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Carleton University Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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In following the recommendations from Ottawa Public Health, the Office of the Dean is operating online and staff are working remotely. For assistance, please contact the office at odscience@carleton.ca, and your email will be redirected to the appropriate contact. We are also checking and responding to voicemail on (613) 520-4388 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

We are doing all we can to keep our community safe and to contribute to slowing the progression of COVID-19 in Ottawa, the country and the world. For the latest updates and more information visit Carleton University’s COVID-19 site.

Thank you for your understanding during this time.

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Jan 27 Science Café – The Science of Sweat

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Feb 4 ACE EDI Event Series – The Social Context of STEM Education

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Feb 10 Science Café – MicroRNA: Can We Use Natural Gene Silencers to Solve Human Problems?

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Mar 10 Science Café – A Gut Feeling About Stress

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Mar 24 Science Café – Probing the Infinitesimal to the Infinite with the ATLAS Experimen...

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January 12, 2021

Carleton Neuroscience Researchers Help Demystify Major Depression

December 22, 2020

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Argel Aguilar-Valles Discuss the Workings of Novel Antidepressants

More than 1/3 of patients diagnosed with major depression do not respond to traditional antidepressant treatments, such as serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Recently, ketamine was approved for the treatment of those... More

December 21, 2020

Robert Clarke Posthumously Named Fellow of the IUPESM in Honour of Contributions to Medical Physics

December 15, 2020

Storey Lab in The Conversation: Hibernating lemurs may be the key to cryogenic sleep for...

Storey Lab in The Conversation: Hibernating lemurs may be the key to cryogenic sleep for human space travel

December 15, 2020

Richard Ernst in The Conversation: Venus was once more Earth-like, but climate change made it...

Richard Ernst in The Conversation: Venus was once more Earth-like, but climate change made it uninhabitable

December 15, 2020

Earth Sciences Prof. Tim Patterson Awarded Grant to Investigate Munitions Dumping in the Baltic Sea

December 10, 2020

WATCH: Recording of ACE EDI Event featuring Dr. Imogen Coe

“We, as individuals or institutions, should be focused on creating cultures of care that achieve inclusive excellence.” – Dr. Imogen Coe The second event in the ACE EDI series, hosted... More

December 8, 2020

Online Science Café – Join Sean Landsman for an Exploration of Migratory Fishes as Ecosystem...

Online Science Café – Join Sean Landsman for an Exploration of Migratory Fishes as Ecosystem Service Providers

When we think of migratory fish, most conjure up images of bright red sockeye salmon darting past grizzly bears in the Pacific Northwest. And while sockeye salmon, and indeed all... More

December 8, 2020

CBC News: Carleton researchers turn to AI, supercomputer in fight against COVID-19

December 8, 2020

Carleton Research Funds Show Rapid Growth As Researchers Shine Internationally

December 4, 2020

PhD Candidate Annemarie Dedek Places Third in Carleton’s Three Minute Thesis Contest

December 4, 2020

Carleton’s Raven Magazine Flies Again

In the Media

December 15, 2020

Storey Lab in The Conversation: Hibernating lemurs may be the key to cryogenic sleep for...

Storey Lab in The Conversation: Hibernating lemurs may be the key to cryogenic sleep for human space travel

December 15, 2020

Richard Ernst in The Conversation: Venus was once more Earth-like, but climate change made it...

Richard Ernst in The Conversation: Venus was once more Earth-like, but climate change made it uninhabitable

December 8, 2020

CBC News: Carleton researchers turn to AI, supercomputer in fight against COVID-19

November 24, 2020

The Conversation: For university students, COVID-19 stress creates perfect conditions for mental health crises

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J.N.K. Rao, School of Mathematics and Statistics

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Hymie Anisman, Department of Neuroscience

Paul Van Oorschot, School of Computer Science

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science

Paul Van Oorschot, School of Computer Science