Science in the News

Contest a chance to show Canada your research

Would you like to show your research to the whole country? Submit a vibrant image of your research to the Science Exposed contest for a chance to win $2,000 and showcase your work Canada-wide!

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has launched a new edition of the research...

Researchers using AI to address social isolation

Artificial intelligence often gets a bad rap. But professor Pooya Moradian Zadeh of the School of Computer Science argues AI has a critical role to play in supporting societal challenges and contributing to domains like the health-care sector.

His research team is exploring how technology tools and AI can be leveraged to address social isolation, a key factor in determining health...

Fund supports development of environmental stewards

To help protect the land, the water, and future generations, Clint Jacobs, Candy Donaldson, and Catherine Febria — all from the Department of Integrative Biology — together created the Indigenous Guardians Endowment Fund to support training programs for youth, research and stewardship jobs,...

Feathered fun the focus of Thursday community event

The Faculty of Science will welcome all local bird enthusiasts to Walkerville Brewery on Thursday, Nov. 28, for an evening of feathers and fun.

The community outreach event “Science On Tap: Birds and Beers IV” will include lightning talks by University of Windsor ornithologists, graduate student bird posters, a trivia contest, a Science Meets Art exhibit, and a prize draw for a pair of...

Biologist to helm Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

The Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences has appointed Trevor Pitcher, professor at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research and the Department of Integrative Biology, as co-editor-in-chief with University of Toronto professor Martin Krkosek, starting Jan. 1.

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Computer programming competition hosted by the School of Computer Science

Over the weekend of Nov. 10 and 11, the School of Computer Science hosted the Regional inter-university computer programming competition. The University of Windsor was one of four hosting sites in the East-Central North-American Region and the only site in Ontario.

The competition brought together 556 elite student programmers, making up 193 teams attempting to solve 13 problems in...

Family ties draw student from Taiwan to Windsor

By pursuing her academic dreams at UWindsor, Tiffany Huang became a third-generation science student.

The fourth-year undergraduate is currently studying biology and psychology. Her father, William Huang, studied the same double major in the 1990s. But she says her academic legacy story starts with her grandfather, Fore-lien Huang, who finished a biology doctorate in the 1970s.

Students to head symposium of undergrad chemistry research

A pair of students from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry want their fellow undergraduate researchers to show off their contributions at the next Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2025).

Liz Sylvestre and Jonathan Houser are co-chairs of a new...