A researcher stands below the slump, where muddy water flows through a network of channels. Rust-coloured microbial mats cover the surface, growing where the permafrost has melted. [Photo courtesy of Chris Weisener]
By Sara Elliott
As the once permanently frozen ground known as permafrost rapidly thaws in the Canadian Arctic, emerging health threats loom.
Researchers at the University of Windsor are using modern science and Indigenous knowledge to address the emerging issue.
— Published on Sep 29th, 2025
Student actors Olivia Sasso and Ewen Van Wagner review with Charlene Senn a script for an educational film on sexual assault resistance.
One in seven women experiences sexual assault at least once during their postsecondary studies in Canada. This is in stark contrast to the fact that by the early 2000s, most sexual assault prevention programs were found to be ineffective.
This is why psychology professor Charlene Senn developed the sexual assault prevention program called Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act program (EAAA)—known as Flip the script with EAAA®.
— Published on Sep 23rd, 2025
Researchers perform lab study in the Essex Centre of Research (CORe). (FILES/University of Windsor)
In a significant boost to the well-being, mental health and professional development of individuals in the research community, WE-SPARK has announced the launch of Program LEAD: How Can a Program Focused on Professional and Lifelong Learning Support the Mental Well-Being of Highly Qualified Personnel Engaged in Health Science Research?
— Published on Sep 22nd, 2025
UWindsor nursing dean Dr. Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine co-edited a new eBook sharing frontline nurses’ global reflections on how COVID-19 reshaped family roles in patient care.
By Sara Elliott
A new eBook co-edited by UWindsor’s nursing dean and a recent grad shares global frontline stories that reveal how COVID-19 transformed family roles in patient care.
The collection, COVID-19: A Global Shift in Family Nursing Practice, features personal reflections from 20 nurses across nine countries, illustrating how the pandemic forced a rethinking of family involvement in clinical settings.
— Published on Sep 17th, 2025
Office of Sexual Violence Prevention, Resistance, and Support Manager Anne Rudzinski is combining her professional expertise with advanced scholarship to help shape the future of sexual violence prevention education.
By John-Paul Bonadonna
Combating sexual violence through education and prevention is a career, a calling, and the subject of PhD research for a University of Windsor support manager, and student.
Anne Rudzinski is combining her professional expertise with advanced scholarship to help shape the future of sexual violence prevention education.
Rudzinski, manager of education and survivor support at the University of Windsor’s Office of Sexual Violence Prevention, Resistance, and Support, is also a student in the Joint PhD in Educational Studies program.
— Published on Sep 11th, 2025
Kristen Thomasen, Chair in Law, Robotics, & Society at Windsor Law, was the conference chair for 2025 We Robot [ANGELA KHARBOUTLI/University of Windsor]
By Sara Elliott
Windsor Law hosted the 2025 We Robot interdisciplinary conference, drawing more than 100 scholars and practitioners from around the world for lively discussions on the legal and policy implications of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Among the panels and workshops, one creative project stood out—an original zine titled Resisting Techno Fascism.
— Published on Sep 9th, 2025
UWindsor research participants (left to right): Jessica Kenney, Ibrahim Wafai, Professor Anthony Bain, Brooke Shepley and Lana Yacoub. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Bain)
What happens to the human body when oxygen is scarce?
That was the central question driving kinesiology professor Anthony Bain and fellow researchers who recently returned from a landmark research expedition to White Mountain in California.
— Published on Sep 3rd, 2025
Rachel Elliott of the Faculty of Nursing receives an IDEA Grant. [KYLE ARCHIBALD/University of Windsor]
By Sara Elliott
Health research in Windsor-Essex just got a half a million-dollar boost.
WE-SPARK Health Institute and its funding partners awarded 32 new research grants totalling $499,000 to help address pressing health challenges, at an awards ceremony at the Ambassador Golf Club on Aug. 27
— Published on Sep 5th, 2025
Fulbright specialist Dr. Chris Kelley, a professor from Florida Polytechnic University (left), in the mechatronics lab at the University of Windsor with Dean of Engineering Dr. Bill Van Heyst and professor Dr. Jalal Ahamed. (KYLE ARCHIBALD/The University of Windsor)
By Lindsay Charlton
As UWindsor prepares to launch its new mechatronics program, a Fulbright Specialist’s visit is helping faculty explore innovative teaching approaches and hands-on learning opportunities.
Chris Kelley, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Florida Polytechnic University, spent two weeks at the University through the prestigious Fulbright Specialist Program.
— Published on Aug 26th, 2025
Chantal Boucher, psychologist and assistant professor at the University of Windsor.
By Lindsay Charlton
What does it mean to have closure? How can closure be measured?
It is something mentioned often in popular media, the idea of getting closure. Sitcom fans might remember the scene from Friends when Rachel leaves a message for Ross letting him know she’s over him, saying, “Now that, my friend, is what we call closure.”
It’s a term we hear everywhere, but what it really means — and how to measure it — isn’t as clear.
— Published on Aug 20th, 2025
A researcher stands below the slump, where muddy water flows through a network of channels. Rust-coloured microbial mats cover the surface, growing where the permafrost has melted. [Photo courtesy of Chris Weisener]
