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Prof recognized for contributions to health care
- Jun 10, 2024The Ontario Medical Association has recognized biomedical sciences professor Lisa Porter with the 2023 Centennial Award, which honours non-physicians for outstanding achievements in advancing the health and welfare of the people of Ontario.
“I’m so grateful and humbled that my physician colleagues at Windsor Regional Hospital and Essex County Medical...
Student researchers translate computer problem into human languages
- Jun 10, 2024The unsolicited reviews people post on the internet are feedback gold to companies looking to enhance customer satisfaction and retention.
A team of researchers in computer science professor Hossein Fani’s lab combed social media sites looking for these reviews. However, they hit a roadblock when some reviews failed to explicitly mention the...
Online session to spark health research collaborations
- Jun 7, 2024Researchers, students, and health care professionals in all disciplines interested in discussing new ideas, solving problems, and making new connections are invited to WE-Spark Think Tanks.
A session on Zoom scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, June 21, will ask participants for input on three presentations:
- Parent bias during pregnancy: The impact of dysregulated...
Conference provides a chemical bond for industry and academe
- Jun 7, 2024Chemists and biochemists were in full networking form at UWindsor’s fifth annual ChemiConn on May 16.
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted around 100 scientists, students, and industry professionals.
“This unique networking event aims to introduce the high-quality research being carried out at our institution and establish...
UWindsor partners land $6.5 million in U.S. federal funding to continue Great Lakes research
- Jun 5, 2024A Great Lakes research centre that studies the link between climate change, harmful algal blooms, and human health is getting $6.5 million US to continue its work and relocate to the University of Michigan, bringing it closer to its research partners in Windsor.
The Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health will be able to continue its work, thanks to funding from the...
Project to advance sensor combining cancer detection and treatment
- Jun 5, 2024A UWindsor-led research investigation is looking to create degradable electronics that could detect and treat brain cancer. The implanted electronics would detect cancer growth and then degrade and release medicine.
“The goal is to use materials chemistry, device engineering, and polymer science to get these little devices, which are sensors, to be physically placed at the site of the...
Alumni to honour faculty members for innovation in teaching
- Jun 5, 2024The University of Windsor Alumni Association will bestow its Alumni Award for Distinguished Contributions to University Teaching on two professors during Spring Convocation ceremonies this week: Pooya Moradian Zadeh of the School of Computer Science and Kevin Milne of the Department of Kinesiology.
The award honours faculty members — nominated by colleagues, alumni,...
Graduand honoured for exceptional engagement
- Jun 3, 2024The scholarly and leadership accomplishments of Samantha Blackwell during her undergraduate career have earned her the President’s Medal, awarded to a graduating student who has made an outstanding contribution to campus activities while maintaining a superior academic record.
Blackwell earned a cumulative average of 95 per cent and a major average of 98 per cent in her studies toward...
