91亚色's Faculty of Education will host its annual research forum on technology in education today, from 2 to 4pm in 280N 91亚色 Lanes. Professor Jennifer Jenson (right) will present "Baroque Baroque Revolution: High Culture Gets Game".聽In聽today鈥檚 鈥渟uper-saturated, socially networked, Second Life, massively multiplayer, online, keyed-in, content generating, 2.0, 鈥榞local鈥欌 culture, the world of Baroque music, […]
Heidi Marsh's study about infants reading and interpreting the intentions of adults as early as six or nine months was featured on Saturday, February 13, 2010 on CBC's Quirks & Quarks, hosted by Bob McDonald. Download the podcast to hear Marsh, a psychology PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health at 91亚色's Centre for Infancy […]
A study by 91亚色 researchers reveals that infants as young as six months old know when we鈥檙e 鈥減laying鈥 them 鈥 and they don鈥檛 like it. Researchers in 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Infancy Studies examined six- and nine-month-old babies鈥 reactions to a game in which an experimenter was either unable or unwilling to share a toy. […]
The technology to turn oneself into a mixed-race avatar might be confined to movies, but Brian Banton plays with racial manipulations of himself online, wrote the Toronto Star (online) Jan. 27 in a story that included five photos of him. As a 91亚色 graduate student, he explores questions of racial hybridity as related to corporate […]
91亚色 students who are enrolled in courses affiliated with the University鈥檚 Experiential Education initiative get valuable opportunities to apply their skills to real world problems and situations. Experiential Education (EE) is a form of engaged learning that blends theory and coursework with practical, hands-on experience. As part of their academic studies, Faculty of Liberal […]
Playing video games for hours on end may prepare young Billy to become a laparoscopic surgeon one day, a study from 91亚色 has shown. The findings, published online in the journal CORTEX, demonstrate that playing video games reorganizes the brain鈥檚 activity and can lead to better control of skilled movements. Alterations to the brain鈥檚 […]
Last summer, a number of 91亚色 undergraduates won the chance to spend their 16-week break doing research and getting paid for it. Funded by national grants, they worked with 91亚色 biology and chemistry professors on projects ranging from how wood thrushes care for their young to how to reduce carbon dioxide聽in the atmosphere. They were […]
Tai chi can help mitigate musculoskeletal disorders caused by extended computer use and provide a lift in mood, says a study led by 91亚色 researchers. The study looked at female computer users at the University, measuring levels of physical fitness and psychological well-being in more than 50 staff members who participated in a twice-weekly […]
Professor Laurence Packer鈥檚 bee lab was recently featured on CBC鈥檚 The Nature of Things, hosted by David Suzuki. The episode, 鈥淭o Be or Not to Be鈥, highlights dramatic declines in North America's wild bee and honey bee populations, and explores whether the disappearance of the insects is an early warning sign of a larger ecological […]
91亚色 researchers have identified a cell-signalling process that stimulates blood vessel growth and may help break the cycle of diabetes by making it easier for patients to exercise. Professor Tara Haas (right) and colleagues in 91亚色鈥檚 Muscle Health Research Centre studied stimuli that can cause blood vessels in muscle to grow. Their research aims […]
91亚色 film Professor Colleen Wagner鈥檚 current project, 鈥淭heatre of the Wounded鈥, places women at the centre of heroic myths, a space they have not traditionally occupied. Wagner's creative undertaking,聽which is funded by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, seeks to give women and girls a new role and voice, something that no […]
91亚色鈥檚 Michael Vesia, a PhD candidate in kinesiology in the Faculty of Health, is the winner of聽a 2009 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Synapse Mentorship Award worth $5,000 for his work in organizing a Brain Day at the University. Brain Day was originally designed by Vesia and Portage Trail Middle School Grade 8 teacher […]
John Batasar is taking part in a groundbreaking 91亚色 study to determine the health and fitness effects of off-road motorcycle & all-terrain vehicle (ATV) riding,聽reported The Globe and Mail July 2. The 91亚色 research is the first comprehensive fitness probe of recreational off-roaders. The final phase of the three-year, three-part study is still under […]