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June 24, 2020

Grad Stories 2020: Four Exemplary Ravens say Goodbye to Carleton

Even though graduating students this year will not be enjoying a traditional ceremony to celebrate their achievements, the Class of 2020 is applauding exceptional student-athletes who are leaving but will always be Ravens. We sat... More

June 12, 2020

Carleton Researcher Develops Mobile App that Delivers COVID-19 Exposure Alerts But No Personal Information

Wei Shi, an associate professor in Carleton’s School of Information Technology, has developed an app that informs users if they could have been exposed to known COVID-19 cases – without ever collecting their personal information.... More

April 21, 2020

Carleton’s New $250,000 Rapid Response Research Grants Support Work Contributing to the Global COVID-19 Response

COVID-19 changed everything. Never before has life around the world changed so suddenly and so comprehensively. When it did, researchers quickly took action. To better understand the human cost of the pandemic, Prof. Linda Duxbury... More

April 14, 2020

Carleton Operations Resurrected Remotely in Huge Campus Effort

Collaboration, preparation, a student-centric focus — and technical support. When Carleton University made the monumental switch and moved not only classes but nearly all campus operations to virtual mode, staff across the institution had to... More

April 8, 2020

Carleton Researchers Developing Tools to Identify and Manage COVID-19

Carleton University researchers are contributing in multiple ways to helping people identify and manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Social media analysis and smart technologies for seniors are two projects yielding results. “Sentiment analysis is a very... More

April 7, 2020

Carleton University Therapy Dogs Offering Virtual Cheer on Instagram

In mere days as a result of the pandemic, Carleton University’s campus was emptied of students, faculty, staff and, well, dogs. Carleton’s Therapy Dogs are no longer able to physically engage with students. But that... More

April 1, 2020

Positive Advice from Carleton Experts: Navigating Challenge and Uncertainty

When the world starts spinning out of control, feeling lost and afraid is a natural reaction. When the touchstones on which we typically rely for reassurance are no longer solid, it’s tough to know where... More

March 30, 2020

Carleton Journalism Students Finish Term by Covering Pandemic Issues

In mid-March, when Carleton University cancelled face-to-face classes and moved to alternative modes of instruction for the rest of the term, third-year Journalism student Sarah MacFarlane left the city to be with her family near... More

March 25, 2020

Carleton’s Josh Greenberg on Risk Communication During COVID-19

One of the certainties of the COVID-19 public health crisis is just how inconsistent public health messaging has been over the last few weeks. While the virus ripped through China and Europe before arriving in... More

January 24, 2020

Carleton Helps Get the Word Out in Indigenous Communities

While reviewing hospital records from the Sioux Lookout Health Centre in northern Ontario, Tom Kovesi noticed a high number of children had symptoms of respiratory conditions that can be caused by mold. A pediatric respirologist... More

September 27, 2019

Pollutants and Diabetes: Carleton Lab Makes New Discoveries

Jenny Bruin wants to better understand what environmental factors contribute to the onset and development of diabetes. Her lab has completed a number of studies with a particular pollutant called dioxin, and in almost every... More

March 25, 2019

Reducing Stigma During the Opioid Crisis

On average, about 11 people die every day in Canada because of opioids, mostly the result of accidental overdoses. It is a devastating health crisis and a complex social issue where the entwined challenges are... More