Doctoral candidates Stuart Castillo and Maks Dziura stand beside the sample mount of the Neutron Spin Echo instrument at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source. (GENEVIEVE MARTIN/University of Windsor)
By Sara Elliott
A University of Windsor researcher is one step closer to building a facility that could deliver cutting-edge cancer treatment, produce medical isotopes and anchor a new industry in Windsor — after securing nearly $2 million to design it.
Dr. Drew Marquardt, head of chemistry and biochemistry, has spent years advocating for a compact accelerator-based neutron source (CANS) in Windsor. The funding, announced March 13 as part of a $552-million federal infrastructure investment through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), will support a full scientific and technical design for a prototype facility.
— Published on Mar 24th, 2026
Visual art student Delia Poirier walks the runway as Lyme disease (JUSTIN ELLIOTT @jel_media/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
Black mold, salmonella, E. coli and even brain-eating amoeba took over the CAW Student Centre March 16.
What sounds like a health and safety nightmare was not, in fact, a biohazard but rather a Bioart fashion show coordinated by School of Creative Arts professor and Canada Research Chair Dr. Jennifer Willet.
— Published on Mar 19th, 2026
Students will get a chance to hear from economist Dr. Chris D’Souza as part of the bank’s Central Bank in Your Classroom program. (TRAVIS FAUTEUX/University of Windsor)
By Sara Elliott
As questions about Canada’s economic direction mount, University of Windsor students will soon hear directly from someone working at the centre of it.
Economist Dr. Chris D’Souza from the Bank of Canada will visit campus Monday, March 23, speaking in three undergraduate classes as part of the bank’s Central Bank in Your Classroom program.
— Published on Mar 18th, 2026
Dr. Dora Cavallo-Medved is the interim director of WE-SPARK Health Institute. (KYLE ARCHIBALD/University of Windsor)
By Sara Elliott
WE-SPARK Health Institute is ready to support innovative health research and education projects with the launch of its 2026 grant competition.
The competition provides seed funding to stimulate research development in Windsor-Essex.
— Published on Mar 18th, 2026
Our body’s natural clock — the circadian rhythm — gets disrupted when Daylight Saving Time hits. (Photo by Adobe Stock/University of Windsor)
By Sara Elliott
Nearly half your genome operates on a clock. Daylight Saving Time throws it off.
When the clocks move forward an hour for Daylight Saving Time on March 8, our body’s natural clock — the circadian rhythm — gets disrupted.
— Published on Mar 4th, 2026
Dr. Mike McKay (right) explains how to use collection kits to Canada Coast Guard officer cadets Raphaël Cere (left) and Jack Hogan (middle). (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)
By Sara Elliott
With Lake Erie locked in its heaviest ice cover in more than two decades, a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker has become an unlikely research platform for University of Windsor scientists.
As the CCGS Vincent Massey breaks through thick ice, its crew is collecting water samples to help researchers understand how winter conditions shape the lake’s ecosystem.
— Published on Feb 25th, 2026
Creative Currents: Art and Science on the Great Lakes is an installation bringing the lakes’ offshore monitoring systems onto shore, giving visitors a glimpse into the currents, cycles and microscopic life that usually go unseen. (Courtesy Domenica Mediati/ University of Windsor)
The hidden world of the Great Lakes will be revealed at the University of Windsor, where scientific instruments are being transformed into an immersive art installation.
Creative Currents: Art and Science on the Great Lakes is a collaboration between RAEON, the Regional Aquatic Environmental Observatory Network, and INCUBATOR Art Lab, bringing the lakes’ offshore monitoring systems onto shore, giving visitors a glimpse into the currents, cycles and microscopic life that usually go unseen.
— Published on Feb 6th, 2026
PhD candidate Dennis Otieno’s research shows that some farmed fish would prefer consuming microscopic organisms to commercial fish food pellets. (Photo courtesy of Ken Drouillard/University of Windsor).
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.
— Published on Jan 20th, 2026
PhD candidate Rahaf Hussein (BSc ‘19) won both a Jury Prize and the People’s Choice Award for her photograph, titled “Copper Beach” in 2023. (RAHAF HUSSEIN/University of Windsor)
By Sara Elliott
Here is your chance to create art through a scientific lens.
Canada’s annual scientific research image contest 2026 edition is open for submissions.
— Published on Jan 6th, 2026
The late Catherine Quinlan (left) and the late Dr. Lucjan Krause (right). A new scholarship honours the memory of Dr. Krause, a former University of Windsor physicist, and was made possible through the generosity of the Krause family. (Photos courtesy of Janet Krause)
By Sara Elliott
The new Dr. Lucjan Krause Graduate Scholarship for Physics Achievement honours the memory of a former University of Windsor physicist while supporting the next generation of researchers.
The scholarship will be awarded annually to graduate students in the Department of Physics who strive for academic excellence.
— Published on Jan 6th, 2026
Doctoral candidates Stuart Castillo and Maks Dziura stand beside the sample mount of the Neutron Spin Echo instrument at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source. (GENEVIEVE MARTIN/University of Windsor)
