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To All Members of the Carleton Community,

Please be advised that starting today, the City of Ottawa will be installing some fencing near the north-bound O-Train platform. This fencing is part of the preparation for the installation of a piece of public art that will be erected at the Carleton O-Train station.

Access to the north-bound platform will not be impacted. However, minor modifications to the pedestrian pathway will occur.

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) recently announced the winners of the 2014 IASP Early Career Research Grant Program. The Faculty of Science and the Department of Neuroscience want to congratulate Professor Michael Hildebrand on winning this prestigious grant for his project titled, “Spinal cord ion channels in acute and chronic pain signaling”.

The 2015 recipients of medals awarded annually by the Society for Sedimentary Geology have been announced.  

The winner of the prestigious Francis J. Pettijohn Medal in recognition of "Excellence in Sedimentology and Stratigraphy" for 2015 is Charlie Kerans (Ph.D. Geology, Carleton University, 1982).

The Faculty of Science and the Department of Earth Sciences congratulates Dr. Kerans on his award.

 Amit Scheer, a 15 year old high school student from Colonel By Secondary School, is a Science whiz kid from Barrhaven. He is no stranger to hard work and dedication to his project, and works long hours; rivaling most graduate students. His enthusiasm for Science knows no bounds and provides the drive to see him through the “thick-and-thin” of challenges and barriers that often present themselves in experimentation. Amit has been mentored by Dr.