The University of Windsor has officially become a member of the Age-Friendly University Global Network, affirming its commitment to promoting inclusive higher education.
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.
— Published on Oct 17th, 2025
Open Access Week 2025 runs Oct. 20 to 26.
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.
— Published on Oct 15th, 2025
Graduate student Rachna Patel is working with the research team in professor Phillip Karpowicz’s lab to determine how eating patterns that conflict with circadian rhythms may contribute to development of colorectal cancers.
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.
— Published on Jun 16th, 2025
Doctoral students Shiva Nejati and Kunj Dhonde are part of a UWindsor research team working to make the vehicles of tomorrow safe from cyber attack.
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.
— Published on Jun 18th, 2025
Student actors Olivia Sasso and Ewen Van Wagner review with Charlene Senn a script for an educational film on sexual assault resistance.
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.
— Published on Jun 10th, 2025
Education instructors Salsabel Almanssori and Catherine Vanner have developed a toolkit for teaching students about gender-based 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.
— Published on Jun 18th, 2025
The University of Windsor has officially become a member of the Age-Friendly University Global Network, affirming its commitment to promoting inclusive higher education.
