Faculty

1970s style telephoneUpgrades to telephone systems may disable service to some buildings the morning of November 18.

Maintenance to take phones off the hook next weekend

Upgrades to telephone systems will take telephones in some campus buildings offline intermittently from 6 to 10 a.m. Saturday, November 18.

Provost calls for sharing of teaching and learning experiences

Provost Douglas Kneale’s latest Question of the Month, addressed to both students and faculty, tackles teaching and learning experiences at the University of Windsor.

As Dr. Kneale explains, the Strategic Mandate Agreement between the University of Windsor and the Ontario government sets out five overarching priorities to measure the University’s performance. One of these priorities is “Innovation in Teaching and Learning Excellence.”

Nigel HusseyUWindsor researcher Nigel Hussey spoke to The Society for Marine Mammalogy about advancing an ecosystem field approach to understand and manage aquatic predators during its 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Halifax on Thursday, October 26.

Researcher makes waves at marine mammal conference

UWindsor researcher Nigel Hussey gave an address at the biennial conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy.

UWindsor biochemistry graduate student Cody Caba and professor Bulent Mutus display the crystal structure of protein disulfide isomerase. Mutus received an NSERC Discovery Grant to examine cell proteins and structures and how they contribute to diseases.UWindsor biochemistry graduate student Cody Caba and professor Bulent Mutus display the crystal structure of protein disulfide isomerase. Mutus received an NSERC Discovery Grant to examine cell proteins and structures and how they contribute to diseases.

Biochemist to study how proteins contribute to neurodegenerative diseases

Bulent Mutus is a micro mechanic.

But instead of fixing cars with wrenches and grease, the biochemist rolls up his sleeves and chops up and rebuilds proteins using microscopes and Petri dishes.

“If this enzyme were a car we would know where the engine is, but now we are looking at turning that engine off so the pathology will go away,” the UWindsor professor said.

Update notes uptick in student enrolment

An increase in first-year undergraduate enrolment reverses a multi-year trend, UWindsor president Alan Wildeman announced in a message to the campus community Wednesday.

“The net result is that there are in excess of 400 more full-time students on campus this year,” he notes.

His Update #34 praises the efforts of faculty and staff to raise awareness of what the University has to offer students, and also provides information on the status of new faculty positions, current construction projects, employee retirements, and the Strategic Mandate Agreement.