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Grad Research: Green Spaces and Asthma
There are approximately 3.8 million Canadians living with asthma, and of these, 850,000 of them are less than 14 years of age. Master’s Student Razieh…

Grad Research - Insects and Low Temperatures
“The majority of insects are sensitive to low temperatures. Very low temperatures can lead to death or injury as a result of tissue damage that…

Grad Research: Investigating Electoral Intervention
Marshall Palmer, a PhD student in The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), is focusing his dissertation on foreign electoral intervention which became a…

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…

EURUS at 50

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Researcher of the Month - Jason Jaskolka
The Graduate Studies recently refreshed its website for current graduate students. As part of the new look, Graduate Studies added a new feature called Researcher of the Month in…

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…

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…
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