By John-Paul Bonadonna
The thunder of drums and the heartbeat of community will radiate across the floor at the Alumni and Student Pow Wow, May 2 at the University of Windsor’s Toldo Lancer Centre.
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By Victor Romao
Colourful shapes bounced, collided and slipped across the screen as abstract forms moved in tight rhythms, set to beeps, boops and bursts of heavy metal drumming.
The screening marked the final project for students enrolled in VSAR-1060 Introduction to Elements of Art and Principles of Design.
Research & Innovation
By Lindsay Charlton
If you had $1 million to solve a problem, what would you choose? And how?
When Master of Engineering student Godswisdom Ogbonna came to the University of Windsor, he set up a booth in the CAW Student Centre asking students that very question.
An international student from Nigeria, Ogbonna said when he first came to the city, he was caught in a cycle — class, study, sleep, repeat.
Research & Innovation
By Sara Meikle
When Corina Farai Makore began her PhD at the University of Windsor, she wasn’t just pursuing a long-held personal goal, she was equipping herself to change a system.
As healthcare manager at the South West Detention Centre in Windsor, Makore leads 50 nurses and oversees a 10-bed infirmary providing 24/7 care for incarcerated patients.
Community & Partnerships
By Lindsay Charlton
More than 65 high school students from across Windsor-Essex spent a day as international delegates, debating global issues and negotiating resolutions.
The University of Windsor’s Model United Nations team hosted its annual conference this semester for a day of debate, negotiation and collaboration.
“It was amazing to have a room full of so many people,” said Model UN president and secretary-general Matthew Najem.
Research & Innovation
By Kate Hargreaves
Twenty years ago, the cockpit of the average car was a lot less complicated.
Knobs and buttons turned on the heat and air conditioning, adjusted vents or changed the radio station.
Today, touch screens are the norm, and manufacturers compete to add the latest in technological advancements.
Community & Partnerships
By Victor Romao
Michael Joyce (BComp ’25) still remembers arriving at work as a co-op student, unsure of what questions he was allowed to ask — or whether he belonged in the room.
Now, he is the one making sure students never feel that way.
Research & Innovation
By Victor Romao
The creative path is rarely linear, often shaped by trial, error and continual reassessment.
For the graduating visual arts students at the University of Windsor, it has been marked by experimentation, reconsideration and change — a journey now brought into focus through their final undergraduate exhibition, Kaleidoscope.
Sustainability & Wellness
By Kate Hargreaves
Whether it’s hitting a daily step goal, taking a stretch break at the office or dropping into a spin class, regular physical activity has undeniable benefits.
Research & Innovation
By Sara Elliott
Research out of a University of Windsor engineering lab has generated an electronic chip that could precisely detect viruses such as COVID-19 — at a cost of just pennies to produce.
The electronic device has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Dr. Mitra Mirhassani says the idea emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, inspired by her former PhD student, Dr. Hamidreza Esmaeili Taheri.