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April 30, 2021

Carleton Biology Lab Renamed and Bursary Established In Honour of Henrietta Lacks

In 1951, a 31-year-old Black mother of five named Henrietta Lacks was in medical distress and went to Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer. Despite treatment, she passed away... More

November 2, 2020

Carleton Breaks Ground on All-New Engineering Design Centre

A long-term vision for the Faculty of Engineering and Design (FED) at Carleton University is quickly on its way to becoming a reality, with the construction of an all-new Engineering Design Centre having recently begun... More

February 24, 2020

New Home for Sprott School of Business Taking Shape

For more than a year, thousands of students, faculty and staff who walk or drive along Campus Avenue have been watching Carleton’s Sprott School of Business’s new home—the Nicol Building—emerge, embedding a novel imprint on... More

October 10, 2017

The Nicol Building

Learning isn't only about sharing information we already know. It's about generating new knowledge through discovery, creativity and collaboration. It's about catching lightning in a bottle and, with a signature new building designed by Toronto... More

March 30, 2017

Carleton’s Residences

Living in one of Carleton's residences isn’t just an experience, it’s an education. It’s where 3,600 Carleton University students call home. Nine buildings offer a range of preferred living arrangements, from single-gender suites in Prescott... More

November 2, 2016

Investing in Education

People need buildings to live, work and play in, but educating the next generation of students is also an essential part of community building. This belief is what inspired the family behind one of Ottawa’s... More

September 2, 2016

New Carleton Programs and More This Fall

The construction progress on Carleton’s new Health Sciences Building, a crane-topped concrete structure rising above the Steacie Building, may be the biggest change students notice when they return to campus for another academic year. But... More

December 15, 2015

Health Labs of the Future

Carleton University is building on the future of some of its newest and most popular programs as it breaks ground on construction of a $52-million Health Sciences Building. The seven-story, 120,000-square-foot building will house the... More