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Iron Chef: fourth time lucky for uOttawa?

The University has come close to bringing home the top prize in the Inter-University Iron Chef Competition on two occasions since the culinary event was launched in 2014. Perhaps the 2017 Iron Chef cook-off will be the year uOttawa takes it all!
Take a break for Wellness Week

Count Tyrone Rugen, The Princess Bride’s six-fingered man, got one thing right in the 1987 comedy: “If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything.” The University of Ottawa wholly agrees, which explains the more than 50 free activities and contests offered to employees and students starting on November 21 as part of the third annual Wellness Week.

Toward a world without bullying

“I delivered newspapers as a boy, and two tough kids lived along my route. These brothers would see me coming and race after me, push me off my bike and spit at me. I had to see these boys every day and I was really scared.” – Professor David Smith
The stroke-dementia connection

Once a week without fail, Dr. Antoine Hakim sits down, wraps a cuff around his arm and takes his blood pressure.