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August

From left: Canadian students Yun Lan (Adele) Sun, Jack Kang, Bill Jia and William Wang show off their medals at the International Biology Olympiad closing ceremony. A training camp at UOIT helped them prepare for the practical component of the competition.

August 8, 2014

Dr. Carolyn McGregor, Canada Research Chair in Health Informatics, Ontario Tech University, is developing a computer system to monitor the health of astronauts during NASA’s Mission to Mars in 2030.

August 7, 2014

August 7, 2014

July

Screen shot of RETROID 3D, a hand gesture-controlled video game developed by fourth-year Game Development and Entrepreneurship student Mirza Beig.

July 25, 2014

Ontario Power Generation Engineering Building located at UOIT's north Oshawa location.

July 24, 2014

UOIT Nuclear Engineering graduate students with awards received at the 2014 International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-22) held July 7 to 11 in Prague, Czech Republic.

July 23, 2014

UOIT's Business and IT Building (left) and Science Building (right) at the north Oshawa location.

July 11, 2014

The International Conference on Smart Energy Grid Engineering (SEGE'14) will take place August 11 to 13 in UOIT's Science Building, pictured above.

July 9, 2014

From left: Dr. Janette Hughes, Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Education, UOIT; and Dr. Anne Burke, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Memorial University, released their new book, The Digital Principal, at the International Reading Association conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

July 9, 2014

July 9, 2014

Sedentary behaviour can increase a person's risk of developing chronic conditions such as heart disease, hypertension and Type II diabetes.

July 9, 2014

Housed within the university’s Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, the SRC will focus on sharing learning and knowledge in the field of social science.

July 4, 2014

Dr. Andrea Slane, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, UOIT.

July 2, 2014

From left: Dr. Rick Caron, Chair of the CORS Practice Prize Committee, and Dr. Fletcher Lu, Assistant Professor, FBIT, UOIT.

July 2, 2014

The university's Business and Information Technology Building features solar-reflective windows, which help conserve energy by keeping the building cooler in the summer months and reducing heat loss in cold weather.

July 2, 2014

June

Elizabeth Dowdeswell, the newly-appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, received an honorary Doctor of Science (honoris causa) degree from UOIT in 2013.

June 27, 2014

From left: Franco Gaspari, Associate Professor in UOIT's Faculty of Science; UOIT President and Vice-Chancellor Tim McTiernan, PhD; Tito Marimpietri, Sr.; Princess Elettra Marconi Giovanelli of Italy; Dr. Deborah Saucier, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UOIT; and Michael Tibollo, Chair, Canadian Italian Heritage Foundation.

June 24, 2014

Dr. Yang Wang's research involves investigating the use of virtualized datacentres/cloud computing in combination with autonomic high-performance computing grids used in scientific exploration and discovery.

June 24, 2014

Grade 7 and 8 students from Sherwood Public School in Oshawa, Ontario are joined by (from left): Janet Walden, Chief Operating Officer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Dr. Christopher Collins, UOIT Canada Research Chair in Linguistic Information Visualization; Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology); Dr. Colin Carrie, Member of Parliament for Oshawa; Dr. Qusay Mahmoud, Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and Chair, Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, UOIT; Dr. Michael Owen, Vice-President, Research, Innovation and International, UOIT; and President and Vice-Chancellor Tim McTiernan, PhD, UOIT.

June 23, 2014

UOIT President and Vice-Chancellor, Tim McTiernan, PhD, address delegates at the 58th World Assembly of the International Council on Education for Teaching held in downtown Oshawa.

June 20, 2014

June 20, 2014

UOIT's Business and Information Technology Building, at the university's north Oshawa location.

June 20, 2014

June 18, 2014

Students at Oshawa's O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute taking part in a UOIT Clean Energy Research Laboratory workshop on June 4, 2014.

June 18, 2014

From left: Nursing students Amy McGrath and Stephanie Lalonde, recipients of the Caring Award at this year's Graduation Tea and Pinning Ceremony.

June 18, 2014

From left: Roger Anderson, Chair, Region of Durham; Tim McTiernan, UOIT President; Karim Mamdani, President and CEO, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences; Don Lovisa, President, Durham College; Dan Carter, Chair, Ontario Shores’ Board of Directors.

June 16, 2014

Dr. Mohamed Youssef, Assistant Professor, UOIT Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

June 16, 2014

From left: Tim McTiernan, PhD, UOIT President and Vice-Chancellor; Dr. Deborah Saucier, UOIT's Provost and Vice-President, Academic; Dr. Fawaz Ali; Dr. Nafisah Khan; and Dr. Brent Lewis, Dean, FESNS.

June 16, 2014

2014 UOIT Convocation Ceremonies at General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario.

June 11, 2014

2014 Order of Australia recipient, Carolyn McGregor, AM, Ph.D., SMIEEE, Canada Research Chair in Health Informatics, Professor, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Business and Information Technology.

June 11, 2014

UOIT's Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Research Centre.

June 6, 2014

Management Development Centre's Class of 2014 (Master's Certificate in Public Sector Management).

June 6, 2014

UOIT fourth-year Engineering students who captured first place in Student Design Poster Competition at the 2014 Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Awards. From left: Hasan Khaliq, Maaz Tanveer, David Botros, Avinash Kumar and Amer Almootassem.

June 6, 2014

June 6, 2014

Dr. Suzanne de Castell, Dean, Faculty of Education, UOIT.

June 6, 2014

Dr. Pierre Côté, Canada Research Chair in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation at the World Health Organizations 67th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

June 4, 2014

At the 59th- annual Canadian Society of Forensic Science Conference, Emily Rolko, fourth-year UOIT Forensic Science student, presented her thesis on the use of an electroantennogram (EAG) to experimentally determine what chemicals released by a cadaver attract the blow fly Lucilia sericata.

June 4, 2014

$The goal of high-frequency trading is to conduct multiple trades and capture a small profit – sometimes a fraction of a cent – on each transaction.$

June 3, 2014

At the Curieosity Student Leadership Conference, Dr. Deborah Saucier, UOIT's Provost and Vice-President, Academic, gave a talk titled Exploring Neuroscience, where she recounted how she became interested in a field that melds both science and psychology.

June 3, 2014

May

May 30, 2014

More and more people are leaving the safety and security of Canada and getting caught up in radical extremism overseas, according to UOIT Sessional Instructor Dr. Abbee Corb.

May 30, 2014

Dr. Pierre Côté, Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation and Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, UOIT.

May 30, 2014

Grade 11 and 12 students from Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy in Markham, Ontario visited the MLS labs to experience all UOIT and the MLS program have to offer.

May 30, 2014

Durham Regional Police Chief Mike Ewles was one of several speakers at the Impact of Family Violence Conference: A South Asian Perspective 2014, jointly hosted by UOIT and Durham College.

May 28, 2014

As part of her Leadership and Administration class project, Legal Studies and Criminology and Justice student Fabiola Limon Bravo launched Northern Initiatives - UOIT and held bake sales to raise money for a school on an Aboriginal reserve.

May 28, 2014

From left: Jacob Sharp, Alyssa Fry, Connor Jelly, Richard Morton and Shannon Sawitz, members of UOIT's Team Aries, which placed first in the Accounting segment of the LIVE Competition 2013, and fourth overall.

May 28, 2014

Rafael Veras, Computer Science PhD student at UOIT.

May 23, 2014

Dr. Brian Cutler, Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, UOIT.

May 23, 2014

Kevin Carlucci, Technical Support Co-ordinator, ACE, helps prepare Mantis Racing's race car for aerodynamic testing.

May 22, 2014

Dr. Brendan MacDonald, Assistant Professor, UOIT Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

May 22, 2014

From left: Rohan Christachari, External Co-ordinator, UOAA, with Elite Case Competition Team members Jonathan Mayers, Kadir Motiwala, Hassan Javed and AC Gray.

May 21, 2014

Tim McTiernan, PhD, UOIT President and Vice-Chancellor, at 2013 Convocation ceremonies at General Motors Place in Oshawa.

May 21, 2014

Jill Morillo, graduate of the Nuclear Engineering and Management program at UOIT, is just the second UOIT student-athlete to be named to an Academic All-America team.

May 20, 2014

Deer do most of their travelling at dusk or dawn, so drivers should be extra cautious during those hours.

May 16, 2014

Ontario Power Generation Engineering Building at UOIT's north Oshawa location, where Engineering students are trained.

May 16, 2014

More than 600 guests visited the UOIT and DC joint north Oshawa campus to check out more than 60 scientific demonstrations and workshops at Science Rendezvous.

May 15, 2014

Dr. Andrea Slane, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, UOIT.

May 12, 2014

From left: FHS Student Research Poster Day winners included Alyssa Goodes, Bilal Khan, Shadi Huladar, Esama Salman (back), Amy Talbot, Heather Murphy and Ellen Smith.

May 12, 2014

From left: Dr. Julie Thorpe, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, and Dr. Christopher Collins, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science (FSci) and Canada Research Chair in Linguistic Information Visualization at UOIT.

May 9, 2014

May 9, 2014

Jennifer Laffier, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education (FEd), UOIT.

May 9, 2014

The Honourable David C. Onley speaks to a meeting of the Rotary Club of Oshawa during a visit to the University of Ontario Institute of Technology on May 5.

May 7, 2014

Neil Schneider, Manager, Immersive Technology Services, FBIT.

May 7, 2014

May 6, 2014

May 5, 2014

April

This is the sixth year UOIT Forensic Science students have showcased their thesis work.

April 30, 2014

Northern Dancer in the winner's circle at the 1964 Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky (standing, left: Northern Dancer's owner E.P. Taylor).

April 30, 2014

Emily Bremer, a Master of Health Sciences student, took home first place in UOIT's second-annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition. She represented UOIT at the provincial competition held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario on April 24.

April 25, 2014

April 25, 2014

April 25, 2014

Leslie Graham, faculty member in the UOIT/DC Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) Honours program.

April 25, 2014

April 24, 2014

Dr. Kamiel Gabriel, Professor, FEAS, UOIT.

April 24, 2014

April 22, 2014

From left: Daniel Smullen, Joseph Heron and Jonathan Gillett took first place in the Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering Capstone Design Competition.

April 22, 2014

From left: Bachelor of Arts students Meghan Rourke, Kristen Sullivan, Carolyn Carter, Samantha Reid and Jamie Gesualdo participated in the 2014 FSSH Undergrad Thesis Showcase.

April 22, 2014

Jennifer Laffier, Senior Instructor, Faculty of Education, UOIT.

April 21, 2014

Fifty-five students from 10 elementary and secondary schools competed in the Durham Regional Science Fair this year.

April 21, 2014

The March Break digital literacies camp, hosted by UOIT's Faculty of Education, was designed to help prepare students for EQAO testing.

April 21, 2014

From right: Victoria Woods, Library Technician and Stephanie Orfano, Social Science Librarian display the Small but Mighty award UOIT's Ask a Librarian service received at the recent Ontario Library Conference.

April 16, 2014

The 125 participants in the 2014 Campus Charity Walk and Run raised more than $2,200 for the Boys and Girls Club of Durham.

April 15, 2014

From left: Grace Wilson, Egers Metaj, Karen Foell and Nicole Deziel, students in Nursing programs offered collaboratively by UOIT and DC, received awards awards recognizing their academic achievements and positive contributions to the nursing field.

April 14, 2014

Below right image: Dr. Christopher Collins (left), UOIT Canada Research Chair in Linguistic Information Visualization, speaks with graduate student Rafael Veras Guimarães in the Faculty of Science's Visualization for Information Analysis Laboratory (Vialab).

April 14, 2014

The Honourable Jim Flaherty: 1949-2014

April 10, 2014

Participants had to build a bridge spanning 600 millimetres, using no more than 200 unbroken popsicle sticks.

April 8, 2014

In the Great Canadian Appathon, aspiring game developers and designers race against the clock to design the next hit mobile game.

April 8, 2014

Daniel Smullen, fourth-year Software Engineering student (Class of 2014), recipient of full graduate school scholarship at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

April 8, 2014

A third-year UOIT Forensic Science student documenting a mock hit-and-run crime scene.

April 7, 2014

A sincere thank you to all of our volunteers!

April 7, 2014

April 4, 2014

UOIT Computing Science Co-operative Education student Matthew Clark (Class of 2015) at HackerNest Construct in Toronto, Ontario.

April 4, 2014

March

March 31, 2014

Overhead view of UOIT Business and Information Technology Building's Atrium, site of the 2013 Durham Regional Science Fair.

March 31, 2014

March 31, 2014

Dr. Christopher Collins, UOIT Canada Research Chair in Linguistic Information Visualization. Below right: Dr. Dan Zhang, UOIT Canada Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Automation.

March 28, 2014

Neil Schneider, Manager of Immersive Technology Services, UOIT Faculty of Business and Information Technology.

March 27, 2014

In a roundtable discussion with UOIT professors and students, Minister Kellie Leitch (centre) highlighted the significant role women play in creating and running small businesses in Canada, and contributing to economic prosperity.

March 24, 2014

Joli Scheidler-Benns, a master's student in UOIT's Faculty of Education, was interviewed by Oshawa This Week regarding her entry in the Mental Health 2.0 competition.

March 24, 2014

The Graduating Class Challenge had great student participation, with more than 25 per cent of graduating students submitting their fond UOIT memories and people of influence.

March 21, 2014

UOIT celebrates $100,000 donation from the Italian Cultural Centre of Durham.

March 21, 2014

Focusing on the work of graduating students, the Fridge to Fringe art exhibit is based on the idea of moving from the security of the support received at home, out into the community where artists attempt to establish themselves in the public eye.

March 21, 2014

Cover image of the Campus Master Plan designed to address the future expansion and needs of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College (released January 2014).

March 20, 2014

The International Mother Language Day festival gave students, faculty and staff a chance to share aspects of their heritage with their peers, learn about each other and appreciate diversity across campus.

March 20, 2014

March 18, 2014

The collaborative UOIT-DC-GC program is an educational pathway available for individuals who have successfully completed their RPN diploma from an approved program and are interested in pursuing their BScN degree.

March 17, 2014

Campbell, a first-year Criminology and Justice undergraduate student at UOIT, finished first among all OUA freshmen goaltenders.

March 13, 2014

Jill Morillo, a right winger and captain of the UOIT women’s hockey team, is a fifth-year Nuclear Engineering and Management student in the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science (FESNS).

March 13, 2014

Neil Schneider, Manager, Immersive Technology Services, FBIT.

March 12, 2014

More than 1,000 students from 48 high school teams from across Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Michigan and New York competed in the FIRST Robotics event.

March 10, 2014

Dr. Janette Hughes, Assistant Dean, Research, Faculty of Education, UOIT.

March 10, 2014

Come to a RefWorks or Research Metrics workshop for a chance to win one of two $10 Tim Hortons gift cards.

March 6, 2014

Forensic evidence is playing an increasingly important role in determining the outcome of criminal trials.

March 5, 2014

From left: Emily Verriet, Catharine Sells, Shannon Lebel and Rebecca Williams, Primary/Junior teacher candidates at UOIT's Faculty of Education.

March 4, 2014

Stephen Rose, Associate Dean, FBIT

March 4, 2014

March 3, 2014

Dr. Lennart Nacke, Director of the HCI Games Group with UOIT's Faculty of Business and Information Technology.

March 3, 2014

February

From left: UOIT Commerce students Haaris Ahmad, Ragavey Premakumar and Kadir Motiwala participated in the Battle for CA$H competition on January 25.

February 28, 2014

From left: Dr. Bernadette Murphy, Professor and Kinesiology Lead, and Dr. Michael Holmes, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences.

February 21, 2014

Joli Scheidler-Benns, master's student in UOIT's Faculty of Education, is a finalist in the Mental Health 2.0 social media competition.

February 21, 2014

Dr. Stephen Marsh, Assistant Professor, FBIT.

February 19, 2014

Jill Morillo, a right winger and captain of the Ridgebacks women's hockey team, is a fifth-year Nuclear Engineering and Management student at UOIT.

February 18, 2014

Dr. Carolyn McGregor, Ontario Tech University's Canada Research Chair in Health Informatics.

February 12, 2014

The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Federal Finance Minister and Whitby-Oshawa MP.

February 11, 2014

Dr. Carla Cesaroni, Associate Professor, FSSH, appeared as an expert witness at the Ontario coroner's inquest into the death of Ashley Smith.

February 5, 2014

February 5, 2014

Lewis Williams, Outdoor Education Instructor and Faculty Advisor in UOIT's Faculty of Education.

February 4, 2014

UOIT's Dr. Isabel Pedersen, Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Digital Life, Media, and Culture, speaks January 28 at the Wearable Technologies Conference 2014 Europe in Munich, Germany. (photo credit: Wearable Technologies)

February 4, 2014

At the second-annual Leadership Summit Weekend, Jian Ghomeshi spoke about his leadership journey and signed copies of his national bestselling book, 1982.

February 3, 2014

Jaclyn Gibson is ranked ninth with Canadian Interuniversity Sport and is in her final year playing hockey with UOIT.

February 3, 2014

January

Science Building adjacent to Polonsky Commons at UOIT's north Oshawa location.

January 31, 2014

January 31, 2014

FIRST LEGO League competitor prepares robot to carry out tasks at Ontario East provincial championships at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre.

January 31, 2014

From left: Joel Neville, Local Union Co-ordinator, Carpenters Union – Local 397 and Dr. Tarlochan Sidhu, Dean, FEAS.

January 29, 2014

Below right: A hovercraft's extreme-weather capabilities being tested in the cold and snow inside the ACE climatic wind tunnel.

January 29, 2014

January 29, 2014

Ontario Power Generation Engineering Building, at UOIT's north Oshawa location.

January 27, 2014

Dr. Isabel Pedersen, Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media and Culture.

January 27, 2014

Lyn McLeod, UOIT Founding Chancellor.

January 24, 2014

Callie Woodward, Director of Continuous Improvement, Tim Hortons Canada, will speak January 30 at MDC's third-annual Business Seminar.

January 24, 2014

Dr. Fletcher Lu, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, UOIT.

January 23, 2014

Dr. Isaac Tamblyn, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science in UOIT's Computational Laboratory for Energy and Nanoscience (CLEAN).

January 22, 2014

January 22, 2014

Students are invited to submit a three-minute pitch showing how Social Science and Humanities research is improving their lives, world and future.

January 22, 2014

January 21, 2014

CBC Radio One personality and host of Q, Jian Ghomeshi.

January 21, 2014

January 20, 2014

Dr. Mika Nonoyama, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, UOIT.

January 20, 2014

UOIT and DC are working together on a campus master plan designed to address the future expansion and needs of both institutions.

January 17, 2014

January 16, 2014

From left: Nell Redley, Senior Development Officer, Advancement, UOIT; Haley McNamara, President, UOIT-Durham College Rotaract Club; and Alan Finnigan, President, Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood.

January 9, 2014

Dr. Hossam Gaber, Associate Professor, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science (cross-appointed with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science).

January 9, 2014

Dr. Isabel Pedersen, Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media and Culture.

January 9, 2014

Volunteers washed, peeled and chopped vegetables to prepare enough soup to feed 720 people.

January 9, 2014

January 8, 2014

Dr. Greg Crawford, appointed Dean, Faculty of Science (effective July 1, 2014).

January 6, 2014