A waterproof controller designed and built by 91亚色 researchers is allowing an underwater robot to go 鈥渨ireless鈥 in a unique way. AQUA, an amphibious, otter-like robot, is small and nimble, with flippers rather than propellers, designed for intricate data collection from shipwrecks and reefs. The robot, a joint project of 91亚色, McGill and Dalhousie […]
It used to be a hockey arena. Now it houses the latest functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology, wrote the Canadian Jewish News Sept. 22: Last week, 91亚色 officially opened the Sherman Health Science Research Centre, a facility for research in brain and vision, biomechanics, virtual reality and robotics. Planning for the facility, which […]
You would balk at getting an iPad wet, but a tablet computer has now been designed to work deep under the sea 鈥 not to allow divers to check e-mail, but so that they can communicate with underwater robots working in hard-to-reach or dangerous locations, such as the inside of shipwrecks or caves in coral […]
The opening last week of a new state-of-the-art health research centre was made possible by a $5-million investment by 91亚色 Foundation board member Honey Sherman and her husband Dr. Barry Sherman, president and CEO of Apotex Inc., wrote the Jewish Tribune Sept. 21: The project brings scientists who study the brain and vision, virtual […]
91亚色 will have聽even more聽opportunity to partner with researchers from China after the University signed a collaboration agreement with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Monday. CASS has over 30 research institutes, while 91亚色 has one of the largest faculties of social sciences and humanities in Canada, which makes this an ideal partnership. 鈥淐ASS is […]
91亚色 ranked first in Canada and seventh in the world in business ethics research among leading academic institutions, according to a recently published study on business ethics research. Ushering the way for 91亚色 was Professor Mark Schwartz (right) of the School of Administrative Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), who […]
A 91亚色 doctoral student, who discovered a new species of bee on his way to the lab one morning, has completed a study that examines 84 species of sweat bees in Canada. Nineteen of these species 鈥 including the one Jason Gibbs found in downtown Toronto 鈭 are new to science because they have […]
Researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at 91亚色 have been awarded over $10 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants, part of $190.5 million in funding and awards invested across the country, will support over 220 innovative 91亚色 research projects to improve Canadians鈥 quality of life while […]
"It鈥檚 expensive doing research up there" in the High Arctic, says聽Elizabeth Miller. Flying all your equipment and four months鈥 worth of food and supplies costs thousands of dollars when you have to transfer three times en route from Toronto聽鈥 via Ottawa, Iqaluit and Resolute 鈥 to get to Polar Bear Pass on Bathurst Island. Research […]
Walking into a movie theatre to watch a sequel, an audience generally knows what to expect 鈥 more of the same. But in recent years, there has been a trend towards discarding the standard sequel formula, allowing a new artistic team to reimagine a聽film franchise. For better or for worse 鈥 the cinematic results of […]
Interactive technologies have revolutionized how we communicate, collaborate and generate ideas and knowledge. How do these changes affect classrooms? How do teachers stay ahead of the curve,聽and at the same time prepare students for the future? These questions and more聽will be聽explored in the ninth annual Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) 2010 Summer Institute (ASI 2010) […]
An International Symposium on Chinese Canadian Literature at 91亚色 this week will introduce Chinese Canadian writers and their works to readers, writers and researchers from China and elsewhere. This international symposium aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas on Chinese Canadian literature, review and define the parameters of the research field and promote a robust […]
Professors' SSHRC-funded project involves research collaboration with the Toronto District School Board A project led by 91亚色 Faculty of Education Professors Heather Lotherington and Jennifer Jenson at Joyce Public School in North 91亚色, and funded by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC),聽has received two awards. The 91亚色-Joyce Public School Multiliteracies […]
Physics doctoral student Panagiotis Vergados (MSc '06) has found a new technique for improving the聽precision of global positioning systems (GPS) dual-frequency signals聽鈥 and won four national and international awards in three years for papers detailing how. Vergados developed this technique聽to get more accurate readings of the Earth鈥檚 thermal structure. It was designed for satellite-to-satellite GPS […]
After a聽review some 2,000 articles in 75 leading English-language journals worldwide, an article co-written by 91亚色 human resource management Professor Souha Ezzedeen was chosen as one of 20 official nominees for the 2009 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. The annual award, presented last month,聽is named for Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who has […]
Professor Laurence Packer, professor of biology in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, spoke to Bob McDonald, host of CBC's Quirks & Quarks on June 26 about his research on international bee populations. He is the author of Keeping the Bees: Why All Bees Are at Risk and What We Can Do to Save Them. […]
Gay men can recall familiar faces faster and more accurately than their heterosexual counterparts because, like women, they use both sides of their brains, according to a new study by 91亚色 researchers. The study published in the journal, Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition and led by Psychology Professor Jennifer Steeves in the […]
Claire Wynveen (MFA 鈥09) is the first student on record in the Department of Theatre to be awarded a thesis prize by the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Her thesis encompassed her performance in the Theatre @ 91亚色 production of Peter Barnes鈥 macabre satire The Bewitched (see YFile, April 7, 2009) as well as a written […]
The first cohort of students graduating from 91亚色鈥檚 Neuroscience Graduate聽Diploma Program will present their leading-edge research today as part of the University鈥檚 first Neuroscience Research Day. The presentations will take place from 9am to 3:30pm in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building on 91亚色's Keele campus. Fifteen students will offer summaries of their research. The students come […]
Discovery 2010, the Ontario Centre of Excellence鈥檚 annual conference to showcase and celebrate Ontario innovation, is one of Ontario鈥檚 flagship programs that supports and promotes research at Ontario鈥檚 universities, colleges, research institutions and companies. Held May 17 and 18, Discovery 2010 was billed as 鈥淲here next Happens鈥 for Clean Tech, Health Tech, High Tech and […]