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Friday, December 17, 2010

Cleaning up the Capital

by Nicole Findlay Rather than attend class, two groups of Carleton students elected to clean some of Ottawa's shorelines last week. The students were participating in the annual Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup (GCSC) and Ottawa’s Cleaning the Capital campaign. "Engagement in this activity is part of my broader commitment to... More

Friday, May 28, 2010

Old news, new insight

After a year spent pouring over back issues of Ontario newspapers, two history students have uncovered new insights on old news. Upon the recommendation history professor Aleksandra Bennett, Joseph Scanlon, professor emeritus and director of Carleton’s Emergency Communications Research Unit, enlisted Nicole Marion and Casey Hurrell in a study of... More

Monday, May 3, 2010

Corvus takes flight

Under the direction of Greg Fisher, a group of four Greek and Roman Studies students have recently launched an on-line journal. Corvus, the Latin word for raven, explores a range of topics pertaining to classical civilization. Launched in January 2010, the inaugural edition features papers written on topics ranging from foreign policy in antiquity... More

Monday, January 18, 2010

Media watch FASS researcher and student

The Ottawa Citizen has identified a FASS researcher and student as two of their twelve “People to Watch 2010”. Chris Herdman, scientific director of the Visualization and Simulation Centre (VSIM), was among the first profiled in the Ottawa Citizen’s people to watch series.  Herdman received $28.8 million in funding from industry, the... More

Monday, November 23, 2009

Peer mentor claims Millennium Award

It was only five years ago that the future seemed pretty bleak for Daniel Crépault. He was on the police radar and his family had given up on him. By 2004, he dropped out of high school to enter Harvest House, a residential treatment program for substance abusers. Crépault is now an award-winning, third-year... More

Monday, November 9, 2009

Intuition rewarded

Had she not listened to her intuition, Kimberley Cullen never would have walked away with Carleton’s top honour. Cullen will receive the Chancellor’s Medal at November convocation, albeit four years later than fate might have deigned. Following the advice of guidance councilors, Cullen began her post-secondary studies in a completely different... More

Monday, September 14, 2009

Thinking beyond the clash of civilizations

By Nicole Findlay Scripture from the Bible, philosophy, the exploits of conquering heros, combined with commentary on modern political ideologies and the dogma pitting East against West provided Bachelor of Humanities students with a glimpse of what’s to come. Journalist, filmmaker and author Nelofar Pazira spoke to first-year B.Hum students at... More

Monday, June 29, 2009

Music grad helps bring opera back to Buffalo

After an eleven-year hiatus residents of Buffalo are able to enjoy opera once again thanks to talented musicians like music graduate Nadia Petrella who recently graced the stage of the Riviera Theater. The twenty-four-year-old sang the leading female role in Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini and performed along with internationally recognized... More

Friday, May 29, 2009

FASS students win inaugural Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

By Lori Tarbett Jihan Abbas (sociology and anthropology) and Rebecca Mugford (psychology) are two of the recipients of the Vanier Graduate Scholarship which was introduced in the 2008 Federal budget and created to strengthen Canada’s ability to attract and retain the world’s top doctoral students. It will encourage partnerships, promote... More

Monday, May 25, 2009

One Way to Norway

By Lori Tarbett Third year student Saille Bishop-Legowski is headed to Norway this summer as the undergrad nominee for the Terrestrial Cryosphere Exchange. Organized by the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, the exchange will allow Bishop-Legowski to study terrestrial cryosphere (permafrost and glaciers) at the University of Oslo... More

Monday, May 25, 2009

Carleton Composers featured at NAC’s Light and Line show and CBC’s All in a Day

Genus Trilogy, the composition work of Carleton University music students Graydon Campbell, Andrew Burn, and John Dapaah was featured at the National Arts Centre’s sold-out Light and Line integrated-arts performance on May 15, 2009. Genus Trilogy arose from a partnership between Carleton and The School of Dance when the School approached... More

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

A hobby of helping

By Lori Tarbett Third year Yamikani Msosa describes volunteering as one of her main hobbies and that is evident given the myriad of activities she is involved in both on and off campus. Yamikani Msosa Along with completing a double major in history and law, and a minor in women’s studies, Msosa is a... More

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