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Ending the Drought: Ottawa’s Medical Research Community Welcomes Long-Awaited Wet Lab Facilities

Most people only think about their metabolism when their pants get too tight, blaming weight gain on their metabolism slowing down.
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The University of Ottawa’s new Advanced Medical Research Centre will accelerate discovery and new treatments

The rapid development and deployment of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical role of research in creating lifesaving medical…
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Research

If you build it, they will stay: Ending Ottawa’s biotech brain drain

Ottawa has earned its global reputation as a vibrant city for medical research and innovation. But if it wants to keep its intellectual capital in the…
Research
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Research

Preventing ovarian cancer with cannabis

What if cannabis could prevent and treat one of the most feared cancers in women? The legalization of cannabis in Canada in 2018 led to cannabidiol, o…
Media
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Media

Zebrafish “taste” oxygen: A breakthrough in respiratory biology

Summary
• uOttawa research team has found a link between taste and breathing in fish
• This discovery may help us better understand how fish perceiv…
Faculty of Law - Civil Law Section
What role can sustainable, responsible and inclusive trade play in a new Canadian industrial strategy?
Faculty of Law - Civil Law Section

Trade’s new mission: Industry and government luminaries explore new pathways to a sustainable future

Increasingly, the world is recognizing that international trade has a crucial role to play in realizing global climate and sustainability goals, prote…
Faculty of Social Sciences
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Faculty of Social Sciences

Social Sciences at uOttawa | Professor Virginie Cobigo’s Award-Winning Research

The Faculty of Social Sciences is honoured to announce that Professor Virginie Cobigo has been awarded the Excellence in Research Award. This award re…
Faculty of Law - Common Law Section
Professor Joao Velloso
Faculty of Law - Common Law Section

Professor João Velloso recognized for research exploring the legal legacy of the G20 mass arrests

In June 2010, the G20 Summit was held in Toronto. Protests outside the event led to the arrests of over 1,000 people in just two days. Other large pro…
Faculty of Law - Civil Law Section
Olha Chernovol
Faculty of Law - Civil Law Section

Dr. Olha Chernovol elected to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars

The Civil Law Section is pleased to announce that Dr. Olha Chernovol, a postdoctoral researcher who came to uOttawa from Ukraine in 2022, has been ele…
Sep 16

Graduate and Professional Studies Information Fair

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Sep 18

OWASP Ottawa Chapter events

We are very pleased to welcome the Ottawa chapter of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) to our campus and host their recurring cybersec…

Sep 10 to Sep 26

Career Corner Drop-in Session (in-person)

Meet with a one of our Career Specialists to ask questions about career essentials.…

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Faculty of Engineering
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Faculty of Engineering

Faculty launches course in advanced computer technology for high school students

The Faculty of Engineering Secondary School at uOttawa has launched a new credited fall course for high school students.
Office of the Chief Risk Officer
Newman Lab, named Health and Safety Leader
Office of the Chief Risk Officer

Newman Lab named Health and Safety Leader for August 2024

We’re delighted to announce that the Newman Lab has been named Health and Safety Leader for August 2024
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New academic year brings new profs to the classroom

With a new academic year, professors, like students and staff, experience a mix of excitement and anticipation. It’s an opportunity to share their kno…
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Five members of the Young Diplomats of Canada delegation at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Public Forum. Joshua Finkelstein (University of Reading, UK), Émile Cloutier (Université Laval), Elie Kallab (University of Ottawa), Sahib Kaur Dhaliwal (an alumna of the University of Ottawa) and Angelica Kalubiaka (University of Ottawa) stand in front of a WTO banner holding a Canadian flag.
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Two students and a graduate from the University of Ottawa attending the WTO Public Forum in Geneva

From September 10 to 13, 2024, Geneva is hosting the World Trade Organization (WTO) Public Forum, an event central to the debate on the future of worl…
Office of the Chief Risk Officer
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Office of the Chief Risk Officer

Stay safe this fall semester

Respiratory viruses continue to circulate in our community. As we start the Fall semester, please continue to follow public health advice so we can al…
Student affairs
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Student affairs

3 quick tips for finding work on campus

If you’re looking for a way to earn as you learn, there are more than 1,700 job opportunities on campus in our student services and faculties. Here ar…
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Faculty of Education
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Faculty of Education

ACFAS 2024: Highlights from the Faculty of Education

When knowledge mobilization from across la francophonie took centre stage during the 91st ACFAS conference, Faculty of Education professors and grad s…
Faculty of Arts
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Faculty of Arts

Atelier d’initiation à la création littéraire

Un atelier visant à initier les élèves des 10e, 11e et 12e années du secondaire aux principales techniques de la création littéraire et à des recomman…
Faculty of Arts
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Faculty of Arts

Concours de création littéraire 2025

Le Département de français de l’Université d’Ottawa, en collaboration avec la Faculté des
arts de l’Université d’Ottawa, a le plaisir de convier les …
Faculty of Medicine
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Faculty of Medicine

Dr. John Bell earns prestigious lifetime achievement prize for his pioneering work targeting cancer

For years, Dr. John Bell has been a top researcher and thought leader in exploring how oncolytic viruses can be multifaceted tumour killers and has ea…
Faculty of Social Sciences
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Faculty of Social Sciences

Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health among finalists in Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Challenge

The Public Health Agency of Canada has just announced that the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health (ICBH), based in the Faculty of Social Scienc…
Faculty of Engineering
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Faculty of Engineering

Cartilage tissue engineering: PhD student’s research could help people living with osteoarthritis

Biomedical engineering PhD student Rayehe Ghofrani is conducting research to find innovative solutions for those suffering from osteoarthritis.
Media
New provincial funding to help drive connected and autonomous vehicle research at uOttawa
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New provincial funding to help drive connected and autonomous vehicle research at uOttawa

The University of Ottawa has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence (ORF-RE) to support the “Secure, Int…
Career and experiential learning 
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Career and experiential learning 

A Recipe for Success: Stirring Up Innovation in Food Sustainability with AI

When LeafEdge cofounders Gouled Awad, Jasen Lee and Pascal-Tan Vu-Noreau joined the Entrepreneurship Hub’s Startup Garage program in 2023, they had a …
Media
Student demonstrating how to use the prototype - Credit: uOttawa
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uOttawa engineering students innovate wheelchair-accessible fitness equipment

A team of five engineering students from the University of Ottawa has developed a prototype that’s transforming the fitness experience for individuals…
Telfer School of Management
Vice-dean research Silvia Bonaccio, Christopher Sun, and Telfer Dean Stéphane Brutus
Telfer School of Management

Combining AI and health analytics to transform health systems

Christopher Sun has been awarded the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Data Analytics for Health Systems Transformation. The prestigious Canada Re…
Telfer School of Management
Professor Micelotta presenting to Telfer Executive MBA candidates
Telfer School of Management

Aligning theory and practice through research and teaching

Evelyn Micelotta is dedicated to delivering a transformative learning experience for her Executive MBA candidates by aligning theory and practice.
Telfer School of Management
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Telfer School of Management

Decisions, decisions – can organizations trust AI to make them?

Mayur Joshi, assistant professor of Information Systems at the Telfer School of Management, is co-editor of the Research Handbook on Artificial Intell…
Gazette
Ieronhenehtha Lazore’s family.  Left to right, mother Shannon, grandfather, Ieronhenehtha, grandmother and sister.
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The Lazore legacy of tradition and success

Ieronhenehtha Lazore, from the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, proudly graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2024, continuing the legacy of Shannon, …
Research
Professor Peter Jones
Research

Unofficial diplomacy: uOttawa researcher explores new paths to conflict resolution

According to the United Nations, we are currently experiencing the highest number of violent and political conflicts since World War II.
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Frankiki, the pink character from the Zaventures des Petits-Zamours picture books, sitting outside at a table eating a slice of pie, with a beverage in front of him. Butterflies flutter above his head.
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Stopping time: Jean Quirion indulges in the pleasure of creating with others

Ever imagined you could stop time? Jean Quirion, former translation professor and now children’s book author, has done just that.
Media
Hellbender -Cryptobranchus alleganiensis - Photo: Christian Sperka, Nashville Zoo
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uOttawa contributes to global amphibian conservation effort

The University of Ottawa’s Department of Biology made a significant contribution to the comprehensive 2024 Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP). …
Faculty of Social Sciences
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Faculty of Social Sciences

Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences | Reconciling Development Principles for LGBTQI+ Inclusion

Professor Stephen Brown, professor and researcher at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Social Sciences, has recently published research on reconci…
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Professor Peter Jones
Research

Unofficial diplomacy: uOttawa researcher explores new paths to conflict resolution

According to the United Nations, we are currently experiencing the highest number of violent and political conflicts since World War II.

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