A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. So sang Mary Poppins, but as Schulich School of Business聽Professor of finance Moshe Milevsky says, his newest book uses the same principle to help people understand their finances. In what Milevsky calls a 鈥渧ery different book than what I usually write,鈥 The 7 Most Important Equations […]
91亚色鈥檚 Schulich School of Business will launch Canada鈥檚 first Master of Science in Business Analytics in September, one of just a few master鈥檚-level programs worldwide in this rapidly growing and highly sought after discipline. Business analytics 鈥 the art and science of advanced statistical analysis popularized by the movie Moneyball and the bestselling book, Competing […]
91亚色 Vice-President Research & Innovation, Robert Hach茅, invites the 91亚色 research community to attend a Town Hall Meeting to facilitate an external review of the ORU landscape.聽 Please join us on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 from 4:30 - 5:30 pm in Room 519 of the 91亚色 Research Tower. Please RSVP to Barbara Burrowes, by Friday […]
The Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced Wednesday that 60 researchers at 91亚色 have been awarded more than $7 million in NSERC grants, while eight graduate students have received a total of $318,500 in funding for scholarships and fellowships. The funding was awarded following national, peer-reviewed competitions conducted by NSERC.聽聽 […]
Through a new province-wide campaign, Ontario university researchers are reaching out to explain the value and benefits of university research. The Council of Ontario Universities (COU) launched Research Matters聽to showcase new stories and ideas emerging from聽the research underway at Ontario's universities. The campaign, which features a website and blog, speaks聽to daily issues and reflects the […]
During its meeting on Thursday, May 24, the Senate of 91亚色 approved the establishment of a new Faculty of Engineering, which will be known as the Lassonde School of Engineering (LSE). 鈥淚 am pleased to see our engineering aspiration become a reality,鈥 said Mamdouh Shoukri, 91亚色鈥檚 president and vice-chancellor. 鈥淪ince our founding, a comprehensive […]
Washington State University (WSU) Professor No毛l Sturgeon will be the next dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) at 91亚色. Sturgeon will take up a five-year term as dean, starting August 1. The announcement was made yesterday by 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. The appointment of Sturgeon was made after extensive consultation […]
91亚色鈥檚 Glendon College will officially open the Centre of Excellence for French-language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education in a ceremony on May 15 at 9am. 鈥淚 am proud that we are able to provide opportunities for the growing Francophone population right here at 91亚色鈥檚 Glendon Campus,鈥 said Mamdouh Shoukri, president & vice-chancellor of 91亚色. […]
91亚色 psychology professors Jane Irvine and Debra Pepler of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health have recently been named two of the most published women in the field of clinical psychology in Canada, according to an article in the Canadian Psychology journal. 鈥淎ssessing the Publication Productivity of Clinical Psychology Professors in Canadian Psychological Association-Accredited Canadian Psychology Departments,鈥 […]
The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation hosted a 91亚色 Leadership Roundtable聽on May 8. The event brought together聽knowledge experts in business, industry, government and academia to discuss eHealth and connected solutions for health care delivery. The聽roundtable provided a forum for participants to discuss technological advancements, research partnerships and community collaborations for the benefit of […]
Biology Professor Georg Zoidl, 91亚色鈥檚 Canada Research Chair in Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience,聽has received a framed letter of congratulations from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The letter was delivered to Zoidl by 91亚色 Vice-President Research & Innovation, Robert Hach茅, Faculty of Health Dean Harvey Skinner and Faculty of Science & Engineering Dean Janusz Kozinski. Above: from […]
Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Paul Emond wears many hats, but it鈥檚 his publishing business that has grabbed the limelight recently. On May 1, it was announced that Democratizing the Constitution: Reforming Responsible Government by Peter Aucoin, Mark Jarvis and Lori Turnbull, and published by Emond Montgomery Publications, had won the $50,000 Donner Prize for […]
91亚色 historian Michiel Horn says his latest book project may well be the most important one he has ever worked on 鈥 and it's not even one he wrote. At the Edge of the Abyss: A Concentration Camp Diary, 1943-1944 is the largest of only 17 such works to survive the Holocaust and is considered […]
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 […]
Great judges change the way we see the law, says Allan Hutchinson, associate vice-president graduate and dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate Studies. In his new book, Laughing at the Gods; Great Judges and How They Made the Common Law, Hutchinson highlights the work of eight judges he calls 鈥済ame changers鈥. Laughing at the Gods […]
A conference co-sponsored by 91亚色 will delve into the role of African Canadians in the War of 1812 鈥 a topic researchers say is underrepresented in scholarly and popular literature. We Stand on Guard for Thee: African Canadians in the War of 1812, taking place at Brock University May 10 to 11, offers a […]
Marketing Professor Alan Middleton of 91亚色鈥檚 Schulich School of Business has been named the Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA) Gold Medal Award winner for 2012 for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of marketing communications in Canada. Director of executive programs at the Schulich Executive Education Centre, Middleton has been praised as one of Canada鈥檚 […]
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 […]
Eight members of the 91亚色 community are among the early recipients of a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in honour of their achievements and significant contributions to Canada. The medals are in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II鈥檚 accession to the throne as queen of Canada and some 60,000 Canadians […]
