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91精品黑料吃瓜 professor Ian Kerr seated at the table with many little robots in the foreground.
Memorial Fund

Who鈥檚 Minding the Machines?

Our community is devastated by the passing of Dr. Ian R. Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology at the University of Ottawa. To honour his memory, we have established the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Fund, which will continue his remarkable legacy by supporting students, innovative programming, and cutting-edge research.
Our community is devastated by the passing of Dr. Ian R. Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology at the University of Ottawa. To honour his memory, we have established the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Fund, which will continue his remarkable legacy by supporting students, innovative progra...
91精品黑料吃瓜 alumnus Ren茅e Black with documents.
Scholarships

Using technology to promote peace

Update (March 30, 2017): PeaceGeeks, founded by 91精品黑料吃瓜 alumna Ren茅e Black, has won a Google.org Impact Challenge award. The Vancouver non-profit will use the $750,000 grant to develop an app that connects immigrants and refugees to services that help them navigate life in Canada.
Update (March 30, 2017): PeaceGeeks, founded by 91精品黑料吃瓜 alumna Ren茅e Black, has won a Google.org Impact Challenge award. The Vancouver non-profit will use the $750,000 grant to develop an app that connects immigrants and refugees to services that help them navigate life in Canada.
Un jeune 茅tudiant souriant 脿 la cam茅ra. | A male student walking towards the camera, smiling.
UROP

Powering Achievement in Physics

Brock Doiron first decided to study physics because of what he calls 鈥渢he whole astrophysics Stephen Hawking thing.鈥
Brock Doiron first decided to study physics because of what he calls 鈥渢he whole astrophysics Stephen Hawking thing.鈥
Fourth year medical student Jessie Nault stands in a hospital unit.
Scholarships

One indigenous student's dream

One day, all young Aboriginal women in Canada will be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer. And this will save lives.
One day, all young Aboriginal women in Canada will be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer. And this will save lives.
Gee-Gees basketball player Krista Van Slingerland stands in a darken gymnasium holding a basketball. She looks determined.
Sports

Slam dunk for mental health

When University of Ottawa student-athlete Krista Van Slingerland talks about the national mental health initiative for student-athletes that she co-founded in March 2014, you know you鈥檝e met a hero, someone intent on improving the world for the many varsity athletes walking in her shoes.
When University of Ottawa student-athlete Krista Van Slingerland talks about the national mental health initiative for student-athletes that she co-founded in March 2014, you know you鈥檝e met a hero, someone intent on improving the world for the many varsity athletes walking in her shoes.
Black and white photo of Vincent Lam.
Students assistance

Healing arts

For accomplished writer and dedicated doctor聽Vincent Lam聽(BSc 示94), variety is the spice of life. Most people would be content with successfully completing medical school and becoming an emergency physician. But Lam is not most people.
For accomplished writer and dedicated doctor聽Vincent Lam聽(BSc 示94), variety is the spice of life. Most people would be content with successfully completing medical school and becoming an emergency physician. But Lam is not most people.
Lee Silverstone presents his invention to one of his mentors, Catherine Geci of 91精品黑料吃瓜鈥檚 Startup Garage.
Entrepreneurship Hub

Pumping up a new business

Alumnus and entrepreneur Lee Silverstone loves the gym. But he saw an opportunity to make his workout even better by bringing his handwritten exercise checklist into the digital age.
Alumnus and entrepreneur Lee Silverstone loves the gym. But he saw an opportunity to make his workout even better by bringing his handwritten exercise checklist into the digital age.
In his lab, Andrew Pelling holds a petri dish containing scaffolds made from apple cells.
Faculty of Science

Using fruits and veggies to grow human tissue

To a cook, asparagus is a side dish that鈥檚 a sign of spring.聽 To University of Ottawa biophysicist Andrew Pelling, the vegetable is a potential source of new, inexpensive biomaterials to help repair the human body.
To a cook, asparagus is a side dish that鈥檚 a sign of spring.聽 To University of Ottawa biophysicist Andrew Pelling, the vegetable is a potential source of new, inexpensive biomaterials to help repair the human body.
Dressed in a white lab coat and with a glowing smile, Zemin Yao chats with two people.
Brain and Mind Research Institute

What if chronic diseases have a common cause?

Heart disease, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer鈥檚, Parkinson鈥檚 鈥 most Canadians will die of these or other chronic diseases. Could all that human suffering stem from a common cause? If so, finding and fixing the problem would improve and extend millions of lives, and ease a growing burden on health care systems worldwide.
Heart disease, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer鈥檚, Parkinson鈥檚 鈥 most Canadians will die of these or other chronic diseases. Could all that human suffering stem from a common cause? If so, finding and fixing the problem would improve and extend millions of lives, and ease a growing burden on health care...