The University of Windsor is donating disposable gowns, gloves, masks, and other supplies to frontline hospital staff testing for the COVID-19 virus.
The University of Windsor is donating disposable gowns, gloves, masks, and other supplies to frontline hospital staff testing for the COVID-19 virus.
A signing ceremony Monday formally launched the WE-Spark Health Institute. Celebrating are: Cathy Mombourquette, WE-Spark communications and events co-ordinator; Marla Rivard, WE-Spark administrative assistant; Kyle Lago, WE-Spark translational research associate; UWindsor president Robert Gordon; WE-Spark executive director Lisa Porter; St. Clair College president Patti France; Janice Kaffer, president of Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare; Karen Metcalfe, WE-Spark assistant director.
A signing ceremony Monday formally launched the WE-Spark Health Institute.
Ontario minister of colleges and universities Ross Romano met with UWindsor president Robert Gordon during a March 2 reception at Queen’s Park.
A reception in the Ontario legislature last week served to champion the University’s role as a key player in the future of Windsor-Essex and Canada.
Jessica Hatt, secretary in the Faculty of Law, is congratulated by UWindsor president Robert Gordon on her service excellence award.
A reception Monday celebrated recipients of the Employee Recognition Awards.
An open house event Tuesday will showcase projects by students in the course, Cancer Undergraduate Research and Education.
UWindsor chemist John Trant has received a grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund to design molecular tubes that can self-destruct on command.
A UWindsor chemist is working to design a nanoscopic implant that can slowly release medication and self-destruct when it’s done.
Simon Rondeau-Gagné is in the early stages of developing implantable or injectable “nanoantennas” to deliver electric charges to brain tumours.
Simon Rondeau-Gagné is in the early stages of developing implantable or injectable “nanoantennas” to deliver electric charges to brain tumours.
A team led by UWindsor biologist Lisa Porter has received a federal grant of more than $1 million to advance research on an aggressive form of brain cancer.
A team led by UWindsor biologist Lisa Porter has received a federal grant of more than $1 million to advance research on an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Researchers Lisa Porter and John Trant have received a $100,000 grant for a project that could lead to new therapies for aggressive cancers.
Researchers Lisa Porter and John Trant have received a $100,000 grant for a project that could lead to new therapies for aggressive cancers.
Mckenzie Cervini has written and illustrated a children's book about cancer for her final project in Dr. Lisa Porter's Cancer Undergraduate Research Education (CURE) class.
Explaining cancer to children can be difficult, but UWindsor science student Mckenzie Cervini has done it with all the flair of Dr. Seuss.
Cervini has written and illustrated a children’s book about the disease. It’s colourful — and it rhymes.
“I found there was a gap in communicating cancer in a simple way,” Cervini said of how she came up with the idea for the book she titled, The C-Word.”
“It covers the biology in layman’s terms.”
