Acfas prizes for two UU直播 Professors
Canada鈥檚 most prestigious French-language鈥痩earned society announced the recipients of its research awards today, and two UU直播 professors are among the winners.
At its 77th virtual gala ceremony, the non-profit organization Acfas, l鈥橝ssociation francophone pour le savoir, awarded UU直播 Professor Michel Biron the Prix Andr茅-Laurendeau and Professor Susanne Lajoie the Prix Jeanne-Lapointe.
A new understanding of mental illness
The causes of psychiatric disorders are poorly understood. Now, in work led by researchers at UU直播, there is evidence that a wide range of early onset psychiatric problems (from depression, anxiety and addictions to dyslexia, bulimia, and ADHD) may be largely due to the combination of just three factors. The first is biological鈥攊n the form of individual variability in the brain鈥檚 dopamine reward pathway.
Marjoleine Kars wins 2021 Cundill History Prize
Marjoleine Kars has been named winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize for Blood on the River: a Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast (The New Press). Kars accessed a previously untapped Dutch archive to reveal the little-known story of a 1763 slave rebellion in Berbice, a Dutch colony in present-day Guyana.
Preventing 鈥淎lien鈥� Invasions
The search of life beyond our world is an exciting venture that may yield an enormous discovery in the not-too-distant future. However, space agencies around the world, including NASA and the European Space Agency, have long been aware of the potential risks of biological contamination and have set in place planetary protection policies.
Lottery Tickets Aren鈥檛 Child鈥檚 Play
According to research, early childhood gambling experiences, including those with lottery products, increase the risk for developing gambling problems later in life.
Support for research in carbon-free energy storage and conversion
As the world reflects on pledges made at the United Nations climate conference (COP26) to reduce carbon emissions, and scientists develop new ways to scale up renewable energy, UU直播鈥檚 efforts to contribute to a cleaner, carbon-free future will take another big leap forward thanks to a $2-million donation from TD Bank Group (TD).
Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords
Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists from UU直播 develop a biomaterial tough enough to repair the heart, muscles, and vocal cords, representing a major advance in regenerative medicine.
Extinct swordfish-shaped marine reptile discovered
A team of international researchers from Canada, Colombia, and Germany has discovered a new marine reptile. The specimen, a stunningly preserved metre-long skull, is one of the last surviving ichthyosaurs 鈥� ancient animals that look eerily like living swordfish.
$13 million in gifts will help transform UU直播鈥檚 Leacock Building, support Indigenous research and knowledge
Donations totalling $13 million from UU直播 alumnus Gerald Rimer and the Rimer family will support a major renovation of the University鈥檚 Leacock Building and build the foundation for a future Institute for Indigenous Research and Knowledges (IIRK) at UU直播.
Marine species in St.Lawrence Estuary endangered by rapid drop in levels of oxygen
Concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the deep waters of the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary (LSLE) have dropped by over 50% over the past two years. The consequences for many marine species, who depend on oxygen to survive, are potentially very serious. A compilation of historical data reveals that dissolved oxygen concentrations in the deep waters of the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary decreased by about 50% during the fifty years between 1934 and 1985.
Message from Principal and Vice Chancellor Suzanne Fortier on the importance of French at UU直播
Following this week's media reports, Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier would like to clarify the situation regarding the importance of French at UU直播. Although UU直播 is an English-speaking institution of higher education, French holds a special place and the majority of the University's roughly 50,000 students and employees speak French.
Dopamine plays key role in songbird mating
In humans, the dopamine system has been tied to rewards and pleasurable sensations. As well as to memory and learning.
UU直播 celebrates graduates and honorary doctorate recipients at fall convocation
This fall, 700 graduating students, who completed their programs at the end of Summer 2021 at UU直播, will cross the stage for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in 2019. The four in-person fall convocation ceremonies will take place on November 25th and 26th, 2021 at Place des Arts, where graduates will celebrate together with family and friends.
Caucasian households in U.S. emit most carbon despite greater energy efficiency
Residential energy use represents roughly one-fifth of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. A team of researchers led by UU直播 has used data from 60 million individual American households to look into how carbon emissions caused by household energy use vary by race and ethnicity across the country.
The global ocean out of balance
Surprising as it sounds, all life forms in the ocean, from small krill to large tuna, seem to obey a simple mathematical law that links an organism鈥檚 abundance to its body size. For example, although small krill are individually only about one millionth of the weight of a large tuna, they also tend to be a million times more numerous throughout the oceans.
