Reading Time: 3 minutes“There is so much information and so many healthcare experts from the field to listen to, and you can’t help but be inspired by these people — you can’t help but want to follow in their footsteps,” said co-president Michelle Hong on the event.
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers assemble to discuss how to best manage the pandemic.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDevelopers release an app that formats and cites essays to allow students to focus solely on the content.
Reading Time: 2 minutesComputer Science Club Wins CPTC Regionals and is Invited to Global Competition. “I looked at the roster of schools who were invited to [the regional] [competition], [and] I wasn’t really expecting to win,” said Logan Rodie.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Abd-Elrahman says, “we need to further identify the differences between males and females to come up with an effective Alzheimer’s Disease treatment.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesExplorative research by Michael Murack finds that chronic sleep disruption causes depression in adolescents.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf successful, these viruses could become an effective therapy in fighting breast and ovarian cancers providing hope to those who need it the most.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecent studies have shown that local BIPOC and immigrant communities are being disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew vaccine manufacturing training at U of O rolls in as COVID vaccine rollout is announced nationwide.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA building that is only typically seen by researchers, the Fulcrum was given a tour of the Advanced Research Complex by Dr. Ian Clark.
Reading Time: 3 minutesApple will be switching from intel based systems to its own Apple silicon, giving them full control over the manufacturing process. This could lead to better deals for students, and a better performing laptop overall.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith many months of online school ahead of us at the University of Ottawa, try to make your experience a little bit more comfortable by considering these studying from home office tips.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe “right to repair movement” is a movement that focuses on allowing consumers to have access to the equipment, manuals and replacement parts that are necessary to repair their own devices.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHEO and U of O have partnered with the City of Ottawa to work on a “shitty” research project dealing with local sewage.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the age of online learning, an area of concern facing students living in rural areas and remote communities is the lack of high speed internet to attend lectures and conduct any form of evaluations.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the recent reversion to ‘Stage 2’ lockdowns, local Ottawa businesses are being left in the dust. Atop of decreased student presence and navigating virtual services, how are these businesses adjusting?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat’s new at the University of Ottawa biophysics labs: an investigation into the research being conducted at the STEM complex and the possibility of an updated virtual lab tour for students.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the new academic term progressing along, many students have been noticing that their older laptops can’t manage the new workload they need for online school. Most older laptops contain broken keyboards, lackluster screens, slow hard drives, and a lack of memory to handle their day to day tasks. If that’s your situation, here are a few tips on how to upgrade your laptop.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Telfer Marketing Association and Telfer Career Centre hosted a series of panels and talks with big companies to announce internship opportunities and educate students on what each company does. There were talks from Amazon, Proctor and Gamble, and LinkedIn.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Spotlight on the University of Ottawa Esports Club: How the competitive gaming scene has made its way onto the University of Ottawa campus.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAzadeh Dastmalchi a University of Ottawa PhD student and the co-founder of VitalTracer has developed a smartwatch that can monitor vitals and help in the fight against COVID-19.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2019, the Indigenous Resource Center published their Indigenous Action Plan which outlines four hoops that plan to integrate Indigenous knowledge and representation into the University of Ottawa. Recently one area of concern has been the lack of representation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Reading Time: 2 minutesDr. Jessica Forrest, an associate professor at the University of Ottawa and her team at Forrest Lab have been researching how climate change has been affecting bee biology and pollination ecology.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Sept. 15, the University of Ottawa’s Hackathon group, uOttaHack, hosted a panel showcasing tech interns.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sept.9, students in CSI 4139, Design of Secure Systems, joined their class using YouTube live streams only to see their private information leaked on YouTube.
