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GRADflix: Your Research in 60 Seconds

GRADflix: Your Research in 60 Seconds

For several years, Carleton participated in the Three Minute Thesis competition that asked graduate students to talk about their research in just three minutes. If you thought that was hard,... More

EURUS at 50

EURUS at 50

Grad Student Wins Poster Award at Life Sciences Day for Her Amazing Research

Grad Student Wins Poster Award at Life Sciences Day for Her Amazing Research

Noa Gang a PhD candidate in Biology, is examining the impact of man-made environmental toxins on beta cells in the pancreas. Gang works in a Diabetes and toxicology lab where the... More

Grad Research: Improving Patient Care in the NICU

Grad Research: Improving Patient Care in the NICU

--The following story was written by Taia Goguen-Garner. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit specializes in critical newborn care often due to premature birth, health complications, or delivery complications. A PhD... More

New automated graduation letters

New automated graduation letters

FGPA is thrilled to confirm that Graduate students that have applied for graduation can now download 2 new letters in Carleton Central. The new letters that are available for direct... More

Grad Research: Motivating Second Language Learners

Grad Research: Motivating Second Language Learners

“I firmly believe we need more research on languages other than English, especially by bringing in the learning experience of the learner. This involves bringing in all the stakeholders that... More

Incoming Carleton Postdoc Wins Prestigious Liber Ero Fellowship

Incoming Carleton Postdoc Wins Prestigious Liber Ero Fellowship

As a kid, Laurenne Schiller thought the ocean was full of mystery and, by age four, had already decided to study fish and whales when she grew up. However, as... More

Researcher of the Month – Jason Jaskolka

Researcher of the Month – Jason Jaskolka

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs recently refreshed its website for current graduate students. As part of the new look, FGPA added a new feature called Researcher of the Month in which talented... More

Convocation Story: Like Father Like Son

Convocation Story: Like Father Like Son

Halfway through his undergraduate degree, Sanyar Sohrabi wasn’t sure where his life would take him. But then, he made a decision that changed his life and decided to come to... More

Grad Research: Ultrafast Light Switch Inside an Optical Fiber

Grad Research: Ultrafast Light Switch Inside an Optical Fiber

--The following story was written by Taia Goguen-Garner. Optical fiber components made by laser irradiation, called “fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs)”, have been developed and applied in multiple areas such as... More

Grad Research: Enhancing Film Visual Effects

Grad Research: Enhancing Film Visual Effects

In today’s film industry, visual effects have become increasingly more realistic and immersive. Lea Zhu, a PhD candidate in, Digital Media started this research with the original purpose of enhancing visual... More

Carleton Launches New Collaborative Specialization in Climate Change

Carleton Launches New Collaborative Specialization in Climate Change

Climate Change remains a burning societal, political and economic issue. Increased interest in examining climate change in recent years has been accompanied by a growing recognition that the sciences alone... More