A project to improve first-year courses is seeking input from instructors.
Oct 5th, 2017
A project to improve first-year courses is seeking input from instructors.
Dora Cavallo-Medved
A project to improve first-year courses is seeking input from instructors.
Chris Houser, dean of the Faculty of Science, meets forensics major Machella Hammond during sessions of the inaugural Preparation for Academic Success in Science.
Sep 12th, 2017
A new program of the Faculty of Science spent two days introducing its incoming students to the opportunities awaiting them.
First-year students test a new lab that will instruct them in several facets of cancer education.
Jun 6th, 2017
A new biology teaching lab will allow undergraduate students to start studying cancer in their first year.
She loves working with students, says biology professor Dora Cavallo-Medved, recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance.
Apr 6th, 2017
Biology professor Dora Cavallo-Medved received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance.
Members of the Windsor Cancer Research Group thank student Maria Napigkit for her support. From left: Youshaa El-Abed, Andrew Swan, Dora Cavallo-Medved, Karen Metcalfe, Napigkit, Natasha Wiebe, Lisa Porter.
Jan 11th, 2017
Maria Napigkit is getting behind the Windsor Cancer Research Group with a $150 donation through the #Make150Count campaign.
Instructors from across campus will come together to explore and exchange effective practices in large-class teaching at “Effectively Teaching in Large Classes: A Symposium of Ideas,” on Friday, November 18.
Organized by faculty members Judy Bornais of nursing and Julie Smit of biological sciences, the event came about as each of them was independently planning to bring a speaker on the topic to campus.
“When we discovered we were on the same track, we thought, why not make a full day of it?” says Bornais.
Biology professor Dora Cavallo-Medved is the lead author of “Life Matters,” a new textbook aimed at non-majors.
Dec 17th, 2015
Biology professor Dora Cavallo-Medved is the lead author of “Life Matters,” a new textbook aimed at non-majors.
As part of one of the Windsor Science Academy program activities, Sandwich Secondary students Jordan Sin (l.), Liam Salt (centre) and CJ Rempillo (r.) shatter flowers they had flash-frozen by dipping them in liquid nitrogen at -196° C.
Jul 13th, 2015
34 high schoolers from across Windsor-Essex who spent a week in the Faculty of Science for short lectures, fun activities and lab exercises.
Teaching assistant Marisa Market helps first-year biology students Emily Laughland, Tanja Spasojevic and Brenda Lao assemble models of genetic material in a lab on cell division.
Oct 30th, 2014
Students Hussein Hammoud and Marisa Market have helped to develop a blended learning approach to biology labs.
The Seeds4Hope Community Seminar Series will highlight the impact of local cancer research grants.