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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
Friday, April 27, 2018
This summer, Queen’s University’s School of Graduate Studies will be holding its annual “Lake Shift” dissertation writing retreat for PhD students. The retreat will take place during the third week of July at the Queen’s University Biology Station on Lake Opinicon, an idyllic spot just north of Kingston, Ontario. Guests at the Lake Shift... More
Friday, April 20, 2018
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Carleton University’s Michelle MacQueen, a master’s student in the Music and Culture program, is among the top 25 finalists of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Storyteller competition. MacQueen’s entry, Critical Constructions of Canadianness: The Tragically Hip and Representations of Canadian Identity,... More
Friday, April 6, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
--Written by Ty Burke “Education got us into this mess, and education will get us out” Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Senator Murray Sinclair summed up the challenge bequeathed to the survivors of Canada’s residential schools with a pithy call to action, and if reconciliation is to be achieved, education... More
Friday, February 2, 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018
--The following story is written by Ty Burke The new economy isn’t so new anymore, and by now, it’s no secret that Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) graduates are its ultimate commodity. With specialized training in STEM, they are the talent that spurs innovation, enhances productivity and builds our ever accelerating high tech... More
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