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Stuart Castillo and Maks Dziura

By Sara Elliott  

A University of Windsor researcher is one step closer to building a facility that could deliver cutting-edge cancer treatment, produce medical isotopes and anchor a new industry in Windsor — after securing nearly $2 million to design it.  

Dr. Drew Marquardt, head of chemistry and biochemistry, has spent years advocating for a compact accelerator-based neutron source (CANS) in Windsor. The funding, announced March 13 as part of a $552-million federal infrastructure investment through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), will support a full scientific and technical design for a prototype facility.  

Student dressed in a yellow raincoat covered in fake leaves with spiralled pink pool noodles on their head

By Kate Hargreaves 

Black mold, salmonella, E. coli and even brain-eating amoeba took over the CAW Student Centre March 16. 

What sounds like a health and safety nightmare was not, in fact, a biohazard but rather a Bioart fashion show coordinated by School of Creative Arts professor and Canada Research Chair Dr. Jennifer Willet. 

Three students sitting

By Sara Elliott

As questions about Canada’s economic direction mount, University of Windsor students will soon hear directly from someone working at the centre of it.

Economist Dr. Chris D’Souza from the Bank of Canada will visit campus Monday, March 23, speaking in three undergraduate classes as part of the bank’s Central Bank in Your Classroom program.

Dora Cavallo-Medved

By Sara Elliott

WE-SPARK Health Institute is ready to support innovative health research and education projects with the launch of its 2026 grant competition.

The competition provides seed funding to stimulate research development in Windsor-Essex.