Six students have been named UU直播鈥檚 recipients of Schulich Leader Scholarships, the most generous student award for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) studies in Canada.
UU直播 alumnus Seymour Schulich, BSc鈥�61, MBA鈥�65, DLitt鈥�04, established the Schulich Leader Scholarships for entrepreneurial-minded students who excel academically and display leadership, charisma and creativity.
Daniel Valentini couldn鈥檛 believe his eyes when he read the letter informing him of his Schulich Leader Scholarship.听
鈥淚 called UU直播 to confirm, and they told me it was real. I think I was in shock,鈥� says Valentini, a graduate of Dawson College in Montreal who is entering UU直播鈥檚 Faculty of Science.
Dr. Seyed Mohammad Amin Ojagh, from Prof. van de Ven's research group and his colleagues, introduced a novel class of highly functionalized nanocellulose-based materials for diverse applications, recently published in the Chemical Engineering Journal. This study involved the in-situ modification of bacterial cellulose (BC) with hairy nanocellulose (HNC), resulting in nanocomposites with enhanced physicochemical properties compared to BC alone.
Please be advised that UU直播 has mandated Corenov Constructeurs to carry out the following project:听22-028 Wong 鈥� Mezzanine renovation
Description:听Renovations to 3M055 and office 3M030 to create one new lab space.
Construction start date:听September 2024
Planned construction end date: February 2025
Work schedule: Monday听to Friday, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Work outside of building hours will be coordinated in advance.
Dr. Nicole Ives has been awarded the Meritorious Service Decoration 鈥� Civil Division in recognition for her leadership in developing Indigenous Access UU直播.听
This honour, one of the highest in the country, and is conferred by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, Governor General of Canada. It is a testament to Nicole鈥檚 dedication and service to Indigenous peoples and communities in Canada. To read more about this honour and Nicole's work, please click on the link below to read an article UU直播 Arts News.听
Please be advised that UU直播 has mandated ISI Construction Inc. to carry out the following project:听23-117 MNI (Neuro) - CFI JELF room 254 renovation
Description:听Renovation of room 254 (incl. new interior finishes, upgrade of electromechanical services) to accommodate research needs.
Construction start date: September 11, 2024
Planned construction end date: November 15, 2024
Work schedule: Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
AI has become an omnipresent topic of discussion in our daily lives, both professionally and personally. While much has been written on the challenges, risks, and pitfalls of AI (and the strong need to regulate its development and deployment carefully), it's also important to highlight its numerous benefits and positive impacts on society and the economy.
In Canada, ice time is at a premium and the nearest rink might not be able to accommodate your beer league team. But in large cities, there鈥檚 often ice available somewhere, and Jonathan Azouri (BCom鈥�16) spotted an opportunity. The co-founder and CEO of CatchCorner by Sports Illustrated, an app that allows users to book sports facilities, launched it in Toronto in 2019 and is now making it available in markets like New York, Los Angeles, and Boston.
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New findings from UU直播 researchers could help clinicians understand the course of delusions in youth and young adults that signal the need for a timely intervention to prevent a full relapse of psychosis.
Delusions 鈥� strong beliefs that don't align with commonly accepted reality鈥� are a defining symptom of psychosis but are not sufficiently understood.
Congratulations to Prof. Bagot, her lab, and their co-authors for their recent publication in Nature Neuroscience!听The paper is titled, Sex-biased neural encoding of threat discrimination in nucleus accumbens afferents drives suppression of reward behavior, and can be found . Additional brief information about this paper can be found in . Prof.
Congratulations to Prof. Karim Nader on becoming a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada! Prof. Nader is being honoured as a renowned leader in memory research focusing on fear. More information on this honour can be found .
UU直播 is once again proud to be an Official Nominator of the . As an Official Nominator, we are part of a global community invited to submit nominations, selected for our ability to identify the most impactful solutions across all sectors worldwide.
The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental prize and platform for impact, dedicated to finding and growing solutions that will repair our planet this decade, in five categories or Earthshots.
Ana茂s Remili, PhD(AgEnvSc)'23, an ecotoxicologist and postdoctoral researcher, tracks contaminants that threaten the health of North Atlantic orcas. While Pacific orca populations are well studied, little is known about those that swim off the Canadian and European east coasts, and they are less protected.
