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December 18, 2017

Goodbye CU75

From an electrifying performance by the godfather of Canadian hip hop, a gala reception at the grand Fairmont Château Laurier and a keepsake photo book that distills the evolution of a dynamic community to a... More

September 13, 2017

New Phase of CU75 Campaign

Carleton University has been celebrating its 75th anniversary all year with special events. And we’ve also been steadily adding to an impressive collection of stories about our amazing students, faculty, graduates, donors and founders –... More

August 30, 2017

New Faces, New Buildings

Changes to the campus skyline — and the university’s senior leadership — usher in a new academic year at Carleton. Construction is nearing completion on the Health Sciences Building and the move-in date is scheduled for some... More

August 21, 2017

Celebrating Carleton’s 75th

The first interview for our 75 for the 75th project was with Darrell Bricker, a Political Science alumnus and CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs. My mission was to find out how he went from running... More

June 18, 2017

CU75 Founding Day

Seventy-five years ago, a small college offering night courses for academic credit opened shop at the High School of Commerce, known today as Glebe Collegiate Institute. Championed by a group of visionary citizens, and by... More

April 5, 2017

Celebrating Canadian Citizenship

In celebration of its 75th anniversary, Carleton University hosted a special Canadian citizenship ceremony for 40 new Canadians, including 11 former and current Carleton students and two professors. The April 4 ceremony was organized in... More

March 30, 2017

Carleton at 75

How do you convey 75 years of memories in 75 photographs? You start with 60,000 images, and talk to a lot of people. Then, after sifting through photos and soliciting personal stories for months, you... More

February 16, 2017

Iconic Birchbark Canoe Comes to Life

The birchbark canoe is an iconic symbol of Algonquin culture. It’s also a remarkably effective yet elegantly simple piece of technology. And it looks beautiful. To help celebrate Carleton’s 75th anniversary, the university’s Centre for... More

January 9, 2017

Maestro Fresh Wes in the House

Thirty years ago, a teenager from Toronto moved to Ottawa to enrol at Carleton University. His experience on campus and in a new city inspired him to get serious about making music. Wes Williams, who... More

October 12, 2016

Carleton Launches Third Phase of CU75 Campaign

Carleton University will soon begin celebrating CU75, its 75th anniversary celebration in January 2017. So we have added to the impressive collection of stories about students, faculty, graduates, donors and founders that we’ve been sharing... More

September 22, 2015

Celebrating Our Best

From the group of visionary citizens who created a college on Ottawa’s First Avenue in 1942 to today’s dynamic community of faculty, staff, students and alumni, Carleton has always been defined by its people. So... More

Top 10 Stories in 2017