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Three students smile while walking and talking outside of the University of Windsor's Toldo Lancer Centre.

Dr. Barbara Crow has been named provost and vice-president, academic, at the University of Windsor, effective July 1, 2026. (BARBARA CROW/University of Windsor)
May 20th, 2026

WINDSOR, Ont. — The University of Windsor has appointed Dr. Barbara Crow as provost and vice-president, academic, effective July 1, 2026.

Dr. Crow brings to the role a distinguished record of senior academic leadership, a research career focused on gender, technology and communication and a sustained commitment to graduate education and student success.

Mary Moriarty sits beside the newly unveiled Moriarty Way sign during a ceremony at the University of Windsor on April 22, 2026, honouring the legacy of her late husband, Dr. Richard Moriarty. (PETER MARVAL/University of Windsor)
Apr 22nd, 2026

The University of Windsor officially opened Moriarty Way, a named walkway leading to the Toldo Lancer Centre, in honour of Dr. Richard Moriarty — a trailblazing educator, researcher and builder of Canadian university sport whose connection to the institution spans more than seven decades.

Dr. Trevor Pitcher, director of the University of Windsor's Freshwater Restoration Ecology Centre, shows students a juvenile sturgeon at the opening of the Giigoonyig Enjintaawgiwaad hatchery at Anishinaabeg Kinomaagewgamig Immersion School on Walpole Isl
Apr 17th, 2026

BKEJWANONG, Ont. — A new fish hatchery opened Friday at an Anishinaabemowin immersion school on Walpole Island First Nation, bringing together Indigenous language, ecological stewardship and hands-on science in a single classroom.

Dr. Mitra Mirhassani studies how the connected systems in modern vehicles can be hacked and how to stop it. That work has earned the University of Windsor professor one of Canada's most prestigious research honours, the 2026 Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellows
Mar 11th, 2026

WINDSOR, Ont. — A University of Windsor engineering professor whose research protects connected and autonomous vehicles from cyberattack has been named a 2026 Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellow — one of the most prestigious research honours in Canada.

Makennah Murphy, a fourth-year Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) student at the University of Windsor, is recognized as the inaugural recipient of the Lenore Simpson Women in Business Award during the Odette School of Business International Women’s Day event
Mar 3rd, 2026

The University of Windsor’s Odette School of Business marked International Women’s Day with a keynote address from the Honourable Sandra Pupatello and the launch of a new award supporting women in business.

Held at the Odette School of Business, the annual event carried the 2026 theme “Women Leading with Intelligence,” examining how women leaders are integrating human, emotional, social, strategic and artificial intelligence to build ethical and resilient organizations.