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Award honours Physics Club president

- Feb 12, 2025

The Department of Physics has awarded fourth-year undergraduate Sareen Sabra the eighth annual Lucjan Krause Undergraduate Scholarship in Physics.

The scholarship was established by Dr. Krause’s family in his name to recognize deserving undergraduate students in any physics program who, through their academic and scientific endeavours, bring recognition and honour to the University of...


Research chair to support exploration of neural disorder

- Feb 10, 2025

The Faculty of Science has named Jeff Dason as its 2024-2026 research chair.

“I’m thrilled to receive this chair, as it will allow me to further expand my research program,” says Dr. Dason.

The associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Science started at the University of Windsor in 2017. The award comes with a two-year grant of $40,000. The new position will allow...


Engineering, business, computer science, and psychology receive world rankings recognition

- Feb 7, 2025

The University of Windsor has earned top academic standings, recognized in the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject in engineering, business and economics, computer science, and psychology.

Placing in the 301-400 range of nearly 2,000 universities worldwide, these results reinforce the University's growing reputation for innovation, student success...


Student appreciation for professor shines through at science gala

- Feb 7, 2025

Otis Vacratsis won the Teaching Excellence award at the Jan. 18 Science Society charity gala.

The biochemistry researcher was nominated by undergraduate science students for the award that celebrates a professor in the Faculty of Science for excellence in teaching, research, and mentorship.

“I am appreciative of the students for nominating me for this award,” says Dr. Vacratsis...


Colloquium to take statistical approach to climate change

- Jan 29, 2025

Have global warming rates increased recently? What changes are we seeing in the Earth’s hurricanes and tropical cyclone frequencies? How is snow cover changing on our planet?

Robert Lund, professor of statistics at the Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, will consider these questions and more in a colloquium hosted by the Department of Mathematics and...


Treatment of childhood neuroblastoma target of research project

- Jan 24, 2025

Using a combination of cutting-edge tools from biology and computer science, a Faculty of Science led research project will explore ways to improve treatment outcomes for the extracranial childhood cancer neuroblastoma.

“In the neuroblastoma tumour, we know there are populations of cancer stem cells, immature cells that drive the aggressiveness and therapy resistance, and our lab...


UWindsor researchers awarded $830,000 for quantum projects

- Jan 22, 2025

Three University of Windsor professors have been awarded a total of $830,000 in federal funding to support their research into quantum science.

Engineering professor Mitra Mirhassani, who specializes in automobile hardware cybersecurity, has been awarded $755,000 toward a project worth more than $5 million to develop secure cryptographic algorithms that can protect data from quantum...


Think tank to ignite health research collaborations

- Jan 17, 2025

The next WE-Spark Think Tank, Friday, Feb. 14, will offer an opportunity for researchers, students, health-care professionals, and community organizations to come together and find innovative solutions. Hosted on Zoom, this virtual session will run from 1 to 3 p.m. and is presented in collaboration with the Black Scholars Institute.

Attendees are encouraged to bring fresh ideas,...


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