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Alumna helps drive startup success in automotive innovation

- Jan 6, 2025

Alumna Mackenzie Habash (BSc. Hons 2021) credits the critical thinking skills she gained as an economics major for her career success.

“I found my honours economics degree was a great catalyst to look at a problem wholistically to try and solve it,” says Habash.

“It gave me the skills to have good financial acumen to look at a problem and be able to come up with a multitude of...


Celebration of women in computing

- Jan 6, 2025

Sixteen graduates and undergraduates from the School of Computer Science accompanied Dr. Shafaq Khan to attend 2024 Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing Conference (CAN-CWIC), in Toronto.

Students got the opportunity to be inspired by keynote speeches, learn from lightning talks, participate in the career fair and engage with leaders and peers in the computing field. One of the...


MSc candidate helps monitor water quality in connecting channels of the Great Lakes Basin

- Jan 6, 2025

Dennis Otieno, an MSc candidate from the Lake Victoria basin in Kenya, is gaining hands-on experience with the Laurentian Great Lakes by contributing to water quality monitoring in the Detroit River, a connecting channel of the Great Lakes.

The project is part of the Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) connecting channels monitoring program. Sampling sites along the connecting...


Lab harnessing science in service of libations

- Jan 6, 2025

Because of its mild microclimate, Windsor-Essex has developed a well-deserved reputation for excellence in wine making, but not all local vintners have access to the cutting-edge scientific technology that can take their product to the next level.

Enter the University of Windsor Agri-Food and Beverage lab: a newly established and globally unique facility under the supervision of...


Students dive into robotics and research at RAEON

- Dec 20, 2024

A group of high school students took a deeper look at the mechanics of underwater gliders during a visit to RAEON (Real-Time Aquatic Ecosystem Observation Network) earlier this month, gaining hands-on experience with the high-tech devices used to monitor the Great Lakes ecosystems.

About 21 students from Assumption College Catholic High School’s Technological Design (Robotics) class,...


University achieves unprecedented global and national success in academic rankings

- Dec 18, 2024

The University of Windsor continues to shine on the global stage, achieving its highest-ever rankings in the 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS), earning recognition across eight academic disciplines.

This marks the University’s highest-ever performance in these global rankings,...


Cross-border collaboration seeking to improve community health

- Dec 18, 2024

The University of Windsor campus lies in the shadow of the Ambassador Bridge to Detroit. For many of its researchers, collaborators are just across the fast-moving water that defines the Windsor-Detroit boundary.

The free exchange of knowledge is just as important as the stream of trucks that pass through the international border every day. The Health and Wellness Friendly Communities...


Study of arctic ecology to take lead from Inuit communities

- Dec 16, 2024

As the impacts of climate change are felt in Canada’s North, researchers are working to understand what this means for eider ducks. The distinctive black and white seabird is a source of food, a commercial trade, and an important cultural focus for Inuit people.

Biology professor Christina Semeniuk, whose predictive ecology lab at...


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