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Concrete is often regarded as the backbone of our infrastructure. However, our seemingly indestructible infrastructure is currently facing major challenges. Professor Leandro Sanchez, an engineering researcher at uOttawa, is dedicated to mitigating concrete deterioration and finding solutions for its high carbon footprint.

The study proposes a large-scale workflow to produce natural killer cells and extracellular vesicles for cancer research & therapeutics.

30 by 30 is one of the major initiatives to have come out of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) held in Montreal in 2022. This initiative seeks to designate 30% of terrestrial and marine area across the world as protected areas by 2030. This is of particular interest to me given that one of my research focuses is aimed at understanding how protect...

The ACFAS conference, a real scholarly and multidisciplinary rallying point for the French-speaking world, “is happening this year at an opportune moment for taking on the challenges that scholarship in French is facing,” says Martine Lagacé, uOttawa associate vice-president, research promotion and development, and conference co-chair.

Graduate students involved in research in French on everything from artificial intelligence to health-care delivery in minority language communities are gearing up for the 91st Annual ACFAS Conference, which will take place on our campus from May 13 to May 17, 2024. With over 200 symposiums on a wide range of scholarly topics, as well as fun, free events, you may want to consider attending too,...

A new study by researchers at the University of Ottawa throws cold water on the idea that fans can effectively cool you down during extremely hot weather events.

Closing a year of IP moot victories for the University of Ottawa, students from the Common Law Section won both the Best Memorandum to Cabinet and Best Policy Briefing awards at the 2024 Canadian Copyright Policy Moot.

Mild winter and early thaw part of changing climate trend that allows tick populations to survive and flourish in eastern Canada

A research team lead by Dr. Marisa Azad at The Ottawa Hospital has treated the first patient in Canada with bacteriophage (phage) therapy for a chronic artificial joint infection. Phages are viruses that prey on bacteria.

Congratulations to Faculty of Education professor Joel Westheimer, who was elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Education and named a fellow of the American Educational Research Association. These two distinctions recognize his outstanding contributions to education and his influence as an internationally renowned public scholar.