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  • FMS 2017/2018 NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship

    NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s   

    Nico Bonanno, Chemistry, “Design, synthesis and coordination chemistry of new redox­active ligands in molecule­based magnetism”

    Andrew Kenig, Mathematics and Statistics, “New Methods for Quantile Regression”

    Jenny Tieu, Mathematics & Statistics, “On Quantile Regression and Extreme Value Distributions”

     

    NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship – Doctoral

    Lyndon Duff, Biological Sciences, “Foraging patterns of subordinate females in the eastern carpenter bees, Xylocopa virginica and the influence of nestmate chemical cues on foraging”

     

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  • Five Brock alumni featured in wine magazine

    When LCBO Vintages magazine wanted to run a feature showcasing the labour of love involved in crafting local wine, they turned to five Brock graduates-turned winemakers to share their insights on the process.

    Emma Garner (BSc, ’04), Thirty Bench Wine Makers; Shiraz Mottiar (BSc, ’00), Malivoire Wine Company; Rob Power (BSc ’00), Creekside Estate Winery; and Ilya Senchuk (BSc, ’03) and his wife Nadia Senchuk (MBA’07), Leaning Post, were all featured in the September edition of the publication. With the exception of Nadia, all of the featured winemakers are graduates of the Oenology and Viticulture program in Brock’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI).

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  • September 29: Earth Sciences Guest Speaker Series

    The Department of Earth Sciences Guest Speaker Series
    featuring Dr. Peter Putnam
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Central European Petroleum Ltd.

    DATE: Friday, September 29

    TIME: 1pm – 2pm

    LOCATION: Mackenzie Chown D308

    Earth Sciences Guest Speaker Series – Peter Putnam

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  • October 6: Chemistry Seminar Series – Joe B. Gilroy

    Department of Chemistry – Seminar Series

    Joe B. Gilroy
    Department of Chemistry and the Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials
    The University of Western Ontario

    DATE: Friday, October 6

    TIME: 12pm

    LOCATION: H313

    October 6: Joe B Gilroy

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  • Brock’s CCOVI helps Grape and Wine crowd educate its senses

    Brock’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) raised a glass to celebrate its 20th year partnering with the Niagara Grape and Wine Festival on Saturday, Sept. 16. Continuing the long-standing tradition, CCOVI hosted three of its popular Educate your Senses wine and cheese seminars in Montebello Park in downtown St. Catharines, with some of the sold-out sessions attracting wine lovers from across Ontario, the U.S. and even Australia.

    CCOVI will offer three more seminars at the festival on Saturday, Sept. 23.

    Educate your Senses Schedule, Saturday, Sept. 23:

    2 p.m. Chris Protonentis, Coyote’s Run

    3 p.m. Brock alumni Richie Roberts, Fielding Estate

    4 p.m. Marc Bradshaw, Strewn

    Location: Roy T. Adams Bandshell, Montebello Park, St. Catharines

    Cost: $3.50 per token, two tokens per seminar. Brock alumni will receive a free wine glass with registration and receive half off the seminar cost. Tokens are available for purchase at Montebello Park throughout each weekend. Registration for seminars will be at the Roy T. Adams Bandshell only. Seminars run rain or shine.

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  • Tour to explore geologic history of campus

    With a little bit of knowledge and a lot of imagination, Earth Sciences Professor Francine McCarthy plans to help curious minds uncover the geologic past of the Brock campus. During an hourlong guided walking tour of the University property, held as part of Science Literacy Week, McCarthy will provide insight into the geology of the landscape.

    WHEN: Tuesday, September 19 from 5-6pm (arrive early)

    WHERE: Meet in the James A. Gibson Library, Matheson Learning Commons

    ADMISSION: Free

    NOTE: Wear appropriate clothing and footwear as the tour will run rain or shine

    More information about the tour and programming for Science Literacy Week here

     

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  • Schmon Tower lobby passageway fully restored

    At 8 a.m. on  Monday Sept. 18, a new corridor will enable people to access Schmon Tower elevators from both sides of the Tower lobby.

    After three months of taking basement or rooftop detours to reach elevators that would get them to the upper Tower floors, pedestrians will again be able to reach the lobby-level elevators directly from either side of the Tower.

    They will also be able to fully traverse the Tower lobby, between the Matheson Learning Commons to the west and, to the east, the Thistle vestibule/Tim Horton’s kiosk area near Mackenzie Chown Complex. This will be available during hours when the James A. Gibson Library is open.

    The lobby washrooms will remain out of service while the Brock LINC construction project continues.

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  • September 19: Meet the Science Peers event

    WHAT: Meet the Science Peers Event – our science drop-in student staff looks forward to meeting you and sharing their “Brock story”, pathway and plans with you.

    WHERE: TH 255

    WHEN: Tuesday, September 19 from 7-8pm (stay for the hour or just stop by and say “Hi.”

     

    NOTE: Snacks will be provided

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  • September 20: Computer Science Department Seminar Series

    You are invited to attend the Brock University Computer Science Department Seminar Series:

    DATE: Wednesday, September 20, 2017

    TIME: 11am to 12pm

    LOCATION: H313

    LECTURE: by Professor Andries Engelbrecht, South African Research Chair of Artificial Intelligence in the Computer Science Department, University of Pretoria who will be speaking on “Heterogeneous Particle Swarm Optimizers: Scalability, Self-Adaptive Behaviours and Dynamic Environments.”

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  • Brock cancer research labs will be open for tours after Sunday’s Terry Fox Run

    Brock University is hosting the St. Catharines Terry Fox Run this weekend, and it’s giving the community a chance to tour the labs where critical cancer research is taking place. Two labs are home to research funded directly by the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) and a third is separately funded, but also conducts important cancer research.

    WHEN: Sunday, September 17 – lab tours will start at 10:45 a.m

    NOTE: Participants can sign up for tours at the run registration table, but space is limited.

    Read more about the researchers and labs here

     

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