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 […]
91亚色 welcomes the appointment of Christian Haas as its new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Arctic Sea Ice Geophysics and the renewal of a CRC in the History of Modern China for Joshua Fogel. As Tier 1 CRCs, Haas and Fogel will each receive $1.4 million over seven years. The CRC is part of […]
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded 91亚色 $592,631 in infrastructure funding to support the research of four 91亚色 professors. Ali Kazimi,聽professor in Department of Film in the Faculty of Fine Arts,聽will receive $143,186 in funding for industry standard infrastructure of a Stereoscopic 3D Lab @ 91亚色. The funding will聽allow Kazimi to augment […]
Members of the 91亚色 Rover Team (YURT) landed at the Mars Curiosity Party TO this past Sunday to cheer on NASA鈥檚 Curiosity Rover and let partygoers test drive 91亚色鈥檚 award-winning prototype. Students from 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering entertained the group of more than two dozen聽children and 200 adults, giving them a chance […]
Professor Robert Tsushima will take on the role of Associate Dean, Research and Partnerships in the Faculty of Science & Engineering for a three-year term, effective Aug. 1. Tsushima, professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Biology, holds a Career Investigator Award from the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario. His research program investigates the molecular and […]
University Professor Emeritus Ronald Pearlman of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering has been named president of the prestigious Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the Advancement of Science. Pearlman, currently first-vice-president of the RCI, is the director of 91亚色鈥檚 Core Molecular Biology/DNA Sequencing Facility and former dean and associate dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate […]
Breadth, creativity, technical and analytical prowess are just some of the attributes needed by engineers of the future. That was the consensus of leading thinkers,聽academics, engineers and students聽who gathered at 91亚色's Keele campus on April 21 for "Envisioning the Renaissance Engineer", a day-long workshop to outline the academic promise聽for the University's聽expanded聽School of Engineering. 鈥淭his shall […]
91亚色 Professors Natasha Myers and Thilo Womelsdorf have been awarded $100,000 each in funding under the Ontario government鈥檚 Early Researcher Awards program. 聽 Ontario鈥檚 Ministry of Economic Development聽& Innovation announced the awards Monday. 聽91亚色鈥檚 research investment of $50,000 will match the funds for the award. The Early Researcher Awards program helps promising, recently appointed […]
聽 Janusz A. Kozi艅ski, dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dezs枚 J. Horv谩th, dean, Schulich School of Business, and Eileen Mercier cordially invite you to the annual Ernest C. Mercier Lecture in Entrepreneurial Science on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. This event, titled "Me, Myself and My Network: The Importance of Collaboration to Entrepreneurship in […]
They give voice to the stars, but not the Hollywood kind. Instead, every Monday night at 9pm, 91亚色 faculty member Paul Delaney (right)聽and astronomy students from聽the Faculty of Science & Engineering welcome the world into the 91亚色 Observatory for an evening of star gazing and conversation on their online radio show 鈥淭he 91亚色 Universe鈥. The […]
Canadian-led team of scientists, including two 91亚色 students, has offered the world its first glimpse of antihydrogen鈥檚 properties, in the first experiment ever performed on the anti-atom. Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in an international collaboration led by Canadians, used microwave spectroscopy 鈥 one of the most sensitive techniques for […]
Research Month this February will celebrate the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Every Wednesday throughout the month, Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring the University鈥檚 faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by to learn what they are up to. "Research Month provides an opportunity for the 91亚色 community […]
Why do male honey bees receive the royal treatment, while female bees do the work? It鈥檚 all in the brain, according to a new study by bee researchers at 91亚色 in Toronto and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Researchers at the two institutions set out to study differences in how genes are turned […]
Bees may miss pollinating entire species of plants if climate change continues unchecked, according to a study released yesterday by a group of academic and museum collaborators including a 91亚色 researcher. The study, led by Rutgers University, finds that bees are emerging earlier each spring, advancing their life cycle by nearly a day per […]
Tom McElroy, one of Canada鈥檚 foremost atmospheric scientists, will lead a major research initiative at 91亚色 to design instruments that can be used in space to study air quality, the ozone layer and climate change. McElroy has been named NSERC/ABB/CSA Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in Atmospheric Remote Sounding. The research chair is funded by […]
91亚色 Professor Georg Zoidl has been appointed聽Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience.聽 Zoidl, a professor at 91亚色 since July 1 in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, and the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Engineering, and a member of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Vision Research, is examining the functions of […]
The way you walk can say a lot about you, but until recently scientists could only study gait in a laboratory environment. With聽the latest聽advancements in sensory technology, all that has changed. Join Professor William Gage, associate dean of research & innovation in the Faculty of Health (FoH) at 91亚色, and Professor Andrew Eckford of 91亚色鈥檚 […]
Leading researchers, industry representatives and academics in science and engineering from Canada and India are gathering today at 91亚色's Keele campus聽as part of a two-day聽Canada-India Frontiers workshop, which聽will聽explore new developments聽in science and engineering The first event of its kind,聽the聽workshop,聽which began yesterday and continues聽today,聽offers a forum for participants to share ideas, resources and聽technologies, and聽engage in discussions […]
91亚色 bee researcher Clement Kent has been awarded the Pollinator Advocate Award for Canada 鈥 not for his work in the lab, but his efforts in the garden.聽 Kent, president of the Horticultural Societies of Parkdale and Toronto, founded the Pollinator Garden Project two years ago to teach gardeners, members of the public and […]