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Design Day is the perfect initiative for uOttawa students to show that they’re prepared to meet the challenges of the job market. Held twice a year, Design Day brings together industry professionals, families, friends, faculty members and students. This showcase is worth seeing — the many projects, prototypes, apps, design plans and websites serve as a call for innovation.

New needleleaf index helps monitor the health of the North American boreal forest

“Pivoting is the one constant in starting a business.” That’s how Olga Koppel describes her journey from academia to entrepreneurship. As the founder of EcoSafeSense, a company dedicated to improving air quality through real-time data collection, Olga’s path has been anything but linear. But her mission is clear: to bridge the gap between scientific research, policymaking, and public awareness to ...

In the spring of 2024, Myra Beaudoin Bertrand (BSc ’03) scaled Mount Everest and even brought along a uOttawa flag! Meet this go-getting, unpretentious woman who won the bet she made with herself as a child.

The rise of AI and digital platforms is reshaping how we work, interact and understand the world. For students, this requires them to be able to think deeply and broadly. It demands adaptability, curiosity and, most importantly, the ability to continuously learn. In today's world, how we learn is as important as what we learn.

Our critical systems are at risk of cyberattacks, especially the wireless networks that form the backbone of the 5G/6G era. With his expertise in AI-driven security solutions, Professor Burak Kantarci is tackling pressing security challenges of the digital era.

How can Canada achieve a cleaner, greener economy? The University of Ottawa’s Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI), the country’s first green economy think tank, is looking for answers to this question.

The University of Ottawa is the key academic partner in a groundbreaking pilot project on autonomous shuttles led by the Kanata North Business Association (KNBA).

In a time when Canadians are feeling the pressure of the rising cost of living, two innovative student startups are stepping up with solutions that could allow people to both live more sustainably and save money on groceries and energy.