Having a massive piece of equipment used to test the strength of a wide variety of structures moved to the new Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation will give faculty and student researchers a new level of capability they were never able to enjoy in their old facility, according to one engineering professor.
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Aug 20th, 2012
Walking the streets of downtown Hamilton proved educational for a student in the UWindsor master’s of social work for working professionals program.
Jeff Baxter was assigned to study a city neighbourhood and said he was interested in testing his preconceptions of Hamilton.
“As a resident of Guelph—the city with the lowest rating on the crime severity index scale in the country—I always had the perception that Hamilton was a violent city, and so tried to explore this issue further,” he said.
What he found surprised him.
The University Bookstore is open for business at its Odette Building location and will remain so through September, says marketing manager Martin Deck.
“I’ve been hearing questions from students and faculty and want to make sure everyone knows it’s business as usual for us,” says Deck.
Aug 16th, 2012
People who are 50 years or older and who don’t have positive thoughts about aging may want to participate in a free workshop and research study that’s aimed at reducing negative thinking about getting older.
A PhD student in biology has spent his summer hunkered down in the lab trying to figure out why an anti-nausea drug used by cancer patients might put more stress on breast cancer cells and make them more resistant to chemotherapy.
The distance from the south end of Essex Hall to the new Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation is a mere two blocks. You can walk it in less than five minutes.
Try moving 80 faculty and staff members, 247 graduate students, 76 post-doctoral fellows and research associates and about $40 million worth of laboratory equipment over the same distance.
Of all the creatures in the animal kingdom, the sea lamprey is not among the most attractive, or the most pleasant. Referred to by some as “nature’s vampires,” it’s a long and parasitic eel-like fish that attaches itself to the side of larger fish, essentially sucking the innards out of its host.
Now an award-winning PhD student in Biological Sciences has made an important discovery about how the lamprey processes olfactory information, which he says may help aid efforts to eradicate the invasive species from the Great Lakes.
Campus flags were lowered on Wednesday, August 8, to recognize the sudden passing of Dr. Peter Townley, Head of the Department of Economics within the Faculty of Science, on Friday, August 3, 2012.
Dr. Townley began his career at the University of Windsor, on July 1, 2006, as Head of the Department of Economics, an appointment he held for a five-year term until June 30, 2011. Following a recently completed sabbatical leave, Dr. Townley had just begun a second term as Head, Department of Economics, on July 1, 2012.
The Educational Development Centre will host a welcoming event for part-time and transfer students planning to attend UWindsor for the 2012 fall semester on Thursday, August 23 from noon to 4 p.m. in Ambassador Auditorium.
August Orientation for part-time Students and Transfer-mation for transfer students will give those new to campus an opportunity to receive UWin cards; register for a UWin email account; learn about classroom technology and campus services and meet new people, including upper-year transfer and part-time students who will share their own experiences.
The Centre for Enterprise and Law is offering students and recent graduates an opportunity to develop their business ideas into reality with its Internship and Mentorship program.
Students or grads who live in Windsor-Essex County and who have a completed business plan or a business to grow are invited to apply for the program, which provides up to $5000 and the services of an experienced business mentor.