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
Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Seminar Series
Categories: Events
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.
Read the full article here
CCOVI, Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Categories: News
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
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
Learn more here
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Categories: Events
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.”
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
The Brock University Alumni Association will present Tony Abou-Assaleh with the Faculty of Mathematics and Science Distinguished Graduate Award on September 16 during the Alumni Recognition Reception, held as part of Homecoming weekend. Abou-Assaleh is an innovative entrepreneur and intuitive researcher who distinguished himself as an undergraduate in Brock’s Computer Science program by excelling in both his academic studies as well as extracurricular and community pursuits.
He created his own award-winning company, TitanFile – widely recognized for providing the best-in-kind software for secure access to legal documents. Along with his personal success, Abou-Assaleh continues to give back to the community. Coupled with his warmth, humour and comradely, Tony exemplifies the ideal qualities of Brock alumni. He was, and continues to be, a role model, industry leader and the kind of graduate Brock University is immensely proud to both recognize and call its own.
alumni, Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science
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This year, 1,777 international students – including 1,160 undergrads and 617 students in graduate programs – have chosen Brock.
Second-year Mathematics and Statistics graduate student, Evans Boadi is among the first group of 10 ambassadors introduced at the International Open House including, part of the newly created Brock International Student Ambassadors program, which launched this year.
Selected students become ambassadors for the University and in exchange, the students get to pay domestic tuition rates, rather than international. Read the full story here
Almost two dozen Brock researchers – the majority from the Faculty of Mathematics & Science – received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). The $3.8 million in funding under NSERC’s 2017 competition for the Discovery research programs, is more than $1.4 million over last year’s results.
Brock’s funding includes Discovery Grants, Discovery Development Grants, Discovery Accelerator Supplements and the Northern Research Supplement, as well as master’s and doctoral student awards. Read the full story and the names of all recipients here
Durjay Chowdhury, a candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will present his Master of Science thesis defence on Monday, Sept. 11 at 9 a.m. in Mackenzie Chown H-Block 313.
His thesis is titled Approximation Algorithms using Allegories and Coq.
His examination committee members are Dr. Michael Bidochka, Chair; Dr. Martin Müller, External Examiner, (University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg); Dr. Michael Winter, Supervisor; Dr. Brian Ross and Dr. Ke Qui, Committee Members.
