Research and Creative Activity

By Lindsay Charlton

Campus is no stranger to geese, mostly harmless, but what if one had a sinister plan?  

One of Canada’s earliest hauntings tells a “wild” story of a Wallaceburg, Ont., farmer whose land was said to be cursed by a witch who takes on the form of a goose, tormenting the family to make them leave.  

By Lindsay Charlton

In an effort to better understand how sex hormones affect the brain, a University of Windsor PhD candidate is recruiting participants for a study aimed at closing gaps in women’s health research.

When the Windsor-Essex community gathers at the WE-SPARK Health Institute’s annual Cheers to Hope event one thing is certain – it is time to celebrate.  

This year’s inspirational evening takes place on Nov. 6 from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Ambassador Golf Club.   

By Sara Elliott 

A University of Windsor kinesiology professor has earned an international fellowship to advance research into the relationship between human drivers and self-driving cars. 

Through the Mourou-Strickland Mobility Program, an initiative designed by the French Embassy in Canada, Francesco Biondi will collaborate with a researcher at the University of Lyon in France. 

A group of seniors passionate about lifelong education cast their curiosity into the waters of fish ecology during a recent visit to the University of Windsor’s Freshwater Restoration Ecology Centre (FREC) in LaSalle. 

The visitors were members of the University-Community (UNI-COM): Lifelong Learning Class, a voluntary organization of adults aged 50 and older who, with support from the University and the community, promote teaching, learning, mentoring, advocacy and research.  

Two recent PhD graduates from the Faculty of Science will be recognized for their exceptional academic achievement with the prestigious Governor General’s Gold Medal. 

Madison Faye Mooney and Aaron Thomas Bondy were selected to receive the medal from all graduating master’s and doctoral students in 2024/2025. 

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.  

By Sara Elliott

Drummers’ bodies endure a brutal beating during live shows, but Nadia Azar’s research seeks to alleviate that stress. 

“Professional athletes don’t just go out in the field or onto the ice and play their game. There’s a lot of preparation that comes before that, such as getting in the gym and working on strength and conditioning,” says Dr. Azar, kinesiology professor. 

By Kate Hargreaves 

As demand for mental health care rises in hospitals and private practice, waitlists for these essential services continue to grow. 

That’s why assistant professor of psychology, Alexander Daros, and his research team began investigating innovative interim solutions to support people while they wait. 

By Sara Elliott 

Next summer, a team of scientists will travel across the Arctic tundra in a new mobile research and training lab. 

As they collect data in Iqaluit, they hope to better understand how the rapidly declining snow bunting — an Arctic-breeding songbird that winters in southern Canada — is responding to urban development in the North.