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Steven Cooke and William Twardek contribute to major migratory fish report documenting 76 per cent...

Steven Cooke and William Twardek contribute to major migratory fish report documenting 76 per cent decline

Biology Prof. Steven Cooke and PhD student William Twardek are co-authors on a newly released global report on the status of migratory fish. The Living Planet Index for Migratory Freshwater... More

Biology PhD Jill Brooks receives shark research and outreach award

Biology PhD Jill Brooks receives shark research and outreach award

Jill Brooks, a PhD student in Biology, has been awarded the Eugenie Clark Memorial Award from the American Elasmobranch Society. The award recognizes female early-career scientists who demonstrate uncommon perseverance,... More

Mark Boulay receives NSERC funding to continue search for dark matter with DEAP-3600 experiment

Mark Boulay receives NSERC funding to continue search for dark matter with DEAP-3600 experiment

Faculty of Science announces new appointees to its leadership team

Faculty of Science announces new appointees to its leadership team

As the new Fall 2020 semester approaches, the Faculty of Science has appointed new Associate and Assistant Deans in various capacities. Sue Bertram, Professor in the Department of Biology, has... More

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Alex Wong discuss ultraviolet decontamination of medical masks

Online Science Café – Watch Prof. Alex Wong discuss ultraviolet decontamination of medical masks

Adequate personal protective equipment is critical for ensuring the safety of nurses, doctors, and other frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, personal protective equipment supply chains are stretched, with... More

Research by Carleton Master of Science students shows that opioid hospitalizations decrease on statutory holidays

Research by Carleton Master of Science students shows that opioid hospitalizations decrease on statutory holidays

Holidays are a time for family and friends. They can heighten our emotions, both good and bad. Feelings of isolation and stress can become that much more acute on holidays,... More

Rowan Thomson named Assistant Dean (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)

Rowan Thomson named Assistant Dean (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)

Carleton Prof. Rowan Thomson has been named Assistant Dean (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) for a three-year term. In this role, Thomson will build on the Faculty of Science’s existing work... More

Carleton Physicists Search for Particles Beyond Standard Model of Particle Physics

Carleton Physicists Search for Particles Beyond Standard Model of Particle Physics

Computer Science alum launch RideBuddie app to serve long-distance ride share market

Computer Science alum launch RideBuddie app to serve long-distance ride share market

As COVID-19 dominated headlines and monopolized public consciousness, a significant shift in Canada’s transportation network went mostly unnoticed.  In May 2020, Greyhound Bus Lines quietly shut down all service until... More

Zona incerta: Prof. Melissa Chee’s lab helps unveil new knowledge on the brain’s zone of...

Zona incerta: Prof. Melissa Chee’s lab helps unveil new knowledge on the brain’s zone of uncertainty

By Ty Burke There are roughly 86 billion neurons in a human brain. It is our most complex organ – and the least understood. Far from knowing what each neuron... More

Physicists design and validate new tech for CERN’s High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider

Physicists design and validate new tech for CERN’s High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider

Carleton-hosted epidemiology and biostatistics conference gives rise to new published research in Canadian Journal of...

Carleton-hosted epidemiology and biostatistics conference gives rise to new published research in Canadian Journal of Public Health

When Carleton University hosted the Canadian Society of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB) conference in May 2019, the terms COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 had not yet been invented, let alone uttered. As... More

Prof. Steven Cooke to take part in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Twitter chat

Prof. Steven Cooke to take part in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Twitter chat

Prof. Steven J. Cooke will be taking part in a Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Twitter chat on June 25th along with Pamela Templer, ecosystem ecologist and professor at Boston... More

Earth Sciences publishes video message in honour of graduates

Earth Sciences publishes video message in honour of graduates

The Department of Earth Sciences has published a congratulatory video message for its new graduates. The video contains well-wishes and advice from faculty and staff for students as they begin... More

Biology and Biochemistry give their students a positive send-off

Biology and Biochemistry give their students a positive send-off

The Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry has assemble a webpage dedicated to its graduating students. The page features graduation messages, videos from Chair of Biology, Owen Rowland and... More

Department of Neuroscience relays inspirational message to graduates

Department of Neuroscience relays inspirational message to graduates

The Department of Neuroscience has published an inspirational message by way of a streamable video for graduates. Click here to watch! The event features faculty and staff from the Department... More

Faculty of Science celebrates its 2020 graduates with keynote speech by Julie Angus!

Faculty of Science celebrates its 2020 graduates with keynote speech by Julie Angus!

We may not be holding Convocation ceremonies this spring, but the Faculty of Science has created a Virtual Graduation Celebration as a toast to the accomplishments of its graduates! New... More

#CarletonGrads2020 is here!

#CarletonGrads2020 is here!

Grad Stories: Sandra Gabriele, York University professor, returns to the classroom at Carleton

Grad Stories: Sandra Gabriele, York University professor, returns to the classroom at Carleton

Science leaders “Pass the Degree” in celebration of our new graduates!

Science leaders “Pass the Degree” in celebration of our new graduates!

Pass the degree! Leaders in the Faculty of Science took part in a degree-pass video in celebration of all of the accomplishments of our 2020 graduates in the Faculty of... More