The orientation, training and integration program for new professors, co-ordinated by the Centre for University Teaching (CUT), is unique in Canada in terms of its scope and theme.
Memories of the August 2003 major electrical blackout are still fresh in the mind of Mike Histed. As Director of the Office of Risk Management, Environmental Health and Safety, he takes a keen interest in what should be done if a similar crisis ever happened again.
A leading researcher studying medical errors, Dr. Kaveh Shojania will work with Drs. Jeremy Grimshaw and Alan Forster, to establish a strong patient safety research program.
The PhD program in Population Health invites all faculty and students to a workshop by Professor William Newell on Friday, September 24, 2004, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Researchers from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute found that rare mutations in a single gene called ABCA1 can contribute to low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the so-called “good cholesterol”.
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
Physicist André Longtin and neuroscientist Len Maler are the first recipients of the University's award for multidisciplinary research for their combined work on electric fish.
Criminology professor Christine Gervais believes that it is important to invest in higher education and that philosophy is the basis of Acceso International, the non-profit organization she founded.
The Advanced Robotics Innovation Society in Engineering (ARISE) is the first rookie team to advance to the final round of the International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition.