Campus Life

By John-Paul Bonadonna

Despite a steady spring rainfall, the University of Windsor welcomed more than 2,000 prospective students and their families to campus on Saturday, April 25 for its annual Spring Open House.

The event showcased the energy, opportunity and community spirit that define the Lancer experience.

Visitors explored academic programs, connected with faculty and current students and gained a firsthand look at the supports available to help them succeed.

By Sara Elliott 

The passion for physics runs strong in one University of Windsor family. 

Second-year student Will Conlon is continuing a family tradition in physics, following his maternal grandfather, John A. Giffen (BSc ’62, MBA ‘72), who graduated from physics in 1962. 

By Sara Meikle

At any hour of the day or night, while most of campus studies, works or sleeps, a dedicated group of student volunteers is ready to respond.

The University of Windsor Student Medical Response Service (UWSMRS) operates 24/7, providing immediate, often critical care to the campus community. Behind the radios and emergency kits is a student experience defined by responsibility, resilience and purpose.

By Kate Hargreaves 

When she applied for a job editing a student newspaper, Molly Vaillancourt had never heard of The Lance. 

“I’ve always wanted to be a writer,” she says. “Then the UWSA put out a posting saying they were hiring a lead editor for a paper." 

Vaillancourt, a bachelor of education student with a BA in linguistics, history and culture, had limited journalistic experience but was passionate about writing. 

Ever wanted to key a car, cause some vehicular damage with a baseball bat or hammer — and all in the name of charity?

The University of Windsor’s Engineering Students Society (ESS) is hosting a charity car smash Wednesday, where passersby who donate can take out any pent-up anger on Engineering Associate Dean Darryl Danelon’s old car.

By Sara Elliott

Students and faculty nourished both stomachs and minds at the Stacks for STEM pancake breakfast on Wednesday, Feb. 4 as part of the seventh annual Defrazzling the Brain Week, organized by the Behaviour, Cognition and Neuroscience Students' Association (BCNSA). 

More than 200 students shared breakfast and informal conversations with their professors in the Essex CORe Atrium. 

Famed children’s book writer Christopher Paul Curtis will be taking on the role of writer in residence at the University of Windsor this month.

The Michigan-born author, whose work includes numerous magazine and journal articles along with eight books — including three he penned in Leddy Library — will return to campus Friday, March 6, where he will kick off his month-long residency with the writer in residence’s inaugural reading.

Curtis’s first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, was released in 1995 and brought him immediate and well-deserved recognition.

By Sara Meikle

Students polishing resumés and exploring career options will soon have the chance to engage directly with employers at the UWindsor Career Expo & Job Fair.

By Sara Elliott 

A team of University of Windsor students won first place at the inaugural Hult Prize on-campus finals with a sustainability-focused business plan to turn fish waste into dog biscuits. 

The competition on Feb. 5 saw six teams of entrepreneurially minded students pitch their plans to a panel of judges, with the goal of addressing real-world challenges through innovative business solutions. 

By Sara Meikle

Research is often thought of as something that happens quietly — in labs or tucked away in unseen corners of campus.

The UWill Discover Podcast is changing that narrative by giving student researchers at the University of Windsor a platform to share their work, experiences and curiosity in a way that is accessible, engaging and human.