Engineers pilot One Day fundraiser

By: Valerie Kong    Post Date: Thu, 02/09/2010 - 3:57pm
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It could have been just another day at work, but on Aug. 19 Ottawa residents donated part of their pay to programs in Africa through an initiative by Carleton students.

Carleton students and professors were part of the 39 people who together pledged 125 hours for the One Day event, raising about $2,500 overall. Other participants included employees from local businesses.

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Carleton prof wins award for research

By: Sarah Jean Maher    Post Date: Thu, 02/09/2010 - 2:30pm
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Carleton physics professor David W. O. Rogers has been awarded the 2010 William D. Coolidge Award, presented every year to a member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.

Rogers is the fourth Canadian to receive the award.  

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Carleton alum covers Youth Olympic Games

By: Hilary Roberts    Post Date: Thu, 02/09/2010 - 2:26pm
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Carleton journalism alumna Emily Ridlington was one of 29 young journalists from around the world picked to cover the first Youth Olympic Games from Aug. 14–27 in Singapore.

A 2009 Carleton graduate, Ridlington said she found out she was chosen in February as a participant in the Young Reporters Program.  

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Experts discuss European economic crisis

By: Yamina Tsalamlal    Post Date: Thu, 02/09/2010 - 2:15pm
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Close to 50 students and academics gathered in Robertson Hall from Aug. 26–27 to listen to experts from Montreal to Moscow discuss the effects of the European economic crisis on Canada and its implication for the future of the European Union.

The conference, entitled the Economic and Political Impacts of the Economic Crisis in the EU and Eastern Europe was organized by the Carleton Centre for European Studies.  

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Research project explores hockey and the Cold War

By: Catharine Tunney    Post Date: Thu, 02/09/2010 - 2:05pm
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Hockey season is near, and in Canada that means an endless parade of sappy Tim Horton’s commercials, players willing to give it 110 per cent, heartfelt Globe and Mail features and drunk Habs fans. However, this season the staleness surrounding the meaning of hockey in Canada is about to get a shakedown.

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Carleton student gets Spanish award

By: Rob Nettleton    Post Date: Thu, 02/09/2010 - 1:56pm
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A third-year Carleton law student has won the Spanish Embassy award for her achievements in the Spanish language.

Georgiana Malurica said it was an honour to receive the certificate, signed by the Spanish ambassador, and two Spanish dictionaries from the Royal Spanish Academy.

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