Korissa Williams

Research celebration set for February 6

The office of the vice-president, research, invites members of the campus community to mark their calendars for the Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity.

The annual event will take place in the CAW Student Centre’s Ambassador Auditorium on Monday, February 6, at 4:30 p.m.

Applications for Strategic Priority Fund due January 16

Provost Leo Groarke extended the deadline for applications to the University’s Strategic Priority Fund to Monday, January 16.

The fund earmarks about $1.5 million for projects directed to the five goals highlighted in the University’s strategic plan:

Biology professor to head Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

Provost Leo Groarke announced last month that biology professor Daniel Heath will begin a five-year appointment as director of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research on May 15.

Dr. Heath’s research team, which uses genetic tools and field techniques to investigate fundamental questions in evolution, ecology and conservation biology, attracts more than $200,000 in external research funding annually, Groarke said: “It has helped make GLIER an internationally renowned centre for aquatic research.”

Last day of Daily News until 2012

Today's edition of Daily News marks the last for 2011. All our very best wishes for a happy holiday season and prosperous New Year. Daily News will resume regular daily coverage in the new year.

 

Faculty and staff Mingle and Jingle all the way

A sweet table worthy of Willy Wonka, complete with a river of chocolate and a traditional horse-drawn carriage ride, were some of the highlights of this year’s Mingle and Jingle faculty and staff Christmas event held on Tuesday over the lunch hour in the Winclare room.

The stand-up party, with hors d’oeuvres, dessert and coffee stations is a departure from the formal sit-down luncheons of previous years and gives faculty and staff a chance to visit and catch up with friends, says catering manager Dean Kissner.

Children’s books provide a view of earlier times

“To my dear little Margaret – a very happy Christmas, with love from Granny.”

This loving inscription, written 111 years ago, lives between the covers of a children’s book protected in the University of Windsor’s Rare Books and Special Collections – preserved for interpretation by scholars and historians who not only study it for its beautiful language and illustrations, but also for what it says about the times in which it was published.

IT Services announces extended hours for service desk

The service desk in Information Technology Services will operate longer hours heading into the end of the semester.

It will open from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. through December 22, except Sundays, when it will open 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The desk, located in the University Computing Centre, will close with other campus offices from December 23 to January 2.

Lights on trees outside University Stadium