Current News and Events in Research

2016

• 2017 John Charles Polanyi Prizes Nomination

  Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2016

  In honour of the achievement of John Charles Polanyi, recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Government of the Province of Ontario has established a fund to provide annually up to five prizes to outstanding researchers in the early stages of their career who are continuing to post-doctoral studies or have recently started a faculty appointment at an Ontario university. In 2016, the prizes have a value of $20,000 each and are available in the areas broadly defined as Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economic Science.

• Prestigious Polanyi Prize in Chemistry awarded to uOttawa Professor

  Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2016

  Stephen Newman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Ottawa is the recipient of the 2016 Polanyi Prize.

• Prestigious international award for photonics researcher

  Posted on Wednesday, November 9, 2016

  David Villeneuve, adjunct professor at the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Science and scientist with the National Research Council (NRC), has received the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Quantum Electronics Award. 

• uOttawa Research: Getting older? Sleep may not help your memory after all

  Posted on Wednesday, November 9, 2016

  First, the good news: a University of Ottawa researcher has discovered that younger individuals have the ability to consolidate new memories and skills while they sleep. The bad news? The same study shows that in older adults, age-related changes in sleep may hamper this ability.

• Of mice and man flu

  Posted on Tuesday, November 1, 2016

  Debate over whether man flu is real — or whether men are just big babies — is as inevitable as the dreaded flu season itself.

• Onwards and upwards - uOttawa climbs up in Maclean’s and InfoSource University rankings

  Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2016

  The University of Ottawa remains among the top universities in Canada, according to two recent rankings published this week.

• Government of Canada invests in the country's most promising young researchers

  Posted on Monday, October 3, 2016

  The 2015-16 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships recipients will develop innovative research that will support a strong middle class.

• SSHRC injects $5M into uOttawa arts, social sciences and humanities research

  Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2016

  Researchers working in the arts, social sciences and humanities at the University of Ottawa have received more than $5 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

• uOttawa Professor Stewart Elgie's Smart Prosperity Initiative selected as Clean50 Top15 Projects of 2017

  Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2016

  The University of Ottawa congratulates Professor Stewart Elgie, Director of Institute of the Environment and Common Law professor specializing in environmental law and economics, and the Sustainable Prosperity team on being selected as Clean50 Top15 Projects of 2017 for the Smart Prosperity Initiative.

• New members of Royal Society of Canada academies shine bold and bright

  Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2016

  A group of twelve researchers from the University of Ottawa will be joining the ranks of Canada’s brightest minds, with five elected to the Royal Society of Canada and seven others gaining admittance to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.