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Nipissing University professor awarded fellowship to support projects in Africa
Faculty/Staff AwardGeography DepartmentResearchDr. Odwa Atari, associate professor in the Department of Geography and Geology at Nipissing University, has been awarded a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, a scholar fellowship program that supports educational projects at African higher education institutions. -
New postdoc fellows working with Dr. Greer
Geography DepartmentHistory DepartmentNipissing University welcomes two postdoctoral fellows to the Geography and History departments to work with Dr. Kirsten Greer, Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Global Environmental Histories and Geographies. -
NU researcher earns $100,000 grant to help South Sudanese refugees
ResearchGeography DepartmentNipissing University has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Grand Challenges Canada to help improve maternal, newborn and child health among South Sudanese Refugees and their host communities in Uganda. Dr. Odwa Atari, associate professor of geography, is the project lead on the grant-winning project. -
Geography student earns ESRI Canada GIS Scholarship
Geography DepartmentMy NipissingCongratulations to geography student Riley Cormier, who is the recipient of the 2018 ESRI Canada GIS Scholarship for Nipissing University.
Cormier moved to North Bay from Niagara Falls in 2010 to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Physical Geography at Nipissing University. -
NU presents at Biofor International Conference
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Dr. Wachowiak earns research award
Geography DepartmentMath and Computer ScienceResearchDr. Mark Wachowiak, associate professor in computer science and mathematics, is the kind of person who is always ready to lend a hand, especially if it involves interdisciplinary computational science. The recipient of the 2017 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research is involved in many interdisciplinary, multi-institution collaborative research projects, as a team lead and co-researcher, both within, and external to, Nipissing University. -
Dr. Greer leads team to conference
ResearchHistory DepartmentGeography DepartmentDr. Kirsten Greer, Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Histories and Geographies and assistant professor of Geography and History, recently led a research team to the American Society of Environmental Historians Conference (ASEH) in Chicago and to the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in Boston. -
NU and Australian researchers collaborate on climate change caused die-off
ResearchGeography DepartmentMy NipissingResearchers from Nipissing University’s Geography department are part of a study published in the journal Marine and Freshwater Research that points a finger at climate change as the cause of a massive wetland die-off in Australia. -
Geography student earns scholarship
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The power of maps – student research on display
ResearchEnvironmental Sciences/StudiesGeography DepartmentStudents in Nipissing University’s Masters of Environmental Studies/Master of Environmental Science program, and the Department of Geography will be showcasing their poster projects, representing the culmination of a year of original and independent research, in the second-floor R-Wing, at Nipissing University on Wednesday April 8, from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
