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June 17, 2020

Carleton’s David Miller and Study Team Win Award of Excellence

Carleton’s Chemistry Prof. David Miller is a member of the Sioux Lookout Zone Children’s Environmental Health study team which has been awarded the 2020 Health Canada, Health Environmental and Consumers Safety Branch ADM Award of... More

April 14, 2020

Trudeau Commends Carleton Engineering Grad Making Protective Shields

Last spring, when Felix Denomme graduated from Carleton University’s Aerospace Engineering program and got a job at Ottawa’s B-Con Engineering, he was excited about using his education and experience to fine-tune optical systems the company... More

March 5, 2020

Discovery Lecture: Francesca Casadio on How Science Reveals More about Art

Pablo Picasso wasn’t only an innovative artist; he was highly prolific too. By the time he died at the age of 91, he had produced more than 36,000 works. That’s more than one work of... More

February 14, 2020

Earth Sciences Students Travel to Siberia to Discuss Ancient Volcanic Events

A group of Carleton University Earth Sciences students had an opportunity to present their work and absorb international perspectives at a conference in Siberia on ancient volcanic events. The conference, which took place in Tomsk,... More

January 31, 2020

Raven Magazine Takes Flight

Raven magazine — a new showcase for the important and inspiring work of Carleton faculty, students, staff, alumni and the university’s community partners — goes out into the world this week. The 72-page print magazine, produced by... More

January 22, 2020

Practical Learning Powers Success in Science

Innovative, demanding research and co-op opportunities have helped three Carleton Faculty of Science students to achieve impressive success within their specialized undergraduate studies – the kind of practical learning that can make all the difference... More

January 16, 2020

Carleton Remembers: Honouring Those Lost in Tragic Plane Crash

Hundreds of Carleton University students, faculty, staff and members of the broader Ottawa and Iranian-Canadian communities gathered on campus Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 to honour and celebrate the lives of our student and alumnus and... More

December 23, 2019

Carleton Researcher Discovers Earliest Fossil Evidence of Parental Behaviour

A team led by Carleton University’s Hillary Maddin has discovered the earliest fossil evidence of parental care. The fossil predates the previous oldest record of this behavior by 40 million years and is featured in... More

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December 19, 2019

Carleton Wraps Up Cinquecento Celebration

The organizers of Cinquecento had a vision: a year of events with international scholars and performers in celebration of Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years after his death, that would illuminate some of the lesser-known aspects... More

November 26, 2019

The Salvator Mundi Painting: Leonardo’s Disappearing Masterpiece

Leonardo da Vinci was prolific in producing sketches and notes, but as a painter, he was painfully slow. It took him four years to paint the Mona Lisa and, in all, fewer than 20 paintings... More