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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

April 27, 2021

Carleton Researchers Collaborate to Improve How Diseases are Diagnosed and Treated

Carleton University researchers in physics and engineering are joining forces with biologists and medical practitioners to change how diseases are diagnosed and treated. Physics Prof. Sangeeta Murugkar leads Carleton University’s Laboratory for Laser-Assisted Medical Physics... More

April 9, 2021

Carleton University’s Life Sciences Day 4.1 Investigates Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health

COVID-19 hasn’t just been a crisis of physical health, it has had enormous mental health consequences for too many. “In fall 2020, 40 per cent of people in Ottawa reported their mental health as only... More

April 8, 2021

Data Day 7.1 Explores AI and Everything Smart

Carleton University's Faculty of Science and Institute for Data Science (CUIDS) hosted the seventh annual Data Day to celebrate the latest developments in data science and analytics research. With more than 500 registered participants, the... More

March 22, 2021

2021 Discovery Lecture: From Black Widow Spiders to Helping Young Academics Rise

Science communication not only requires curiosity, but a commitment to helping diverse communities who may need a lift to get where they want to go, says Maydianne CB Andrade, a professor of biological sciences, ecology... More

February 11, 2021

Striving for Gender Equity: Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Growing up, Rowan Thomson loved sitting down and solving equations. As an undergraduate biochemistry student at Carleton University, Thomson realized that she enjoyed the math and physics parts of her major more than its core... More

January 19, 2021

Carleton’s Yuhong Guo Named to CIFAR AI Chairs Program

Carleton University’s School of Computer Science Prof. Yuhong Guo has been named to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chairs Program. “Being named as a CIFAR AI Chair is an incredible... More

December 23, 2020

The Conversation: Carleton Faculty and PhD Candidates Flourish in 2020

Carleton University is a member of The Conversation, a unique digital journalism platform that boosts the visibility of Canada’s academic faculty, researchers and PhD candidates. The platform aims to elevate understanding of current affairs and... More

December 21, 2020

Carleton’s Top 10 Stories of 2020

It was a year when the Carleton website was a key source of information about COVID-19 initiatives and updates, but our top stories showcased university achievements in all sorts of areas—from rankings and research to... More

December 18, 2020

Robert Clarke Posthumously Named Fellow of the IUPESM in Honour of Contributions to Medical Physics

Ottawa’s medical physics community is unique in Canada. Not only is the city home to two university physics departments and a teaching hospital, there’s also the National Research Council, where national standards for the use... More

November 24, 2020

2020 Herzberg Lecture: Focus on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Increasing diversity among genders, races and other metrics is very possible in post-secondary education, as long as everyone involved is committed to constant discussion about how to decrease barriers, according to Harvey Mudd College President... More

October 20, 2020

A First for ATLAS: Carleton’s Manuella Vincter Reappointed Deputy Spokesperson

Carleton University’s Manuella Vincter, professor in the Department of Physics, has been reappointed for another term as Deputy Spokesperson for ATLAS at CERN, the European organization for nuclear research. Vincter’s mandate will be extended until March 2023.... More