More than 100 people joined University of Windsor students and faculty at Walkerville Brewery on Thursday for an evening of activity focused on ornithology. The event, called “Science On Tap: Birds and Beers,” was an opportunity for ornithology students and researchers from the Faculty of Science to interact with members of the community.

“We were really happy with the response,” said Dan Mennill, associate dean of science and organizer of the event. “More than 100 people took part, from many different parts of Essex County. It was a great evening, with an important exchange of ideas between the community and the university.”

Paul Pratt, president of the Holiday Beach Migration Observatory, said he enjoyed the event.

“It was a great opportunity to learn about the current research projects of university staff and students in a relaxed and friendly setting,” he said.

Andrea Bresolin, a first-year biology student and a member of the Science Meets Art (SMART) group, presented an exhibit of her photography.

“It was really exciting to be able to showcase my photography to the local community and show how art can communicate science,” said Bresolin.

The evening also included a presentation of posters summarizing research by UWindsor graduate students, a demonstration of 3D printed animals by a UWindsor graduate student, and lightning talks by three UWindsor professors.

Dean of science Chris Houser called the event exciting.

“Science On Tap: Birds and Beers showcased many facets of the Faculty of Science,” he said. “Highly informative presentations were delivered by undergraduate students, graduate students, and established faculty researchers.”

The evening of activities concluded with a competitive trivia contest, focusing on topics ranging from Famous Birds to Windsor Bird Lore.

“Since our event coincided with American Thanksgiving, we had a special trivia category focused on turkeys,” Dr. Mennill said. “I think we gave people some new ornithological vocabulary, such as the turkey’s ‘snood’ and ‘the pope’s nose’.”

More Science On Tap events and Science Uncorked events are planned for the new year, focusing on different areas of interest within the Faculty of Science.

Studying in another country is an exciting experience, but it is also a time of challenging change, adjustment, and stress. The University of Windsor is rolling out a service to help its students — those coming from abroad and those on international exchange — to cope.

The Keep.meSAFE Student Support Program is tailored to provide connections 24 hours a day to licensed and trained counsellors who can provide advice on:

• adapting to new cultures;
• success in studies;
• relationships with family and friends;
• everyday issues while studying abroad;
• stress, anxiety, loneliness, and more.

The best part, says Student Counselling Centre clinical director Mohsan Beg, is that the conversations take place immediately in five languages in addition to English.

“This program talks to these students where they are,” he says. “They can speak over the phone, chat online, text, and find resources on an Apple or Android device, their laptop, or home computer.”

Advisors and supporting materials are available in English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, or Spanish. If a student would like to speak to someone in a different language, Keep.meSAFE can access licensed counsellors in up to an additional 30 languages.

And it’s more than just language, Dr. Beg says.

“These counsellors understand the cultures of the students, both back home and because they have international study experience themselves,” he says. “They are able to relate to what our international students are going through being so far from home — on many levels.”

Beg notes that the service is also being made available to University of Windsor students who are currently on exchange: “We know studying abroad can be a challenge.

“As all of the counsellors speak English, we felt that Keep.meSAFE’s accessibility would be a great option for our domestic students who are experiencing cultural or emotional challenges but in reverse, namely being a Canadian in a foreign country.”

He is proud that the University of Windsor is the first institution in Ontario to offer this service to all its international students.

“Our counselling services help a good many students, but this program is especially tailored to the unique needs of those coming from outside Canada,” says Beg. “We expect it will be valuable to some that may have been reluctant to seek our assistance, for whatever reason.”

To learn more, visit www.keepmesafe.org, download the free My SSP app, or phone 1-844-451-9700.

University Players is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two tickets to see its staging of The 39 Steps, through December 3 in the Essex Hall Theatre.

Wednesday through Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; weekend matinees are at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 519-253-3000, ext. 2808, or visit www.UniversityPlayers.com.

To enter the contest, just send your answers to the following three trivia questions on music from Alfred Hitchcock movies. The winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 28.

1. Which 1938 thriller features a coded message hidden in a tune?
   a) The Lady Vanishes
   b) North by Northwest
   c) Notorious
   d) Rear Window
   e) Strangers on a Train
    
2. Doris Day’s performance of which song leads to the recovery of a kidnap victim in 1956’s The Man Who Knew Too Much?
   a) Dream a Little Dream of Me
   b) Que Sera, Sera
   c) Secret Love
   d) Sentimental Journey
   e) When I Fall in Love
    
3. Which 1945 psychological mystery earned composer Miklós Rózsa the Academy Award for best original score?
   a) Dial M for Murder
   b) Foreign Correspondent
   c) Spellbound
   d) Suspicion
   e) Vertigo
    

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to uofwnews@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please. Note: the decision of the judge in determining the most correct response is inviolable.

Understanding a building’s evolution is crucial to determining its future, says Jason Grossi, an architect, assistant professor in the School of Creative Arts, and co-ordinator of the Visual Arts and the Built Environment program.

His latest design project, a home for the Sandwich Brewing Company at 3232 Sandwich Street, opened to the public November 23. An adaptive reuse of a grouping of older historic constructs into a new microbrewery, it is the first construction under the city’s guidelines for the Sandwich Heritage Conservation District.

Grossi put in extensive forensic and historical research before being able to craft a contemporary architectural piece utilizing period-appropriate construction techniques and methods.

“I always try to understand the building so well that it tells me how it should evolve, rather than force my will onto the historic building,” he said.

The original structures were in a state of collapse when Grossi first began research and archival documentation of the historic structure. He learned that the original façade of the building had collapsed around 1950 and replaced with aluminum siding, requiring him to design a new face for the building.

Other cool elements include a hanging metal staircase and a cantilevered slab to support the brew tanks, both of which helped to reduce the weight bearing on the masonry walls.

The microbrewery is open for tours and, of course, beer.

A silent auction will raise funds for Alternative Spring Break programming, Wednesday and Thursday, November 29 and 30.

Alternative Spring Break offers UWindsor students a week of social action during Reading Week in February. The 2018 program will feature a choice of trips serving two local partners: Walpole Island and the Downtown Mission.

The silent auction will feature a wide range of items to bid on, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the CAW Student Centre Commons. Top bids at the close — 4 p.m. Thursday — will win.

To donate an item or seek more information, email asb@uwindsor.ca.

Tickets are selling quickly for the UWindsor faculty-staff holiday luncheon, and will not be reserved, advises Catering Services.

The annual tradition, set for noon Wednesday, December 6, in the CAW Student Centre’s Ambassador Auditorium, promises festive food stations, seasonal music, door prizes, and the company of friends and colleagues.

Tickets are $12 per person, including tax and a festive beverage. Each department is asked to delegate an individual to coordinate purchases. Tickets are available from the Catering Services office, room 12, Vanier Hall.

Spatial movements are often associated with changes in preferences, norms, and practices — including in the most intimate spheres, says Martina Cvajner.

A faculty member in the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences at the Università di Trento, Italy, she will deliver her lecture, “Migration and the Sexual Order” at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 28, in room 162, Chrysler Hall South.

This event, sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, is free and open to the public.