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An inaccessible cave preserved clues to Jamaica’s climate past in the sedimentary layers of bat guano

The University of Ottawa's Positive Energy program released its latest round of survey results tracking Canadians’ attitudes toward climate change action during the pandemic. The survey was conducted by Positive Energy’s official pollster, Nanos Research. Canadians were asked on a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means absolutely the worst time and 10 ...

The University of Ottawa stands in solidarity with Laurentian University The University of Ottawa stands in solidarity with Laurentian University, whose mission and existence are threatened as it files for creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. Once again, we confirm our commitment to the Franco-Ontarian com...

More than 20 years after the discovery of the parkin gene linked to young-onset Parkinson’s disease, researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa may have finally figured out how this mysterious gene protects the brain. Using human and mouse brain samples and engineered cells, they found that the parkin protein works in two wa...

The pandemic has not slowed down the creativity and inspiration of students at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering, who have worked closely with external partners of the Faculty to develop real client solutions. They will present their engineering design projects and celebrate their achievements as part of the ninth editio...

Scalpel? Check. Gaming console? Check: Study finds video games can be a new tool on surgical tray for medical students Video games offer students obvious respite from the stresses of studies and, now, a study from a University of Ottawa medical student has found they could benefit surgical skills training. Arnav Gupta carries a heavy ...

The University of Ottawa’s Positive Energy program released a new research study exploring the past, present and future of energy and environmental conflict in Canada. The research, conducted by Positive Energy faculty affiliate and Mount Royal University professor Duane Bratt, is now available on...

Message from President Jacques Frémont to our uOttawa Community Ottawa, March 30, 2021 -   Dear members of the uOttawa community, In recent months, polarizing events concerning the nature and limits of academic freedom and the responsibility of the University of Ottawa as an academic and research institution have generated a gre...

A project spearheaded by a researcher at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has been awarded $9 million in Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funding to create a national network for better researching and responding to the global threat COVID-19 variants pose. Led by Dr. Marc-André Langlois, the Coronavirus Variants Rapid R...

uOttawa psychology lab involved in international study reveals bilingual babies prefer baby talk to adult speak, especially in language heard at home Developmental psychologists argue baby talk is important for language development because it captures infants’ attention, with babies better learning language sounds and words when hearing exagger...