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Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies: Mary Chaktsiris & the Curiosity Cruiser

July 16, 2014

During the Renaissance, wealthy collectors housed strange and remarkable objects in what came to be called “cabinets of curiosity.”

Scary scans make smokers stop smoking: new Brock research

May 29, 2014

Smokers, take note. There’s an image that could alarm even the hardest core into giving up the vice for good.

The Brock News: Brock and other scientists discover plankton believed to be extinct

May 12, 2014

Life after death - one million years later. Brock University geologist Martin Head and a team of international researchers have discovered a living plankton species that scientists had thought was extinct for the past million years.

The Brock News: Can-Flip gymnastics program focuses on youth with Cerebral Palsy

May 2, 2014

When children’s gymnastics coach Olivia Cook was in secondary school, a young girl came to Cook’s club looking to enroll in a gymnastics program. The club hesitated - it couldn’t guarantee the safety of the child due to her disabilities. Cook was deeply moved.

Event: York U’s Glendon campus serves as host for the Canada Prizes Award Ceremony May 7

May 2, 2014

Two books authored by individuals with connections to York University are among a group of scholarly works by Canadian academics that are in the running for a prestigious Canada Prize.

The Windsor Star: Windsor’s big answer to extra electricity: store it underwater

April 14, 2014

The problem with electricity is if you don’t use it right away it goes to waste, which makes renewable energy tricky. Enter two plugged-in University of Windsor engineers who have developed a way to store energy underwater. http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2014/04/13/windsors-big-answer-to-extra-electricity-store-it-underwater/