Chris Houser

A budding Climate Crusader holds aloft the tool of the trade during the project launch Tuesday.

Eighth graders enlisted in citizen science project

Mar 28th, 2018

Thousands of students throughout Windsor-Essex are about to become citizen scientists by collecting precipitation data and helping support a better understanding of weather trends. The Faculty of Science and the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board (WECDSB) launched the Climate Crusaders initiative on Tuesday, March 26.

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The University Players’ 2016 production of “An Experiment with an Air Pump.” Photo by Doug MacLellan

Course to explore the dramatic side of science

Mar 21st, 2018

The Faculty of Science is partnering with the School of Dramatic Art on a new course to help students develop important soft skills.

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Michelle MacArthur

three youngsters looking through binoculars at pond in Ojibway Park

Children get close to nature in Windsor’s Ojibway Park.

New scholarship to spur conservation research

Jan 15th, 2018

A new scholarship sponsored by the Friends of Ojibway Prairie will encourage research into conservation issues.

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Members of the University of Windsor Avian Taxidermy Club showcase their specimens

Members of the University of Windsor Avian Taxidermy Club showcased their specimens to the public at Thursday’s Science On Tap: Birds and Beers event.

Local community flocks to Faculty of Science ornithology event

Nov 28th, 2017

Science On Tap: Birds and Beers was an opportunity for ornithology students and researchers to share their work with members of the community.

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Dan Mennill

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Dante Bresolin

Dean of science Chris Houser (left) leads a line of University faculty, students, and officials to autograph the final steel beam before it was added to the top of the science research and innovation building under construction west of Essex Hall.

Ceremony marks milestone in science building construction

Nov 16th, 2017

A “topping off” ceremony Wednesday marked a key milestone in the construction of the new science research and innovation building.

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Alan Wildeman

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Incoming science students hold aloft steel water bottles they received for their high entering grade averages.

Science student recognition event outgrows capacity

Sep 18th, 2017

The Faculty of Science recognized top-achieving students with a pair of events last week.

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Researcher Harri Pettitt-Wade photographed narwhal during a field study in Tremblay Sound near the north end of Baffin Island, Nunavut.

Science sees significant rise in NSERC funding

Sep 14th, 2017

The Faculty of Science has seen its funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada rise more than 25 per cent this year.

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Chris Houser, dean of the Faculty of Science, meets forensics major Machella Hammond during sessions of the inaugural Preparation for Academic Success in Science.