Professors Luc Dupont (right) and Barry Wellar, who have received Rector’s Award for Community Service through the Media, both believe that working with journalists makes them better teachers.
Student mentors Kevin Smit and Michael Wodkowski say they draw great personal satisfaction from helping their peers with their studies. Now their work is being rewarded financially as they have become the first recipients of the CIBC Mentoring Program Scholarships.
Three researchers in the Faculty of Health Sciences:, Éric Doucet, Chris Blanchard, and Pascal Imbeault, are putting their efforts into the fight against obesity by creating the Behavioural and Metabolic Research Unit (BMRU).
According to the Research Infosource 2004 report on the 50 top research universities in Canada, the University of Ottawa had the second-largest proportional growth in research funds of all Ontario universities last year.
University enrolment in Canada has increased by more than 20 per cent in the past five years, while the average tuition costs have reached $4,024, according to a new report.
The University of Ottawa's new PhD program in nursing science got a welcomed shot in the arm last month when the Ontario government announced its investment of $10 million dollars over four years for nursing graduate programs.
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
An award-winning invention that could make cellphones, hand-held computers and other electronic devices lighter came to life in a University of Ottawa lab.
Career Services employee Yolaine Payeur received an award from the Ontario School Counsellors' Association for her work with French-language school boards in Ontario.
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