Science in the News

Colloquium to take statistical approach to climate change

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

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

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

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,...

Students demonstrate computer skills

The School of Computer Science’s Demo Day is about students creatively solving societal problems via computer programming projects.

The 11th CS Demo Day did not disappoint with more than 20 presentations including research and real-time projects from current undergraduate and graduate students.

With projects from students in the Master of Applied Computing (MAC) program, along...

Sisters double up on science medals

For the second year in a row, Noble twins have tied for the Board of Governors In-Course Medal for the Faculty of Science.

Ally and Jenny Noble, fourth-year undergraduates taking the same double major of biomedical sciences and biochemistry, will take home the 2024 medals to go with their 2023...

Alumna helps drive startup success in automotive innovation

Alumna Mackenzie Habash (BSc. Hons 2021) credits the critical thinking skills she gained as an economics major for her career success.

“I found my honours economics degree was a great catalyst to look at a problem wholistically to try and solve it,” says Habash.

“It gave me the skills to have good financial acumen to look at a problem and be able to come up with a multitude of...

Celebration of women in computing

Sixteen graduates and undergraduates from the School of Computer Science accompanied Dr. Shafaq Khan to attend 2024 Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing Conference (CAN-CWIC), in Toronto.

Students got the opportunity to be inspired by keynote speeches, learn from lightning talks, participate in the career fair and engage with leaders and peers in the computing field. One of the...