Hall.
Percussionist Meghan Chamberlain, a third-year music major, took top honours—and the $500- prize—at the Ron W. Ianni Memorial Scholarship Competition on Sunday, January 13.
Chamberlain studies with Julian Jeun, and has previously studied with Nicholas Papador and Tim Francom. She aspires to become a professional performer and teacher.
For Sunday’s recital, she took to the marimba to perform David Maslanka’s composition Variations on Lost Love, Part II.
Making a New Year’s resolution is one thing, but emblazoning it on the front of a t-shirt to tell the rest of the world about how you’re planning to improve takes it to a whole new level of commitment, according to Justin Langlois.
“So often New Year’s resolutions become a token rather than something we invest in,” said the assistant professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and founding member of the artist collective known as Broken City Lab.
The campus Weight Watchers at Work program is offering to pro-rate registration for its session beginning January 18.
UWindsor employees can sign up for seven weeks for $69.50, tax included, says facilitator Tina Thomas: “That’s only $9.95 a week to experience our latest weight loss innovation. The regular cost is $16 per week.”
