University of Windsor photo bookContest winner Justin Hall will receive this beautiful hard-bound book, featuring campus images by photographer Richard Bain.

Engineer converts knowledge of campus into prize win

Justin Hall, a shift engineer in the University’s Energy Conversion Centre, won Monday’s DailyNews quiz.
Marijke TaksMarijke Taks studies the soci-economic impacts of sports and leisure and says the organizers of the International Children's Games have done an excellent job in engaging the community's assistance in planning the event.

Children's games have potential to leave lasting imprint on Windsor: HK researcher

Non-mega events like the International Children's Games are more likely to better engage local volunteers and are less likely to leave behind “white elephants,” according to Marijke Taks.

Karl JirgensEnglish head Karl Jirgens sits in the department's seminar room with a large jar with an image of former writer-in-residence W.O.Mitchell's face imposed on it. The room's other jars - made by professor Tom Dilworth - include images of Alistair Macleod and Joyce Carol Oates, and are jokingly referred to as the shrunken heads.

Residency program draws Canada's best writers

Over the last 50 years, some of Canada’s most highly regarded writers have taken up author’s residencies with the University of Windsor's English department including Adele Wiseman, Morley Callaghan and Nino Ricci.
University of Windsor photo bookThe winner of today’s trivia contest will receive this beautiful hard-bound book, featuring campus images by photographer Richard Bain.

Place the picture for chance to win photo book

Today’s trivia quiz will test whether readers can recognize the interiors of campus buildings.
USB drive on key ringNo one got all the answers in Monday’s trivia quiz on honorary degree recipients; contestant Adrian Niec, a chemistry major, won the prize—this key ring USB drive.

Trivia contest yields prize for chemistry student

A chemistry student won Monday’s DailyNews quiz and the prize of an eight-gigabyte key ring USB drive.
Hall and Oates silhouetted with guitars in handA concert by Daryl Hall and John Oates on Thursday, September 19, will open the University’s 50th anniversary Celebration Weekend.

Rock's top duo

Daryl Hall and John Oates in concert at Caesars Windsor on September 19.
Lauren FitzsimmonsLauren Fitzsimmons holds up a cricket. The post-doctoral fellow discovered that crickets celebrate winning fights with "victory dances," especially if other crickets are watching.

Cricket research catches attention of National Geographic

Lauren Fitzsimmons earned a master's degree in Dan Mennill's lab and returned there for a post-doctoral fellowship after completing her PhD at Carleton, where she conducted behavioural research on crickets.