In the fall of 2010, 91亚色's Vice-President Academic & Provost聽Patrick Monahan announced the establishment of the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) to provide an investment of $2.5 million in support of innovation and change at the University. Applications were invited for funding to support new initiatives advancing 91亚色's strategic priorities. Of the applications received, 39 projects, […]
The Markham Convergence Centre Open House聽is looking for 91亚色聽student volunteers to assist with this exciting event. Volunteers are invited to stay for the event and listen to the keynote speaker, Michael 鈥淧inball鈥 Clemons. Refreshments and lunch will be served. Transportation will be provided for the volunteers if needed. Volunteers will be needed on Saturday, […]
Don鈥檛 forget to join President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and the rest of the senior executive team at the President鈥檚 Town Hall on Wednesday for an interactive dialogue bringing 91亚色 faculty, staff and students together. The town hall will take place Sept. 21, from 11am into the noon hour, in the Sandra Faire & […]
Seeking answers to questions is what a university is all about. What has 91亚色 accomplished this year? Where are we going from here? Join President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and the rest of the senior executive team at the President鈥檚 Town Hall 鈥 an interactive dialogue bringing 91亚色 faculty, staff and students together. The […]
The 91亚色 Rover Team 鈥 just call them YURTs 鈥 maintained their record of excellence at the international University Rover Challenge (URC) on the weekend, finishing in second place to a team from Poland in the hot deserts of Utah. (CBC also covered the team's success). Above: Members of the 91亚色 Rover Team […]
IP Osgoode has partnered with Ontario Centres of Excellence鈥檚 (OCE) Centre for Commercialization of Research (CCR) to create a unique intellectual property (IP) clinical program聽that will match Osgoode law students with OCE-supported companies to help them secure and protect their IP en route to commercial success. IP Osgoode, Osgoode Hall Law School鈥檚 Intellectual Property聽& Technology […]
Hailing it as 鈥渙ne of the best film schools in Canada鈥, the Canadian Film Centre鈥檚 Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF) is honouring 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Film with a dedicated retrospective screening at the Royal Ontario Museum on June 1. Now in its 17th year,聽WSFF is the leading venue for the exhibition and promotion of […]
A 91亚色 biology student has won the award for top Physiology & Toxicology Oral Presentation at the 24th annual Ontario Biology Day (OBD) held聽at Wilfrid Laurier University in March. Olimpia Del Duca, studying under 91亚色 biology Professor Andrew Donini, presented her paper, 鈥淐arbonic Anhydrase in the Anal Papillae of the Larval Mosquito, Aedes aegypti鈥, to […]
Can 3D images be made to look more realistic? 91亚色 vision researchers have discovered how a to keep our eyes on the prize, so to speak. In order to see 3D images properly, our left and right eyes have to view separate images. Because 3D display technology isn鈥檛 perfect, there are times when images […]
91亚色 students have a chance this summer to join an archeological dig of an ancient village in Israel鈥檚 Negev Desert. Horvat Tsalit flourished during the turbulent years from King Herod to the violent Bar Kochba War (circa 30 BCE to 135 CE). According to ancient historian Flavius Josephus, it provided sanctuary to Judean militias fleeing […]
Most people think of slavery as a thing of the past. But that鈥檚 a misconception, says 91亚色 PhD history candidate Karlee Sapoznik of the newly formed Alliance Against Modern Slavery (AAMS). Human trafficking alone is a $32 billion annual industry today and, at聽any聽given time,聽there are聽up to 27 million slaves around the world 鈥撀爐he majority of […]
Who should be the beneficiaries of publicly funded anthropological research? That was the聽question 91亚色 students in Professor Karl Schmid鈥檚 second-year Public Anthropology class addressed in their submissions to the 2010 Public Anthropology Competition 鈥 a North America-wide contest involving 4,000 students in 21 schools. Seven students in Schmid's class won awards for their聽op-ed聽pieces, which聽debated the […]
Osgoode Hall Law School鈥檚 Innocence Project, which provides up to 10 Juris Doctor (JD) students every year with supervised clinical work on cases of suspected wrongful conviction, is the driving force behind a constitutional challenge over preservation of evidence in murder cases. The students, who are supervised by Innocence Project Director and Professor Alan Young […]
Harold Kaplan, professor emeritus of political science and former dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Arts, died on June 22 at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie. He was 74. Kaplan joined the University in 1962 and served as acting chair of political science at the Glendon campus from 1964 to 1965. After his first sabbatical […]
Narcissists and those with low self-esteem gravitate toward Facebook as a self-promotional tool and tend to be heavier users of the site, according to a study by a 91亚色 psychology student. Soraya Mehdizadeh examined the online habits and personalities of 100 Facebook users at 91亚色 ranging in age from 18-25 years old. Her […]
Avant-garde, thrilling, provocative, brainy and fascinating are just a few of the words used to describe films directed by several 91亚色 alumni, as well as a current student, that are screening at this year鈥檚 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) . The 91亚色 talent among the 300 productions showing at TIFF Sept. 9 to 19 includes聽debut […]
91亚色 filmmakers are making headlines and shining in the industry spotlight. From film festival successes to prestigious awards, these cinematic storytellers have much to share. CineSiege, 91亚色鈥檚 annual juried student film festival, is often the harbinger for success at festivals around the world. After, the winner of the CineSiege Best Sound Award in 2009, is […]
It鈥檚 safe to say that 91亚色 student Neil Wilson never expected that his real estate law professor鈥檚 idea for an essay topic would land him $3000, wrote Canadian Lawyer Magazine July 5: The Osgoode Hall Law School student鈥檚 essay, 鈥淧art performance: An invaluable tool in the practice of real estate law鈥, recently won the 2010 […]
A 91亚色 certificate program aimed at training front-line workers who deal with refugees has graduated its first cohort of students and is already showing promising results.聽 The Certificate in Refugee聽& Forced Migration Issues Program, run out of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and the Centre for Refugee Studies, teaches students how […]
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, examined the influence of gender, sexual orientation and whether […]