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In 2024, the University of Ottawa continued to make its mark as a leader in research and innovation. Through its investments, state-of-the-art infrastructure and strategic partnerships, the University worked to improve the well-being of local and global communities.

As 2024 draws to a close, we celebrate a year shaped by transformative ideas and productive collaboration. This year’s milestones reflect our research community’s dedication to advancing knowledge. Supported by the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, these achievements underscore our commitment to fostering meaningful progress.

Ottawa's Premier Hackathon Returns Bigger Than Ever

Once again, this year, the University of Ottawa has risen among the top research-driven universities in Canada, according to Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities for 2024, published by the well-regarded Research Infosource Inc.

Students from the recently-launched Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Design share their unique experiences in the program, which offers a hands-on approach to learning and opportunities to make a real-world impact.

For the past ten years, uOttawa Engineering professor Pierre Berini's nanofabrication research at the NanoFab, a core facility at the University of Ottawa, has been shaping the future of technology. 

The University of Ottawa is furthering research excellence through 15 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) addressing a broad range of global challenges.

How uOttawa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem helped TerraFixing founder Vida Gabriel turn a love of chemistry into a $10 million carbon capture startup transforming Canada’s North.

The October 2024 flood in Valencia, Spain, stands as one of the most severe flooding events in recent history, with record-breaking rainfall and extensive impacts across southern and southeastern Spain. Triggered by an unusual cut-off low-pressure system, the storm brought intense and prolonged rainfall to the region, overwhelming natural and urban drainage systems. Some areas received hundreds of...

Dr. Ousmane Seidou, a professor in the Faculty of Engineering at uOttawa, is dedicated to understanding current and future climate-related risks in watersheds and developing appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies.