Blame it all on Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The University’s new sustainable development coordinator, Jonathan Rausseo, traces his desire to save the planet — one campus at a time — back to the hours he spent in front of television watching the colourful cartoon character and his international team of eco-warriors.
Are you looking for that new or innovative way to promote your event or conference, or even to remind students about course registrations and other important deadlines? Ever wonder how you could best reach your target audience on campus?
There is still time to make a donation to the 2005 uOttawa United Way campaign. “We want to reach our goal because many organizations are counting on our support,” said Daniel Morin, campaign co-chair.
A researcher at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Paulette Guitard has received a $300,000 grant from Health Canada to develop a project that will help seniors who have had a fall.
A concert featuring the Choral Ensemble of the Department of Music, the Calixa Lavallée Choir, a brass ensemble and a guitar duo, all under the direction of Laurence Ewashko, will take place at noon on Friday, December 2, 2005, in Room 112 (former chapel), Tabaret Hall, 550 Cumberland Street.
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.
The Ontario government is providing $250,000 to help expand the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s successful smoking cessation program to ten hospitals in eastern Ontario.
University of Ottawa Chancellor Huguette Labelle is the newly elected chair of Transparency International (TI), the global coalition against corruption.
One hundred and fifty students of the School of Management are involved in a project called “Making Niger Our Business” to help relieve the famine currently affecting the African country of Niger.
The Gee-Gees women’s soccer team’s hopes for a 2005 national championship were dashed when they lost 3-0 against the University of Victoria Vikes in the final game.
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