By Victor Romao
Anna Papanastassiou spends most days in her nursing classes learning how to care for people.
But in a quiet neuroscience lab at the University of Windsor, she is also learning how to study the brain through hands-on genetic testing.
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Families planning summer activities for their children can soon secure a spot in the University of Windsor’s Lancer Summer Camps.
Mark your calendars as registration opens Tuesday, April 7 at 7 a.m.
Lancer Summer Camps offer a variety of programs designed to keep kids aged four to 13 years old active, engaged and having fun throughout the summer.
People, Equity & Inclusion
By Kate Hargreaves
With age comes a wealth of lived experience and a lifetime of growth and knowledge.
Barriers created by a lack of accessibility, adaptability and connections in our homes and communities can, however, sometimes make the aging process unnecessarily challenging.
People, Equity & Inclusion
By Sara Elliott
Bird enthusiasts will have a chance to learn how Anishinaabemowin, the Ojibwe language, describes birds and their roles in the natural world at an upcoming campus event.
The session, Birds of Anishinaabe Aki: Ecology & Language, will explore Indigenous knowledge systems and the ecological connections between language, land and biodiversity.
Community & Partnerships
By Sara Meikle
Get ready for a night where blue and gold pride meets NBA action.
On March 31, the University of Windsor community will once again make its way to Little Caesars Arena for Detroit Pistons College Night.
Teaching & Learning
The Student Success and Leadership Centre has released dates for the 2026 Head Start Orientation program, which introduces new students to campus facilities and services, as well as information about academic expectations at the University level.
Campus Life
By Sara Elliott
Students and faculty nourished both stomachs and minds at the Stacks for STEM pancake breakfast on Wednesday, Feb. 4 as part of the seventh annual Defrazzling the Brain Week, organized by the Behaviour, Cognition and Neuroscience Students' Association (BCNSA).
More than 200 students shared breakfast and informal conversations with their professors in the Essex CORe Atrium.
Research & Innovation
By Sara Elliott
A University of Windsor researcher is making the medicines people already take work better – and turning that science into jobs, companies and globally commercialized technology rooted in Windsor-Essex.
Dr. Nick Vukotic, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and PROTO Manufacturing Industrial Research Chair in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, received a 2025 Impact Award-Innovation through the University of Windsor’s Employee Recognition Awards program, recognizing his work bridging academia and industry.
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By John-Paul Bonadonna
Surrounded by water.
That’s likely where the similarities of Windsor-Essex and Hawaii — the birthplace Lancers fifth-year veteran men’s volleyballer Chase Bridges-Hunter — end.
“It was definitely a big adjustment moving from Hawaii to Windsor,” Chase reflected.
“Being away from my family and everything I knew was tough, but it also helped me grow as a person.”
People, Equity & Inclusion
By Kate Hargreaves
Courtney Gilmour (BA ’12) is a two-time Juno-nominated stand-up comedian, a voice on PAW Patrol and a recent addition to the cast of Trailer Park Boys.
She built that career the hard way — starting with zero comedy experience on a Windsor stage she had no business being on.