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Friday, February 19, 2016

CU Postdoc Featured in Globe & Mail

A Carleton Postdoc Fellow's research could provide a way for Netflix Inc. to shut down “content tourists” who use masking software to gain access to the service’s full content library. Read Globe & Mail... More

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Tips on Applying for a SSHRC Grant

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Monday, August 24, 2015

Former CU PhD Student Featured in the New York Times

Click here to see story about Thomas Hossie, now a postdoc at Trent University, who along with Prof. Tom Sherratt were both featured in a recent New York Times article.  Both are researching insects that... More

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Postdoc Kathleen Van Benthem Featured on CU Home Page

Check out what Carleton Postdoc Kathleen Van Benthem did as a PhD student in Chris Herdman’s Advanced Cognitive Engineering (ACE) lab, where they were working on a cognitive health screening tool for older pilots. Click here to see story.  ... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Carleton’s Nafisa Jadavji Wins Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award

Carleton University’s Nafisa Jadavji, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neuroscience, has been awarded a Postdoctoral Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award for research in preventing strokes in women. The award is worth $40,000, plus a $5,000 research allowance. “This is an extraordinary accomplishment that demonstrates the strong... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Tips on Applying for a Postdoctoral Fellowship

Carleton Postdoc and Banting Fellow Rena Bivens, who is in the School of Journalism and Communication, has been recognized nationally and internationally for her research. She is currently investigating the design of social media platforms to discover how and why non-profit organizations (NPOs) are using them. Bivens is particularly interested in... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

More Tips on Applying for a Postdoctoral Fellowship

Sophie Tamas is one of three Carleton recipients of the prestigious 2013 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships. Tamas, who is with the School of Canadian Studies and Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, has been recognized by her peers for her desire to push the boundaries of autoethnographic research. She has written an acclaimed book... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Years in Colombia + PhD from Carleton = Postdoc at Yale

As part of his PhD in Anthropology with a specialization in Political Economy, Daniel Tubb spent more than two years in Colombia conducting fieldwork for his dissertation. Says Tubb: “As with most anthropologists, my fieldwork was a formative experience and a highlight of my studies.” Tubb says that one of the challenges of doing fieldwork... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Researchers Awarded Prestigious Banting Fellowships to Study at Carleton

Two researchers have been awarded the renowned Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship to pursue their work at Carleton University. The awards were announced Thursday in Toronto by the Honourable Gary Goodyear, minister of state (science and technology). Eli MacLaren and Alex Wong will each receive $140,000 in research funding over two years. MacLaren’s... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Banting Scholars in Literature and Evolutionary Biology Add Prestige to Carleton

Alex Wong and Eli MacLaren, Postdoctoral Fellows at Carleton, are both Banting scholars. As the latest issue of Research Works notes, they are both adding prestige to Carleton. The article is available HERE Wong recently presented his research at the Science Café. A short video about his presentation is below.... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

PDF Rena Bivens Talks About Teens and Social Media

Postdoctoral Fellow Rena Bivens was in the news recently talking about the connection between teens and social media use with her Hanging Out Online Project. You can find the story... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships

If you are a senior PhD Student or a Postdoctoral Fellow at Carleton, you might want to know about the Tri-Agency’s (SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR) Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship program. Valued at 70K per year for each of two years, these awards are seen as the top Postdoctoral Fellowships in Canada. Details of the eligibility... More

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