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Your DNA has a schedule. Daylight Saving Time doesn't care.

- Mar 4, 2026 Woman sleeping on text books

By Sara Elliott

Nearly half your genome operates on a clock. Daylight Saving Time throws it off.

When the clocks move forward an hour for Daylight Saving Time on March 8, our body’s natural clock —...


Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker supports UWindsor research during rare Lake Erie deep freeze

- Feb 24, 2026 Dr. Mike McKay to the right talking to two Coast Guard cadets on the left

By Sara Elliott 

With Lake Erie locked in its heaviest ice cover in more than two decades, a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker has become an...


UWindsor installation reveals unseen life of Great Lakes

- Feb 4, 2026 Creative Currents event photo

The hidden world of the Great Lakes will be revealed at the University of Windsor, where scientific instruments are being transformed into an immersive art installation. 

Creative Currents: Art and Science on the Great Lakes is a...


UWindsor research shows surprising implications in fish farming

- Jan 14, 2026 PhD candidate Dennis Otieno

By Sara Elliott  

Some farmed fish are snubbing commercial fish food pellets in favour of naturally and freely available microscopic organisms and invertebrates.   

That is...


National competition to showcase scientific research through art

- Jan 6, 2026 PhD candidate Rahaf Hussein's photograph, titled “Copper Beach.”

By Sara Elliott

Here is your chance to create art through a scientific lens. 

Canada’s annual scientific research...


New scholarship continues the Krause family legacy

- Jan 5, 2026 (Left) Catherine Quinlan (Right) Dr. Lucjan Krause

By Sara Elliott 

The new Dr. Lucjan Krause Graduate Scholarship for Physics Achievement honours the memory of a former University of Windsor physicist while...


Aspiring dentist balances leadership, research and scholarship

- Dec 15, 2025 Nicole Vanier

By Sara Elliott   

The journey to becoming a leader and a researcher began when biochemistry major Nicole Vanier was in high school.    

Having learned about the ...