UWindsor is the midst of the most exciting transformation in its history. The momentum that began with the Medical Education Building has continued as the $112-million Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation (CEI) opened its doors on September 17.

The Fall 2012 edition of VIEW, the University of Windsor alumni magazine, features a 12-page special section that focuses on the student, faculty, research and community connections that the CEI will foster.

Fall brings with it the Annual Giving Program—a key element in the University's fundraising. VIEW’s online edition includes the entire UWindsor 2011/12 donor list, paying tribute to those who have chosen to make a difference.

It also includes profiles of engineering alumnus Rick Corrent, manager of the team building One World Trade Center, and master’s student Bryan Esteban, who is developing a new way to charge electric vehicles.

Reader can now access VIEW in several ways:

• Visit www.uwindsor.ca/view to download either a PDF or “flipbook” version of the magazine
• Apple iPad or iPhone users can download the VIEW PDF at www.uwindsor.ca/view. iPad/iPhone users cannot open the flipbook as Apple does not support Flash programming.
• Android phone or tablet users whose devices support Flash can access the flipbook; click here: www.uwindsor.ca/view. Other Android users can save the VIEW PDF in their Downloads folder and access it there.

A trip to Canada’s far north with an expedition to catch and tag fish, and set out acoustic receivers to track their movements, has been one of the most amazing experiences of his life, says Stephen  Fields.

A communications officer in the University of Windsor’s department of Public Affairs and Communications, Fields joined researcher Nigel Hussey aboard the MV Nuliajuk, a 64-foot vessel plying the waters off the coast of Baffin Island.

“I’ve seen so much, absorbed so much new information, met people from all parts of Canada, and learned about their work and their ways of life,” Fields says.

In his five years working at the University, he has developed a keen sense of the crucial role science and evidence-based research plays in shaping everyday lives.
“Now I have whole new sense of just how difficult, and paradoxically fulfilling, gathering that evidence can be,” he says.

Fields wrote a number of dispatches during his eight-day trip; read the collection on his blog.

The Marche Pasta station in the CAW Student Centre’s Marketplace food court is offering patrons a break this week.

Pair any pasta with any sauce for just $5 through Friday, October 5 (extra charge for vegetables or protein).