Carleton Science

The Carleton University community is mourning the loss of John Reid, who passed away suddenly on June 24, 2019.

Reid graduated from Carleton with a Master’s degree in International Affairs in 1978 and, as President and CEO of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA), he became a prominent national advocate for advanced technology.

Freya George, graduating with a Carleton University PhD in Earth Sciences, is on her way to the United States, thanks to her Fulbright Scholar Award.

Spring Convocation’s first ceremony of the week will feature the installation of Chancellor Yaprak Baltacioğlu. Scientist and renowned author Diana Beresford-Kroeger will be recognized for her outstanding efforts towards preserving the Earth’s climate and forests, and Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk will be recognized for his contributions to scientific and health research.

Recent Carleton University graduate, Freya George, receives a Fulbright Award to the US Freya George, a recent graduate of Carleton University’s Department of Earth Sciences has received a Lloyd’s of London Fulbright Scholar Award to enable her to conduct postdoctoral research at Johns Hopkins University on one of the most well-regarded and impactful scholarship programmes in the world.

Groundbreaking research on chronic pain by Neuroscience Prof. Mike Hildebrand, PhD candidate Annemarie Dedek and colleagues is now published in BRAIN - a journal of neurology. Read the publication here. 

The Carleton University community is saddened to learn of the death of Laura Thomas, Senior Administrator in the Department of Biology.

A unique project developed by Carleton University’s Jeff Smith and partner Lynne Leonard at the University of Ottawa has been selected as one of nine semi-finalists for Health Canada’s Drug-Checking Technology Challenge.

Each semi-finalist will each receive $25,000 to develop prototypes.

Carleton's Roslyn Dakin specializes in behavioural data and analyzing the movements of birds to understand how they control their movement. As she sets up her lab in Carleton’s Department of Biology, she will begin teaching the first-year course Biological Methods, Analysis and Interpretation this fall.

Carleton University President Benoit-Antoine Bacon presented “da Vinci’s Vision: The Beauty (and Limitations) of Painting a 3D World” on May 8, 2019 as part of the university’s year-long Cinquecento series of events to explore lesser-known aspects of Leonardo da Vinci’s life.

Carleton's third annual Life Sciences Day, held on May 1, 2019 highlighted groundbreaking new research.