Kiel Ormerod and Lee Belding arrived at Brock as undergraduate students in the Faculty of Mathematics & Science and stayed on to obtain a PhD. Now these PhD graduates are pursuing post doctoral fellowships at two of the world’s most prestigious institutions – Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Congratulations to Kiel and Lee! Read more about their story here
“We are becoming a go-to place. The numbers show it” – Jamie Mandigo, Vice-Provost of Enrolment Management and International. While enrolment remains healthy for Brock University’s two largest Faculties – Social Sciences and Applied Health Sciences – other faculties delivering undergraduate programs, including the Faculty of Mathematics & Science, have seen increased confirmations in excess of 15% compared to last year. Read more here.
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It turns out the taste buds in our tongues play a key role in guiding our alcohol preferences and consumption habits. A study by researchers from Brock University’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) has found that people with very sensitive palates generally consume fewer alcoholic beverages than their less-sensitive counterparts, or even abstain altogether. Read the full story here
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Congratulations to the Faculty of Mathematics and Science’s Board of Trustees Spirit of Brock award winners, Aniqah Zowmi and Jessica Vickruck. For Zowmi, earning the Spirit of Brock designation meant accomplishing her final university goal. The passionate advocate of youth civic engagement is the first Brock student to win a 3M National Student Fellowship Award for her efforts to empower youth and encourage equality in education. Vickruck has demonstrated exemplary leadership in her research group and among graduate students in Biological Sciences. Her Master’s of Science produced three published manuscripts on pygmy carpenter bees, and her PhD will produce four major papers on the subject. Read more about these two inspiring award recipients here
The final Convocation ceremony saw Omar Kihel, Mathematics and Statistics Professor, receiving the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. Professor Kihel has contributed to the growth of the department by actively participating in curriculum development and establishing well-attended new courses in his areas of expertise. He has also served many years as an engaged member of the graduate program committee and is also conducting an active research program funded by NSERC. Read the full story here
Though they live in different countries and study in different programs, three graduating Brock students share one very important advantage – co-op experience. Phume Ngampornsukswadi, a graduand of Mathematics Integrated with Computer Applications (MICA) is currently nearly 14,000 kilometres from Brock on a military base in Thailand where he is fulfilling mandatory service. Read about his co-op experience here
When Van Hung Mai walks across Brock’s Convocation stage on June 9 as part of the Spring Convocation Class of 2017 to receive his PhD in Chemistry, he will be fulfilling the dreams he’s had since he was a child growing up amid poverty in a small mountain village in Vietnam. Mai will also be recognized for his contributions in research as a recipient of a Jack M. Miller Excellence in Research Award. Read his story here
Tomas Hudlicky, Brock University chemist and a leading Canadian scientist, has developed a synthetic compound that appears to be capable of killing cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact. Tomas has created and patented several variations of the compound pancratistatin, which has been tested on 20 different types of cancer cells by a research team at the University of Windsor. The team’s paper, “Cancer Cell Mitochondria Targeting by Pancratistatin Analogs is Dependent on Functional Complex II and III,” appeared in the February issue of Scientific Reports. Read Cathy Majtenyi’s full article here
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If you’re looking for insight into the current climate change debate, travel back — way back — to around 252 million years ago, when life on Earth nearly came to a screeching halt. Brock University Earth Sciences researchers and professors, Uwe Brand and Nigel Blamey have recently shown that a huge release of methane into the Earth’s atmosphere near the end of the Permian geological period was responsible for what’s been described as the “greatest natural catastrophe that’s been experienced by life on Earth.” Those findings are relevant today as research into contemporary climate change continues. Read more here
The Faculty of Mathematics and Science held its third annual Celebration of Excellence ceremony on January 19, handing out awards for accomplishments in research, teaching and student experience. “As a group we have a lot to be proud of: excellent undergraduate and graduate programs and innovative and exciting research programs,” Interim Dean Alan Castle told the group that gathered for the awards ceremony. Read about the award recipients here
