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Edward Elgar Publishing has just published "Robot Law: Volume II”, a new landmark collection co-edited by Dr. Kristen Thomasen that delves into the legal, ethical and societal challenges that robotics and automated systems pose.

Professor Cyndy Wylde at the Faculty of Social Sciences is taking on a new internal research chair that addresses Indigenous governance and social work.

Prof. Marina Pavlović and Dr. Katie Szilagyi have been awarded the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Best Paper Award at We Robot 2025 for their research on contract theory and generative AI.

Congratulations to Dr. Jodi Edwards, Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and scientist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, on being named Researcher of the Year by the University of Ottawa.

Professor Karen Eltis has been appointed to Presidential Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies of the New York City Bar Association.

Systematic reform of Canada’s educational institutions needed as racial discrimination in schools impacts Black students’ wellbeing and stunts their potential

Professor Jodi Edwards is interested in the intersection between heart health and brain health. She’s also working to promote health equity. Meanwhile, Professor Maïka Sondarjee researches international relations, with a focus on gender issues and the white saviour complex.

A group of students of the University of Ottawa’s Neuro Law Lab have received a “Best Poster” Prize at the 2025 International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting held in Munich, Germany.

Ontario’s life sciences sector is getting a boost from the Government of Ontario’s $45 million investment in biomanufacturing infrastructure through the Canadian Biomanufacturing Cooperative, which forms part of the Canadian Pandemic Preparedness Hub (CP2H).

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