UWindsor in the News

“Under the ice lurks a ‘strange’ Arctic monster” - The Ottawa Citizen, page A1, May 6, 2008
The Citizen ran a front page article about GLIER’s Dr. Aaron Fisk and his work on climate change and the feeding habits of Greenland sharks with Steve Campagna of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The article was also carried in The Saskatoon Star Phoenix, The Nanaimo Daily News, The Edmonton Journal, The Victoria Times Colonist, The Calgary Herald, The Vancouver Sun. Fisk’s team was later the subject of a feature episode of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel during the network’s “Shark Week” in July. The episode earned front page coverage in The Windsor Star on July 28.

“Marvelling at God’s handiwork” - The Windsor Star, page A5, May 31, 2008
The Star ran a lengthy Saturday feature about three UWindsor physicists – Dr. Gordon Drake, Dr. Tim Reddish and Dr. Mordecai Schlesinger – who spoke about their faith in God despite all of their scientific knowledge.

“U of W eyes health research” - The Windsor Star, page A3, July 16, 2008
The Star published a feature article about new Science Dean Dr. Marlys Koschinsky about how research efforts will be concentrating on health sciences and how the new medical school can be a catalyst for that shift.

“Anti-cancer compound brings experts to U of W” - The Windsor Star, page A1, Aug. 20, 2008
The Windsor Star ran a front page article about Dr. Siyaram Pandey and his partnership with scientists at the St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in Bangalore, India to begin testing the effectiveness of pancratistatin on breast cancer tissues.

“U of W’s med school pioneers start studies” - The Windsor Star, page A1, Sept. 3, 2008
The Star ran a front page article about the first class of students entering the new medical school and also published another front page article about the building when it was officially opened in November under the headline “New medical school a dream come true”

“Union leader’s legacy may be hard to match” - The New York Times, page 3, Sept. 6, 2008
The Times published an article about Buzz Hargrove retiring from the presidency of the CAW and quoted Dr. Tony Faria for his expert opinion on how UAW concessions will boost the labour cost gap between Canadian and U.S. plants. Faria is quoted more than anyone else on campus for his expertise, but this single hit generated more than $503,000 in equivalent advertising value.

“Buried pigs swarming with clues” - The Toronto Star, page A12, Sept. 29, 2008
The Star published a feature article about Dr. Sherah VanLaerhoven and her work on forensic entomology and how she uses bugs to determine the decomposition of dead bodies to help police investigators to determine the time of death in murder cases.

“U of W installs new chancellor; President vows to promote equality” - The Windsor Star, page A7, Oct. 25, 2008
The Star covered the installation ceremonies of Alan Wildeman, UWindsor’s sixth president

“Carolinian research centre planned” - The Windsor Star, page A5, Oct. 30, 2008
The Star published an article about the new Pelee Environmental Research Centre which will be devoted to studying the Carolinian forest zone and the Great Lakes on land donated by the town of Leamington.

“Ottawa urged to scrap hate speech law” - The National Post, page A1, Nov. 25, 2008
The Post ran a front page article about Richard Moon’s review of the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s governance of hate speech on the internet. No single story generated more coverage this year, with an article in Maclean’s magazine, articles and favourable editorials in all of the major national papers and in most of the daily city papers from coast to coast, earning more than $173,000 in equivalent advertising value.

“The death and life of small Ontario towns” - The Toronto Star, page ID01, Dec. 13, 2008
The Star ran a section-front Saturday feature about how small Ontario towns are surviving the loss of manufacturing jobs and prominently quoted Prof. Mark Meldrum who spoke about how ancient civilizations have come and gone throughout the ages.

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