In recent years, research has increasingly experienced pressure to justify itself, a phenomenon that is especially true for 鈥渇undamental鈥 or 鈥渂asic鈥 research. The important role of basic research for society and how it is funded are at the heart of a special lecture titled, "Funding Basic Research, Promoting Excellence, and Building Trust",聽which will be delivered […]
Arturo Orellana, professor of chemistry in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, is the recipient of a $60,000 Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award for Organic Chemistry, awarded in the amount of $20,000 per year over three years. 鈥淥n behalf of the 91亚色 research community, I would like to congratulate Professor Arturo Orellana on his receipt […]
Imagine that the players on your favourite football team were smaller than their opponents, and had to play without helmets or pads. Left defenseless, they would become easy prey for other teams. Similarly, changes in Canadian lake water chemistry have left聽small water organisms known as plankton聽vulnerable to their predators, which may pose a serious environmental […]
Robert Hach茅, a聽molecular聽and cellular biologist and biochemist, will assume the role of vice-president research & innovation at 91亚色 for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2011. The announcement of Hach茅's appointment was made yesterday by 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. 鈥淚 am thrilled that Dr. Hach茅 is coming to 91亚色,鈥 said聽Shoukri. 鈥淒r. […]
91亚色 chemistry students Jason Gregor and Fatima Panju placed among the top聽10 at the 39th Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC), the largest undergraduate chemistry conference in the country. Above, toasting their success, from left, Reihaneh Shankaie, Fatima Panju, Maisam Halabi, Derek Wilson, Jason Gregor, Mark Sever, Luba Bryushkova and Mihiret Kedida. (Dana […]
Excessive phosphorus dumps have become a major problem for Canada鈥檚 waterways, says Professor Lewis Molot, an environmental scientist in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies, wrote the National Post Jan. 6 in a story about a little-known move by the federal government banning the substance: The federal government brought in new regulations last July effectively […]
The work of three researchers from the Faculty of Science & Engineering (FSE) was honoured聽during the FSE Honours & Awards night on Nov. 18. The evening saw the presentation of the faculty's inaugural internal research awards to聽chemistry Professor Dasantila Golemi-Kotra, recipient of the 2010 Early Researcher Award; biology Professor Chun Peng, recipient of the 2010 […]
Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts, professor at the University of California, Irvine, will give the 20th Annual Harold I. Schiff Lecture in 91亚色鈥檚 Senate Chamber on Nov. 18. Organized by the 91亚色 Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry and the Faculty of Science & Engineering, Finlayson-Pitts鈥 talk, 鈥淩eactions at Interfaces in the Atmosphere:聽 Challenges and Opportunities鈥, starts at […]
It has taken many years of toiling, but 91亚色 Professor Emeritus Paul Herzberg has now completed a biography of his mother Luise Herzberg, the wife of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gerhard Herzberg (Hon DSc. '69) and an astrophysicist in her own right. Luise Herzberg, Astrophysicist: A Memoir is more than just a tribute to his mother, […]
Two 91亚色 chemistry students have won second place in two separate categories at the 38th Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC), the largest undergraduate chemistry conference in the country. The competition provides undergraduate students with a unique opportunity to present their research projects聽and network with fellow chemists. Right: Nadine Wellington shows her excitement […]
Michael Pollard, a chemistry professor in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, died suddenly of an aneurysm on Saturday, Feb. 27, in Toronto. He was just 36. Left: Professor Michael M. Pollard In聽Prof. Pollard's honour, 91亚色's聽flag will be lowered to half-mast at sunrise聽on Friday, March 5, until sunset on Saturday, March 6. Although he was […]
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 […]
Scientists at the new Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions (CRBI)聽at 91亚色, which officially opens today,聽aim to make discoveries that will impact global health care and the treatment of diseases. Understanding the foundation of key interactions at the molecular level is the research focus at the聽new centre,聽which will be housed聽in聽91亚色's Faculty of Science聽& Engineering. […]
91亚色 Professor K.W. Michael Siu has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest honour a Canadian scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences. This year鈥檚 new Fellows will be inducted at a ceremony to be held Nov. 28 in Gatineau, Que. A specialist in mass spectrometry whose work […]