Faculty of Science News Archive

August 19, 2019 — 
Pure mathematics is all about the long game, according to mathematician and alumna Karen Gunderson

August 13, 2019 — 
Christine Adams [BA(Hons)/ 94, MEd/01] from the Faculty of Science is the winner of the 2019 Advising Excellence Award

August 9, 2019 — 
Success Through Wellness Grants foster creative STEAM programming in the Faculty of Science

July 16, 2019 — 
Professors Dr. Juliette Mammei, along with her colleagues Dr. Michael Gericke and adjunct professor Dr. Russell Mammei, currently have an experiment running at Jefferson Lab, the world’s premier electron scattering facility, to measure the neutron skin of lead in an “earth-based” experiment. 

July 15, 2019 — 
The Sorensen lab back-to-back papers in the Journal of Natural Products were selected by the editors for the Arthur E. Schwarting Award for Paper of the Year in 2018. The announcement was made public July 2, 2019 in the American Society of Pharmacognosy newsletter. 

June 24, 2019 — 
Not all poop is the same, at least when it comes to fecal transplants. Typically a topic avoided in polite conversation, Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) is the transfer of one individual’s stool to another

June 10, 2019 — 
An international team of researchers has found that the physical condition of beluga whales affects their capacity to store oxygen in their blood and muscle tissues

June 6, 2019 — 
Classmates call Domalaon a “go-getter”, having already started a job in the pharmaceutical industry, after being scouted and hired in November of last year – but for Domalaon, it’s par for the course.

June 5, 2019 — 
At age sixteen, Kailee Rutherford was diagnosed with cancer

May 29, 2019 — 
Five exceptional students will be awarded the Governor General’s academic medals, for outstanding achievement at their level of study