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Wednesday, August 8, 2018
On July 29th, Carleton's Advanced Cognitive Engineering (ACE) Lab hosted a hackathon that brought together people from different academic backgrounds to test eye-tracking devices to make technologies and gaming more accessible for people with motor disabilities. Three graduate students helped to plan and organize the event. Cognitive Science... More
Social movements try to wage social change in various contexts such as racial justice, immigration policies, environmental issues, and the like. And they use various strategies to do so, ranging from violent to nonviolent strategies. PhD student Nima Orazani, is investigating which of these strategies increases the likelihood of success for social... More
Thursday, July 19, 2018
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Monday, July 9, 2018
While growing up in China, Yili Zhou became enthralled with heavy metal music. When she came to Canada and Carleton to pursue her PhD in Political Science, she noticed that people here are also intrigued by the presence of heavy metal music and culture in China. But for a different reason. “Heavy metal music... More
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Carleton University doctoral student, Fahad Ahmad is one of 15 recipients of a unique doctoral scholarship in the social sciences and humanities presented by The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. “I am honoured and thrilled to be awarded the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship for 2018," says Ahmad. "Being part of the foundation... More
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
PhD student Robert Lennox and a team of researchers have discovered that removing predators such as wolves or sharks can have a negative impact on predator and prey populations. Instead, the researchers argue that there are more effective measures that can be taken. The results are available in an academic journal called Biological Conservation.... More
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
The National Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition is on. You can help Carleton grad student Daniella Briotto Faustino win the People’s Choice Award. All you have to do is to open this page. Click on “Vote” beside her video #20183MTNAT008. And then click on “Vote for People’s Choice Award” on the top of the... More
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
--Written by Ellen Tsaprailis Carleton University student Troy Kenny is one of two graduate students to win this year’s Hilary M. Weston Scholarship. Created by the Ontario government in honour of Weston, the province's 26th lieutenant-governor, the scholarship is awarded to two students enrolled in full-time social work graduate programs at... More
--Written by Ty Burke The treatment may be as bad as the disease. Or at least that’s a common refrain from cancer patients suffering the acute effects of radiation therapy. Vomiting, sores, diarrhea and cognitive decline are among radiation therapy’s many common side effects. Most alarmingly of all, it’s a treatment that can actually... More
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
By Elizabeth Murphy Carleton University’s Brandon Robinson, a Master of Applied Science student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, won second place at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Science, Action! video contest. Robinson is the first Carleton student to win a top-three spot in the... More
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Did you know that some butterflies can hear, and some even have use “hearing aids”? That’s what Biology student Carrie Sun found out when she started conducting her master’s research. “Most butterflies who are active in the daytime don’t have ears, like the monarch, but those that do have well-developed ears, at the base... More
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