This Saturday, the Windsor Lancers are hosting their 19th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness campaign to raise funds for cancer research.
As part of U SPORTS's Shoot for the Cure initiative, money raised will support leading-edge cancer research, help offer vital community-based support services for people living with cancer and their families and advocate for healthy public policies.
By John-Paul Bonadonna
Kevin Shea (BA ’77) arrived at the University of Windsor’s communication studies program without a defined destination in mind.
By Kate Hargreaves
Collaboration is at the heart of University of Windsor Master of Fine Arts (MFA) alumna Niku Koochak’s curatorial process.
By Sara Meikle
Research is often thought of as something that happens quietly — in labs or tucked away in unseen corners of campus.
The UWill Discover Podcast is changing that narrative by giving student researchers at the University of Windsor a platform to share their work, experiences and curiosity in a way that is accessible, engaging and human.
By Sara Meikle
Sara Williams knew she wanted to be a nurse by the time she was in Grade 6.
The pull toward health care came early, shaped by childhood visits to the hospital where her mother worked as a lab technician in Port Huron, Mich.
Annual “bring your child to work” days offered Williams an up-close look at patient care — and sparked an early fascination with the role of the nurse.
By Sara Meikle
When Sarah Syed learned she had been selected as a Schwarzman Scholar, disbelief quickly gave way to excitement – and then to reflection.
“It takes time to sink in,” Syed says. “Even now, my family will say, ‘wow, you’re really moving to China.’ I’ll be in Beijing in just a few months, and it still feels surreal.”
The UWindsor Cross-Border Institute (CBI) is internationally recognized for its leadership in cross-border research. The University of Windsor, with financial support from the federal government, was the first university in Canada to establish an institute dedicated to research on the movement of people, goods, services and finances across international borders.
By Sara Elliott
Some farmed fish are snubbing commercial fish food pellets in favour of naturally and freely available microscopic organisms and invertebrates.
That is according to PhD candidate Dennis Otieno’s study which showed farmed tilapia in net-pen cages in Kenya were not significantly consuming the provisioned commercial fish feed – one of the highest costs of production.
By Kate Hargreaves
From social media to the Golden Globes, the spicy new TV show Heated Rivalry seems to be everywhere.
By Sara Elliott
As water levels in the Detroit River rise and fall, so do concentrations of toxic legacy pollutants.
New research by University of Windsor environmental science PhD candidate Mona Farhani shows that higher water levels are associated with increased concentrations of bioavailable polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at some locations — a long-lasting toxic chemical linked to human and ecosystem health risks.
