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
University of Windsor alumna Marie Howe has been awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection New and Selected Poems. (Courtesy Marie Howe)
By Lindsay Charlton
Acclaimed poet Marie Howe (BA 1974) was stunned to learn she had been awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection New and Selected Poems.
“It was absolutely stunning and surprising that this happened,” she recalled. “I heard about the news from a friend who called me and said, ‘You won the Pulitzer.’ I didn’t believe it. For about three or four minutes, we went back and forth, and I told him, ‘Stop, that’s not even funny, don’t even say that.’”
— Published on Sep 23rd, 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
University of Windsor rocketry team members Daniel Accettola, Mathew Estrela, Ian Powell, Gianluca Romanzin and Nick Pinkney at Launch Canada 2025 in Timmins, Ont. (Courtesy Mark Gryn)
By Lindsay Charlton
Go for launch.
In Timmins, Ont., the University of Windsor Rocketry team, along with student teams from across the country, designed, built and launched high-power rockets in the 2025 Launch Canada competition last month.
The national aerospace engineering challenge tested teams’ innovation, accuracy, teamwork and strength under real-world conditions as they launched their designs.
— Published on Sep 10th, 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
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
Saba Ikhlaq accepting the John Vardon Memorial Transportation Scholarship for excellence in a master’s-level transportation program at the 2025 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Canada annual conference in Halifax, N.S. (Courtesy Saba Ikhlaq)
By Lindsay Charlton
When Saba Ikhlaq heard the University of Windsor recognized not once, but twice at a national conference this summer, she felt a deep sense of pride.
The graduate student pursuing her master of applied science in engineering travelled to Halifax, N.S., this summer for the 2025 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Canada conference. The national gathering of transportation professionals awarded her the prestigious John Vardon Memorial Transportation Scholarship for excellence in a master’s-level transportation program.
— Published on Aug 8th, 2025
Archivist and librarian Sarah Glassford and educator Walter Cassidy with items from the physical collection of Queer Life in Windsor and Essex County: A Living History at the University of Windsor’s Leddy Library on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2025. (PETER MARVAL/The University of Windsor)
By Lindsay Charlton
“Once we have knowledge of history, there is that concept of belonging and empathy,” says Walter Cassidy (B.Ed. 2000).
That belief has driven Cassidy’s work as an educator and advocate and inspired his efforts to uncover and preserve the stories of 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Windsor-Essex.
— Published on Sep 17th, 2025
Nick Hector, professor in the Department of Communication, Media and Film, has been named to the American Cinema Editors. (KYLE ARCHIBALD/The University of Windsor)
A University of Windsor professor has been named to the American Cinema Editors (ACE), the most prestigious professional honours society for film editors, becoming the first Canadian educator to receive the distinction.
Nick Hector, an associate professor in the Department of Communication, Media and Film, has been working as a documentary filmmaker and editor for more than 40 years, having worked on more than 170 films worldwide.
— Published on Jul 29th, 2025
Students doing hands-on learning during study abroad field course in Paris. Prof. Dan Mennill is leading a lecture on bioacoustics in urban green spaces. (DAN MENNILL/University of Windsor)
By Sara Elliott
“The field course was a pivotal point in my academic journey because if not for my study abroad experience, I genuinely would not be in this lab and I wouldn’t be doing my master’s in this area of study,” says Natalie Emerick (BSc 2025).
In 2023, Emerick and 13 other University of Windsor undergraduate science students accompanied professors Dan Mennill and Stéphanie Doucet to Paris for a field study course.
— Published on Sep 10th, 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]
