A UWindsor biochemist will talk about his work on finding ways to halt the progression of Parkinson’s disease when the Parkinson’s Society of Southwestern Ontario holds its regional conference here for the first time ever.
If you prick us, we will bleed. The vast majority of us will then stop bleeding, thanks to a blood clot formed by an intricately balanced system of proteins, cells of the blood vessel wall, and cell fragments called platelets.
If you’re a faculty member from around campus doing research or scholarly work related to the environment and looking for a unique opportunity to work for a short term at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, the deadline to apply is quickly approaching.
Canadian Interuniversity Sport, as the Canadian representative of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), announced Monday the appointment of UWindsor athletics director Gord Grace as Canada’s chef de mission for the 26th winter world university games in Trentino, Italy, December 11 to 21.
Theresa Hanson, associate director of intercollegiate sport at the University of British Columbia, will lead Team Canada at the 27th summer games in Kazan, Russia, in July.
A group of fourth-year engineering students have planned a smashing way to raise funds for their capstone project.
The Smart Airfoil Blade team is holding a Car Smash outside the Leddy Library on Monday, May 14. The team will set up an automobile from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and charge passers-by $2 to take three swings at it with a baseball bat or sledgehammer.
“It should be fun,” says Abhishek Nayyar, the team’s treasurer. “We are taking all safety precautions.”
The University has declared two PC computer systems, a Microtek Scanmaker scanner and an HP Laserjet printer for sale by bid as Disposal File 871. Please click here for details.
It’s a simple experiment used to demonstrate some basic laws of physics, but the “fire tornado” was just cool enough to catch the attention of producers at the Discovery Channel planning to air a segment about a nationwide celebration of science.
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Lancer coaches and athletes turned out May 2 to volunteer for McHappy Day, the annual fundraising event that sees McDonald’s restaurants across the country donate a portion of the day’s sales to local children’s charities.
Special guests, sports and media personalities, politicians and professional entertainers greeted and served customers to help raise money for Ronald McDonald House, which provides families of sick children a home-away-from-home or a place of peace and calm within a hospital.
A new program to conduct psycho-educational assessments of local children and adolescents will provide “a gold-standard service,” says the faculty member heading up the project.
“We can take more time with cases,” says Sylvia Voelker, director of the Psychological Services and Research Centre. “We plan to conduct follow-up to see how the recommendations from the assessments are acted on.”
