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June 21, 2018

Queen Elizabeth Scholars

Maize is the most important crop in Malawi. The kernels are dried and ground into flour, which is used to make a porridge-like dish called nsima that some people eat at every meal, accounting for... More

June 19, 2018

New Home for Sprott

When Hanna Di Virgilio started studying toward a Bachelor of Commerce degree at Carleton three years ago, the students, faculty and staff at the university's Sprott School of Business welcomed her to campus and almost... More

June 18, 2018

Simple Solutions Shine a Light in Developing Countries

A lone silhouette materializes on a dusty horizon, the weight of a shattered life on his back. Then a second. And a third . . . They're striding desperately – inexorably – toward the Dadaab... More

June 15, 2018

Spring Convocation 2018: Chancellor’s Medal Winner Hopes to Shift Narrative Around Mental Illness

Traleena Rouleau is this year’s winner of the Chancellor’s Medal, awarded annually to a graduating student of outstanding academic achievement. “It’s definitely bittersweet graduating but it’s really meaningful that the university has something to remember... More

June 15, 2018

Spring Convocation 2018: President’s Medal Winner Turned to Carleton to Push Career Forward

The journey to Carleton University for psychology graduate Cory Giordani, winner of this year’s President’s Medal, was slightly unconventional. Giordani had completed two diplomas, one in business and the other in geomatics. He also spent... More

June 15, 2018

Spring Convocation 2018: Carleton Grad Skates into Pro Hockey League

At age three, most children have just learned to tackle a set of stairs. The skillset of three-year-old Ryan Van Stralen, who graduates this year with a BA in Psychology, was much different. At three,... More

June 15, 2018

Spring Convocation 2018: Meet Carleton’s First Bachelor of Journalism and Humanities Graduate

If you asked your average working journalist how their profession connects to the field of humanities or vice versa, you’d probably leave them stumped. The ancient worlds of Plato and Aristotle and the study of... More

June 15, 2018

Spring Convocation 2018: Patience Pays Off for Carleton Graduate

Shortly before Francine Harris began her Master of Arts at Carleton, she suffered a head injury that triggered chronic migraines. “On bad days I couldn’t do anything, and on good days I tried to cram it... More