The University of Ottawa’s Muslim Students Association held its annual Islam Awareness Week (IAW) this year from Feb. 25 to March 1.
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U of O grad student Neeko Paluzzi presents his debut feature-length documentary about his long and emotional journey through Switzerland.
The University of Ottawa Department of Theatre’s production of Princess Ivona tells the story of a group of courtiers who have their public personas brought into question through the presence of one girl who refuses to play along.
Students were caught off guard on the morning of Feb. 12 when they went to pick up their weekly copy of La Rotonde and found newsstands empty.
Colin Muir Dorward, a U of O master of fine arts student and the latest artist to be highlighted at SAW Gallery, says he finds his inspiration in the everyday.
Last year’s Occupy Ottawa movement was closely monitored and the RCMP gathered information by questioning campus security, according to recently released documents.
Dr. Michael Rudnicki is a professor in the University of Ottawa’s faculty of medicine and one of the authors of a recent article that shows a link between stem cells and brown fat that may help fight obesity.
A proposed update to the University of Ottawa’s liquor policy that would have banned shots of hard liquor and restricted pitchers in its student-run bars has been scrapped.
The University of Ottawa’s English-language improvised comedy team took home first prize at the University of Toronto’s improv summit Jan. 26.
Last year’s cry to lower tuition fees caused a stir across Canada, but the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) opted not to organize a National Day of Action in 2013.
Midterms are fast approaching, and we could all use a break! Escape by watching A Royal Affair at the ByTowne Cinema at 4 p.m. It’s a costume drama that tells the true story of a physician who brought the Enlightenment’s values of reason over blind religion to Denmark in the 18th century. History comes to life on screen, plus there’s some bodice-ripping sex.
According to the results of a survey by the Universitas Indonesia (UI), the U of O is currently the 14th most sustainable university in the world.
Students at the University of Ottawa are invited to come up with ideas to improve the school now that the annual Good Ideas contest is soon to be underway.
Holly and Pete Massie are founding members of the Stairwell Carollers, an a cappella choir based in Ottawa that was formed in Marchand Residence way back in 1977. As Holly puts it, the choir wouldn’t have existed had it not been for the University of Ottawa.
Walking around campus this year, you might notice there are a lot of new options for where to eat. Bento Sushi moved out of the university centre (UCU) cafeteria and is now where the Upper Crust used to be, there is a new food truck under the Thompson- Fauteux overpass and the Faculty of Social Sciences building will soon be getting a bakery.
The University of Ottawa and its faculty association, the Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa (APUO), reached a collective agreement Sept. 20, after 16 months of negotiations. Talks for the agreement began in April of 2011.
In a recent report by the Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA), the University of Ottawa ranked fourth in research in the science and engineering faculties, and 20th in social sciences and humanities.
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A GROUP OF eight professors is working on implementing the University of Ottawa’s first PhD communication program, which will be entirely bilingual. This program will be the first of its kind in Canada, likely to be ready by 2014. “We are looking forward to this program with much enthusiasm because there are many possibilities, which …
RECYCLEMANIA IS AN annual international contest between post-secondary institutions around the world. Universities compete to be recognized as the one of the most sustainable universities globally. Campus Sustainability Office and the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa’s (SFUO) Sustainable Development Centre are running a waste-free pledge contest until March 31 for students to promote …
STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS Service (SASS) recently employed man’s best friend to help reduce student stress on campus. Tundra, the fully certified therapy dog now working at SASS, belongs to associate professor Audrey Gilles of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. “Tundra was a dog that I rescued during my last year …
THE PROBLEM: YOU need advice—professional advice—and you’d even be willing to pay for it, but you have no idea how to get a person with expertise to sit down and chat with you. The solution: Liaise, an Ottawa-based start-up business that recently won a $5,000 first-place prize at the Nicol Entrepreneurial Award Business Plan Competition …
THE UNIVERSITY OF Ottawa has been ranked the 19th most sustainable university campus in the world, according to a study done by the University of Indonesia. The study ranked 178 universities worldwide by their efforts in the categories of setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, and transportation. Jonathan Rausseo, sustainable development manager …
AS MIDTERMS APPROACH, more and more University of Ottawa and Carleton University students are abandoning their books. Why, you ask? To participate in an all-out Facebook meme war, which is gaining increased attention by the day. It all started with a Facebook group called “B!tch Please. I go to the University of Ottawa,” on which …
