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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Dr. Mike Runtz Resumes Annual In-Person Wolf Howling at Algonquin Park!

Every summer since 1993, Naturalist and Professor Mike Runtz facilitates a public Wolf howl at Algonquin Park to allow us an opportunity to appreciate and understand Wolves. in his interview with CBC radio "Fresh Air" session, he explains the history, importance and method behind the howl. Listen Here!... More

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Dr. Steve Cooke & Dr. Vivian Nguyen Research the Impact of Ubran Exodus on Shorelines & Ecosystems

Dr. Steve Cooke and Dr. Vivian Nguyen  are looking at the impact on shorelines and ecosystems due to the increase in use of provincial waterways and increased construction of cottages in urban areas. Equipped with a new two-year, $533,660 Alliance Missions Grant from Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) will... More

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Dr. Emma Hudgins’ Research Aims to Minimize the Threat of Invasive Insects in a Changing Climate

Dr. Emma Hudgins' spoke with the Carleton Newsroom about her research, which focuses on the health of trees and the impacts of invasive insects with the aim of producing the best pest management strategies for Canada, is increasingly important, considering both the ecological and economic value of urban trees and the interconnected, anthropogenic... More

Friday, July 8, 2022

Grad Students Matthew Coffey and Alicia Halhed get first and second place in GRADflix Competition

Grad students Matthew Coffey and Alicia Halhed won first and second place in the annual GRADflix competition. This competition requires participants to make a one-minute video describing their research. Visit this page to watch their flix! First Place: Matthew Coffey (Biology) Studying Lobelia Mating System using Citizen Science Second Place:... More

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Kara Scott Awarded Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship in Biology

Undergraduate BSc student, Kara Scott has been awarded the second Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship in Biology to conduct research on turtle (Northern Map, Common Musk, & Painted) climbing abilities with regards to slope, which is seeking to address the recent surge in cottage use and building of shoreline barriers that could negatively... More

Monday, July 4, 2022

Dr. Jenny Bruin Awarded Early Researcher Award

Congratulations to Dr. Jenny Bruin, who was a recipient of the Early Researcher Award. This award is a $140,000 award administered by the Province of Ontario to help promising, recently-appointed Ontario researchers build their research teams of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and research associates. Dr. Bruin's research provides... More

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Why Cricket Protein Could be a Game-Changer

Our planet's population is expected to reach nearly 11 billion by the end of this century, which will create a major global challenge: How will we feed so many people? Current agricultural practices, whether producing animals or crops, require too much land, water, feed or fertilizer to be sustainable at such a scale. But... More

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Invasive Insects Will Kill 1.4 Million Urban Trees by 2050

The study was part of lead author Emma Hudgins’ Ph.D. thesis at McGill University in Montreal. Hudgins is now a postdoctoral fellow at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. “Over the course of my Ph.D., I had built models to predict how invasive insects would spread and establish across the United States, and I wanted... More

Friday, May 13, 2022

New tool helps scientists monitor chronic oil in Arctic wildlife

Jennifer Provencher, Adjunct professor, Department of Biology and Yasmeen Zahaby, Masters Student, Department of Biology wrote a wonderfully informative article discussing how Arctic wildlife are impacted by oil and climate change. Jennifer's research focus is on the effects of plastic pollution, including the cumulative effects of plastic... More

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Anand Chopra Awarded Outstanding TA Award

We are delighted to announce that Anand Chopra, Faculty of Science Teaching Assistant for BIOC 3103/3104 has been awarded an Outstanding TA Award for the 2021-2022 academic year This award celebrates the contributions and support Teaching Assistants give to the undergraduate and graduate programs in their disciplines, as well as their roles in... More

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Prof. Steve Cooke Awarded Le Cren Medal

Prof. Steven Cooke (Canada Research Professor; Institute for Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences; Biology) was awarded the Le Cren Medal by the Fisheries Society of the British... More

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology: Accepting applications for 2022-23

Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Biology to an outstanding full-time student in the second year of a degree program in Biology or Biochemistry who is a Black woman. Application is required.  Established in 2021 in memory of Henrietta Lacks whose cancer... More

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