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Two funding opportunities available for students participating in a Field Study Semester

admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:40:35 +0000

The Faculty of Science is pleased to share two awards available for students participating in a Field Study Semester (FSS) in the 2026-2027 or 2027-2028 academic year.

Lucile Devin (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale)

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:13:40 +0000

TITLE / TITRE

Biases in the distribution of prime numbers.

RÉSUMÉ / ABSTRACT

ɬ�﷬ team awarded CIFAR AI Safety Catalyst Grant to advance developer oversight in AI-assisted coding

admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:02:25 +0000

ɬ�﷬ team aims to develop guidelines, tools, and policy insights that help software engineers work safely and effectively with AI-assisted coding systems.

A ɬ�﷬ research team is tackling one of AI’s fastest-moving challenges: how software developers can steer and safeguard code as AI systems become capable of writing large portions of software on their own.

McCAIS Annual Symposium

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:34:31 +0000

Join the ɬ�﷬ Collaborative for AI and Society (McCAIS) for its Annual Symposium.

Luca Iffland (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:20:16 +0000

Title: The local logarithmic Brunn-Minkowski inequality for bodies of revolution

Biology’s Mahnaz Mansoori wins President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:16:58 +0000

Phytotron Manager Mahnaz Mansoori (pictured above, left, with Biology Department Chair Prof. Gregor Fussmann) was one of nine ɬ�﷬ staff members honoured with the President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff at last week's afternoon convocation ceremony. These annual awards recognize the talent, dedication, and hard work of staff members who have made outstanding contributions to the University’s mission.

24 ɬ�﷬ researchers identified in Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:15:58 +0000

Twenty-four ɬ�﷬ researchers have been named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers™ list, a ranking prepared each year by Clarivate, an analytics company based in the US. The list assesses researchers in a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to environmental science. The number of ɬ�﷬ scholars on the list grew from 14 in 2024 to 24 in 2025.

Chemistry professor Eric McCalla awarded Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future grant

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:37:08 +0000

Eric McCalla, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, has received a Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) grant, a joint program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).

ɬ�﷬ researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:08:32 +0000

Thirty-two ɬ�﷬ research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $9.7 million.

Professor Christian Genest recipient of the Acfas Urgel-Archambault prize (2025)

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:14:22 +0000

Professor Christian Genest is the winner of the 2025 Acfas Urgel-Archambault prize.

Le Prix Acfas Urgel-Archambault 2025 pour les sciences physiques, mathématiques, informatique et génie, est remis à Christian Genest, professeur titulaire au Département de mathématiques et de statistique de l'Université ɬ�﷬.

Marco Carone receives prestigious 2025 Myrto Award from Harvard's School of Public Health

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:36:44 +0000

Dr. Marco Carone, a former ɬ�﷬ undergraduate student in Probability and Statistics, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Myrto Award from Harvard's School of Public Health.

Professor Courtney Paquette featured in SIAM news (2025)

admin — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:55:53 +0000

Professor Courtney Paquette from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is featured in SIAM News—the journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The publication showcases the state of the art in applied mathematics, computational science, and data science, while highlighting real-world applications of mathematical research. In doing so, it helps lay the groundwork for scientific advances and new discoveries, supports efforts to address pressing global challenges, and enables leaders and policymakers to make informed decisions.

Homecoming 2025: Water, Climate Change, and the Future

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:26:51 +0000

As part of last weekend’s Homecoming festivities, Interim Dean of Science Alanna Watt hosted an engaging and timely event on Friday morning entitled “Water, Climate Change, and the Future,” which highlighted the importance of freshwater science research in the face of a changing climate.

Professor Audrey Moores (Chemistry) awarded the Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:56:12 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Audrey Moores (Chemistry), who has been awarded the Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology!

The Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology is an endowed chair created in 1984 to promote research in the field of biotechnology. The chair is awarded for a five-year term and rotates among ɬ�﷬'s Faculties of Medicine, Science and Agriculture.

How a ɬ�﷬ undergrad’s summer research project became a paper in a prestigious journal

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:16:56 +0000

When then-ɬ�﷬ undergraduate Maya Willard-Stepan cold-emailed a professor asking to help with their research, she didn’t expect the project to end up in the Nature-partner journal npj Urban Sustainability.

“I really wanted to get involved in research early,” said Willard-Stepan, who had come to ɬ�﷬ from a small town on Vancouver Island.