Holiday Science Lectures

The Holiday Science Lectures, which are held on campus annually, had a somewhat more sombre mood this year. One lecture by Dr. Murat Saatcioglu (shadow) dealt with the effects of earthquakes. Young listeners stared gravely at some telling pictures showing the devastation caused by the earthquake in Bam, Iran, which had occurred just four days before.

Political studies get new home

A new School of Political Studies has been established in the Faculty of Social Sciences. The plan for the School submitted to Senate was approved in December.

Wintery cold greets new Canadians

On one of the coldest days of the winter, 50 immigrants from 18 countries were granted Canadian citizenship during a ceremony at the University of Ottawa on January 14.

Justice minister visits law school

On the initial stage of a cross-country tour of law schools, federal justice minister Irwin Cotler paid a visit to the Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law on January 16.

Fundraisers for Heart Institute

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) is planning two major fundraising events in coming weeks.

Poor memory linked to high blood sugar levels

A recent University of Ottawa study establishes a link between the control of blood sugar and human cognitive abilities, including memory.

University welcomes Inuit law students

Sixteen Inuit students of the Akitsiraq Law School have spent the first three weeks of January in Ottawa.

Delegation from Wales visits campus

The Centre for Translation and Legal Documentation received the visit from a group of the National Assembly for Wales.

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Accords reinforce medical partnerships

The Faculty of Medicine has signed formal five-year agreements that will renew and reinforce its partnership with the following institutions: The Ottawa Hospital, the Montfort Hospital, The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Sisters of Charity of Ottawa Health Service, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the Queensway Carleton Hospital.

EMBA students conducting business in Shanghai

The 2006 EMBA graduating class met His Excellency Mr. Shumin Lu, the Chinese Ambassador to Canada as part of their preparations for their international consulting engagement in Shanghai

Women take charge of popular programs

Monica Gattinger and Jacqueline Best have been professors for barely two years, and the University is already putting them to the test by putting them in charge of two new popular programs.

Placing Slavic studies in the limelight

Andrew Donskov, who teaches in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, recently became the sixth recipient of the University of Ottawa’s Distinguished Professor Award, established in 1999.

Gilles Paquet heads Royal Society

Gilles Paquet was recently named for a two-year term as president of the Royal Society of Canada.

Two students selected for WES Program

Among the 19 national recipients of a 2004 award under the Women in Engineering and Science Program of the National Research Council of Canada are two undergraduate science students from the University of Ottawa: Adèle Nguyen and Henriette Heng-Li Parnas.

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Students show science skills

Over 350 science students from universities across Canada were on the University of Ottawa campus from January 7 to 12 to take part in the Canadian University Science Games.