Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Fulcrum chats with Researcher-reporter Nick Taylor-Vaisey on his time at U of O and what’s like to work at Maclean’s.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Your Question Period program was designed to allow Canadian citizens, rather than just politicians, the opportunity to pose their questions to the Senate.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThese days, the living wall in the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) building looks about as full of life as the library on Christmas Day.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U of O Senate and BOG must work closely together to allow corporate and academic management of the university to mix. This is the most efficient way our institution can provide professors and students with a positive environment in which to learn.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe brain is thought to have more than 100 trillion connections between neurons. A new conference at the University of Ottawa encourages people to take a closer look.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTelfer professors have begun a new study to investigate the relationship between market sentiment and social media.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA report by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) suggests that universities are doing a very poor job of assessing the most basic skills of their graduates.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Carleton Ravens won the 2014 Panda Game 33–31 with just seconds left in the game. Check out how the game went down according to students and Fulcrum staff.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTransitions are never easy, but moving from one rival to another is even more difficult—especially a crosstown rival.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter winning the recent and prestigious 2014 Karsh Award, the Fulcrum sits down with Chantal Gervais to reflect on her big win.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPhil Chiasson encountered his first 3D printer while working at the University of Ottawa’s Bike Co-op. Not much later, his curiosity has led him to answer the environmental question of the modern machine.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you are getting tired of talking to people only through texting, a campus group offers another solution.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearchers from the University of Ottawa have made an astounding discovery about your morning brew.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe launch of a new program within the Centre for Continuing Education has prompted a discussion about transparency at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA recent proposal to implement landlord licensing in Ottawa has people torn on whether it will make it easier or harder to find affordable housing, especially for students.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Sept. 15, the university unveiled a new branding campaign, with the mobilizing slogan “defy the conventional,” aimed at getting people screaming.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOf the more than 4,000 international students that will be studying at the U of O this year, more than 320 of them are registered in French programs. Last year, there were only 97.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute have made a major breakthrough in the study of heart attacks.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Before all else, we took the interests and well-being of our students into consideration while discussing the renovation plans,” said Robert Builder, president of the Office of Risk Management at the U of O. “Could we have broken ground in May when most students weren’t on campus? Absolutely, but that wouldn’t have made any sense.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt should come as no surprise that the university is slanting its admission incentives to help maintain the ever-diminishing Francophone presence in Canada.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs frosh week draws to a close, officials from Carleton University are investigating T-shirts worn by some student leaders that have sent mixed messages and angered many in the Ottawa community.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic plans to develop and provide family law services with the help of part of a $2-million provincial investment in university law clinics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA City of Ottawa development committee has recommended that council approve plans for a new $100 million arts complex, part of which will be used by the University of Ottawa’s theatre department.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlexandre Touchette, a former member of the University of Ottawa’s men’s hockey team is reportedly playing in France in hopes of salvaging his career.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResidents of Sandy Hill were on high alert after a gunman was arrested in the 500 block of Chapel Street on Aug. 31.
