Research

By Victor Romao

From his Toronto office, Dr. Sean Rourke is tracking a bold experiment in public health — a national network of smart vending machines designed to deliver life-saving resources directly to people who might never set foot in a clinic. 

For Rourke, every item dispensed through Our Healthbox represents a tangible act of prevention, dignity and trust. 

It is the kind of measurable, lasting impact that has now been recognized at the highest level.

By Sara Meikle 

Content notice: This article discusses themes of suicide. 

The University of Windsor has joined a groundbreaking effort to support mental health and improve safety along the waterfront.

As a key partner in the new Lifeline Windsor Project, launched on Nov. 18, UWindsor is helping advance how the community supports people in moments of crisis.

The University of Windsor has officially become a member of the Age-Friendly University Global Network (AFU), an international consortium of higher education institutions advancing opportunities for learners of all ages. 

By joining this global community, UWindsor affirms its commitment to promoting inclusive higher education through teaching, research and community engagement. 

This October, Leddy Library joins the global academic community in celebrating International Open Access Week (OA Week), Oct. 20 to 26. 

OA Week encourages candid conversations about the ways we can create pathways to more equitable knowledge sharing to address the inequities that shape societies and our response to them.  

Your eating patterns could be throwing off your circadian rhythms. Biomedical sciences professor Phillip Karpowicz says this negatively affects your health — specifically your gut health — which could result in an increased risk of colorectal cancer.

Circadian rhythms are 24-hour physiological changes that include sleep-wake cycles, metabolic changes, hormone oscillations, and cycles of feeding-fasting. These are driven by the circadian clock, a molecular timer that enables our cells to anticipate daily events.

At the University of Windsor, two teams — red and blue — are locked in a strategic battle, working toward the same goal: safeguarding the future of automotive cybersecurity.

These teams, operating from the Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence, better known as SHIELD, are focused on opposing areas of security solutions for the auto sector.

With an eye on the future, SHIELD, the only centre of its kind in North America, has the goal of ensuring vehicles of tomorrow are safe and secure.

Two University of Windsor professors will further their innovative work in sexual assault resistance education thanks to a $2.5 million investment from the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Charlene Senn, a professor of psychology and women’s and gender studies, and Sara Crann, an adjunct professor of psychology, will use the funding to expand the Girls - Flip the Script with EAAA program, a sexual assault resistance initiative designed for high school-aged girls across Canada. The funding is part of a larger $14.5 million federal initiative to prevent youth dating violence.

Two instructors at the University of Windsor have created a resource designed to better equip educators with important tools for teaching students about gender-based violence.