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New Centre for Quantitative Analysis and Decision Support opens at Carleton

Decisions are rarely made under ideal circumstances because decision-makers are often faced with either too much or too little information. While tradition and instinct may provide guidance in certain cases, the nature and complexity of other situations require deeper scrutiny.

The Centre for Quantitative Analysis and Decision Support (CQADS) is a joint initiative of Carleton University’s Faculty of Science and the School of Mathematics and Statistics that offers a variety of analytical services to its clients.

Friday, January 25, 2013
Science faculty members win Graduate Mentoring Awards

The 2012 Faculty Graduate Mentoring Awards were handed out on January 15 at a Wine and Cheese Reception. Three Faculty of Science professors were recognized for their exceptional service to graduate students as supervisors and research mentors.

The Faculty of Science winners are: Hymie Anisman, Neuroscience; Lenore Fahrig, Biology; and Claire Samson, Earth Sciences.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Biology and Biochemistry professor Ken Storey talks about frozen wood frogs in Pakistan Today

Amazing ways animals can control their bodies

Friday, January 11, 2013
A variety of health & safety training sessions are being held throughout the winter term

As we head into the winter academic session, it’s time to once again focus on Safety Training. To register for any of these workshops listed below please visit Carleton Central—Learning and Development.

Friday, January 11, 2013
Faculty of Science launches its latest equipment: a new Transmission Electron Microscope

Carleton is now home to a new $1 million nano imaging device. The university’s acquisition of the FEI Tecnai G2 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), in partnership with Environment Canada, was announced today by the Faculty of Science.
 

Monday, January 7, 2013
Group headed by Carleton Computer Science professor wins the Innovation Impact of the Year 2012 Award from IBM Canada

Computer Science Professor Frank Dehne’s project entitled Parallel Real-Time OLAP on Multi-Core Processors was recently recognized with the Innovation Impact of the Year 2012 Award from IBM Canada. Read more.

Thursday, November 29, 2012
2012 Herzberg Lecture to look at food irradiation

Dr. Rick Holley, Distinguished Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Manitoba, will present the 2012 Herzberg lecture entitled "Must we irradiate food?"

When: Thursday, December 6 at 7:30 pm
Where: 103 Steacie Building

Free parking on any level of Lot 9 Parking Garage. This is an open public lecture, with free admission and reception to follow. Seating is limited. RSVP to events.carleton.ca

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Biology Professor Mike Runtz talks to the Ottawa Citizen about urban coyote populations

A biologist in the States has tracked the growing number of coyotes living in urban Chicago. Carleton biology professor Mike Runtz says Ottawa is a city with its own coyote population. How these animals live relatively unseen among us is the topic of an article in the Ottawa Citizen. Read the full story here.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A group of Canadian scientists led by Carleton graduate Michael Ryan find new dinosaur

"Canadian scientists who “stumbled upon” fragments of unidentified fossils at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa have determined that they came from a previously unknown species of dinosaur from southern Alberta — an important and early member of the group of large, horned animals that would eventually give rise to the well-known triceratops." Read the full story in the National Post.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The Faculty of Science is holding a Science Specialty Tour for prospective students on November 17

Carleton University’s Faculty of Science invites you and your parents to attend the Specialty Tour for the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Computer Science and Bachelor of Mathematics on Saturday, November 17, 2012.
 
Agenda
1:00 p.m.Check-in (lobby of Robertson Hall)
1:30 p.m.General information session
2:00 p.m.Block lab tours
4:00 p.m.General campus tour (optional)

Monday, November 12, 2012