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Research & Innovation
From left, Dr. Michael McKay, Steven W. Wilhelm and Brittany N. Zepernick
May 20th, 2026

By Sara Elliott 

As climate change strips ice from the Great Lakes, something less visible is also changing: the underwater world of light that microscopic life depends on.  

When ice recedes, wind and water stir sediment, clouding the water and blocking the sunlight that drives photosynthesis at the base of the food web. What looks like a simple seasonal shift is, in scientific terms, a restructuring of habitat. 

Community & Partnerships
Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation.
May 20th, 2026

By Lindsay Charlton

Engineering students may know what they want to study, but not always where that path could lead.

Sometimes, all it takes is a single conversation to uncover a new opportunity.

Campus Life
close up of cricket bat and ball in the grass
May 19th, 2026

By Kate Hargreaves 

Cricket may be the second most popular sport globally — after soccer — but until this summer, UWindsor cricket players had few options on campus to set up their wickets. 

All that will change this summer as the Graduate Student Society (GSS), with support from the Faculty of Human Kinetics, the Faculty of Engineering and the Odette School of Business, opens a newly renovated cricket pitch on campus. 

Teaching & Learning
Technician using 3D printing machine at UWindsor
May 19th, 2026

By Lindsay Charlton

As additive manufacturing becomes more common across industries ranging from healthcare to automotive, a new course is helping professionals better understand the rapidly evolving technology.

Community & Partnerships
Destiny Cadarette stands beside a nursing colleague outside in front of a truck
May 15th, 2026

By Sara Meikle

What TV gets right

The medical drama The Pitt is doing more than drawing viewers — it’s sparking overdue conversations about violence in emergency departments, and the realities nurses face every day.

At the University of Windsor, faculty and frontline nurses say the show comes closer than any other to portraying life in the emergency department (ED), but it still only tells part of the story.

People, Equity & Inclusion
Headshot of Dr. Desai over image of room 2223 education building
May 22nd, 2026

By Kate Hargreaves 

What is the role of education in repairing injustice, and how does a gender transformative approach align with these aims? 

Guest speaker Dr. Karishma Desai will deliver a lecture titled “Gender Transformative Education: Potentials and Possibilities of a Feminist Reparative Education” as part of the UWindsor Faculty of Education’s invited speaker series on June 4 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. 

Teaching & Learning
Headshot of Linda Patrick
May 14th, 2026

By Sara Meikle

For more than five decades, Dr. Linda Patrick has helped shape nursing in Ontario as a clinician, educator, administrator, researcher, mentor and advocate.

This year, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) recognized that impact with one of its highest honours, the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Research & Innovation
A group of nursing students and faculty stand around a table of menstruation kits in Tanzania.
May 20th, 2026

By Sara Meikle

A group of University of Windsor nursing students have turned a transformative global experience into research, reflection and recognition.

Community & Partnerships
Dr. Kyle Asquith on UWindsor campus
May 27th, 2026

By Lindsay Charlton

The Canadian Communication Association was born from conversations held at the University of Windsor.

Nearly four decades later, it's coming back.

The return will bring more than 200 scholars, industry professionals and students working across communication and media from Canada and the United States to campus June 2 to 4  for its annual conference hosted by UWindsor’s Department of Communication, Media and Film (CMF).

Teaching & Learning
image os high school students in Odette lounge during the Outcry competition
May 25th, 2026

 

By Victor Romao

“Buy 10!”
“Sell 20!”
“Take it!”

The shouts echoed across the Odette School of Business trading pit April 21 as nearly 200 high school students stepped into the high-pressure world of stock trading — shouting orders, flashing hand signals and scrambling to outpace the market in the Outcry Trading Competition.