Science in the News

2025 Science Awards honour outstanding faculty, staff and students

The Faculty of Science held their annual Spring and Shout event to celebrate those staff, faculty and students who went above and beyond in their job with the announcement of the 2025 Science Awards.

Faculty and staff award recipients:

• Research Excellence & Impact Award – Jeff Rau, Physics
• Research Excellence & Impact Award – Phillip...

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Environmental activities Sunday to celebrate Earth

The University of Windsor will be represented at the city’s Earth Day festival, Sunday, April 27, in Malden Park.

The day promises free activities, exhibits, and entertainment from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the park, located at 4200 Malden Road.

Among the...

Engineering student wins Three Minute Thesis by addressing flaws in 3D printing

A mechanical engineering graduate student took first place in the annual Three Minute Thesis competition with research that pokes holes in three-dimensional printing technology by exploring the flaws left in printed parts.

Dora Strelkova impressed the judges with her presentation, titled “You wouldn’t want a pie filled with holes, so why should we accept 3D printed parts with them?”...

Forensics students eligible for Bookstore discounts Tuesday

The Campus Bookstore is offering savings to forensics students on Tuesday, April 8, as part of a series of discount days targeted to students in specific programs.

Hooded sweatshirts embroidered with “Forensics” are available for $55 — a savings on the regular price of $69.95. The sweatshirts are a 50-50...

Explanation of new type of magnet attracting notice

Physics professor Jeffrey Rau’s research into a new type of magnetism has caught the attention of the pre-eminent journal Physical Review Letters. One of his latest publications was not only featured in the journal, but was selected for its “Collection of the Year 2024” list.

“Out of the 2,000 to 2,500 published papers, which are...

Talk to offer perspectives on immigrant career journey

UWindsor alumnus Franklin H. Ezenwa (BSc 2015), a motivational speaker, best-selling author, and software developer at IBM Canada, will discuss his career journey as an immigrant to Canada in a free presentation hosted by the Cube in the Freed-Orman Commons from noon to 2 p.m. on Monday, March 24.

Ezenwa spoke at the Lancer Leadership...

Virtual reality interface wins notice for computer science student

The School of Computer Science is celebrating the achievement of master of science student Hai Ly, whose research paper on skeleton-based keystroke recognition in virtual reality received the Best Short Paper Award at the IEEE AIxVR 2025 Conference.

Co-authored with his supervisor, Dan Wu, the paper, "Towards Skeleton-Based Keystroke Recognition in Virtual Reality," introduces an...

Hackathon brings computer students and industry together

Students, mentors, and industry professionals gathered Feb. 15 and 16 for a weekend of creativity and collaboration. The WinHacks hackathon welcomed about 150 participants, volunteers, and sponsors, with teams competing for more than $2,000 in prizes.

Organized by the Computer Science Society, the event featured workshops, mentorship, and networking, giving both new and experienced...