International Development’s team relocates to Odette Building
International Development’s team relocates to Odette Building
A new restaurant and bar, Mare Nostrum, opened this week in the space adjacent to the Education Building.
Visual Arts alumna Pearl Van Geest receives the 2015 Canadian Art Foundation Writing Prize
It was an historic Pan Am Games performance by the Canadian women's basketball team Monday and UWindsor alum Miah-Marie Langlois was right in the centre of the action.
The 23-year-old Langlois started at point guard against the powerful United States as Canada won its first gold medal in women's basketball with an 81-73 win.
"It's one of those things that you don't realize how great it is until it's over," said Langlois. "It's pretty awesome”
Former Windsor Lancer track & field athletes Melissa Bishop and Nicole Sassine have been named to the Canadian national team for the 2015 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Beijing, August 22 to 30.
Bishop, of Eagenville, will compete in the women's 800m while Sassine, of Windsor, will run as part of the Canadian 4x400m relay team.
"The World Championships are the last major measuring stick as we prepare for the 2016 Olympic Games," says Peter Eriksson, Head Coach and Chief Technical Officer.
Back by popular demand is the Campus Bookstore’s Sidewalk Sale, Thursday July 23, on the main floor of the CAW Student Centre.
The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and feature savings on a variety of items.
“Thousands of marked-down clothes and computer accessories and supplies will be on display and on sale,” says marketing coordinator Martin Deck.
Due to wireless network updates, IT Services is notifying the campus community of coming changes to campus WiFi network names, in addition to several short WiFi connectivity outages across campus between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., Thursday July 23.
“The updates to the network aim at expanding the types of devices that can be connected to it,” says Computing Consultant Bodek Frak. “These include display monitors and Apple TVs, Playstations and Xboxes, and Ubuntu devices.”
As of 7 a.m. July 23, campus WiFi network names will reflect the following changes:
The English Department’s Writer-in-Residence program is shifting gears this fall with the introduction of UWindsor’s first Cartoonist-in-Residence, Scott Chantler, who will take his post in September. UWindsor is thought to be the first Canadian university to step into the realm of cartoon study with its Writer-in-Residence program.
A UWindsor computer science masters student develops an innovative High-Speed Rail collision testing software to soon be used in China.
Former Lancer and alumna Korissa Williams has helped The Canadian women's basketball team claim the Universiade silver medal at the 28th Summer Universiade.