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Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Four graduate and 11 undergraduate journalism students headed North this summer to participate in a month-long experiential learning project called Stories North. This initiative was created by Prof. Kanina Holmes, who worked for both CBC radio and television out of Whitehorse between 1995 and 2003. In a course outline, Holmes wrote: “In... More
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
While working as a physicist for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd. (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd), Andrew Erlandson decided the time was right to return to school. His employer was not only willing to pay for his PhD but also allow him to spend eight months a year at Carleton to carry out his... More
Monday, July 24, 2017
Have you ever been at a concert, or perhaps a sporting event, where all of a sudden your cell phone didn’t have a signal? This happens because when groups of people congregate in these places, they often exceed the capacity of nearby cell towers. Carleton student Irem Bor is working to solve problems like... More
Thursday, June 29, 2017
BJ'16 graduate Anaïs Voski is one of four Canadians this year to win a Mackenzie King Travelling Scholarship for graduate studies abroad. Worth $10,500, the scholarship will allow her to pursue a master's degree in international relations and politics at the University of Cambridge starting this fall. In his will, Mackenzie King expressed the... More
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Alice Wilson had always wanted to visit Canada’s North. Now, the Carleton MSc in Geography student conducts research on Richards Island near the Beaufort Sea, 100 km north of the community of Inuvik in the Northwest Territories. It is a remote research site, only accessible by helicopter, with no running water or electricity. “I absolutely... More
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Stephen Field’s office looks exactly like what you would expect an industrial designer’s office to look like. It’s full of odd trinkets with wildly different shapes, made up of different plastics and metals. Even the dustpan looks interesting. “My office is full of toys,” said Field, as he smiled. “The reason for that is... More
Friday, June 9, 2017
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Charles Ozzoude, a Carleton University master’s student in Health: Science, Technology and Policy, was a finalist in this year’s 3MT (three-minute thesis) competition. Despite not winning the contest, Ozzoude’s thesis topic has a lot of potential. In recent talks with Ottawa Hospital officials, Ozzoude and four other students have discussed... More
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
For individuals living in developing countries, performing a standard blood test is not always an easy task. This is part of the reason why Carleton student Yasmina Souley Dosso has conducted research on and is now developing an app able to detect anemia - a condition which is marked by a deficiency of red... More
By Susan Hickman A Carleton University physics student who was involved in the discovery of the Higgs boson particle views his studies as “a long series of small victories.” Graham Cree, 27, who defended his PhD thesis in April, contributed significantly to Carleton’s ATLAS particle physics experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at the... More
Thursday, June 1, 2017
This year, four Carleton University doctoral students won Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships making this the best ever showing for Carleton students. These scholarships are open to PhD students across Canada and are valued at $50,000 per year for three years during their doctoral studies. Lowell Gasoi - Communication Lowell Gasoi had to read the... More
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Recently, the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International) sponsored a networking event called the Partnership Exchange. As part of that event, three of Carleton's Three Minute Thesis Top 10 finalists flawlessly delivered their original 3MT presentations. Congratulations to Sanita Frejzik (English), Derrick Matthew Buchanan... More
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