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Students share learning at 11th annual Undergraduate Research Conference
My NipissingResearchUniversity research has the power and potential to change the world and the next generation of Ontario’s scientists, scholars and researchers are showcasing their work this weekend at Nipissing University’s 11th annual Undergraduate Research Conference. -
New research links learned helplessness with environmental inaction
ResearchPsychology DepartmentConcern for the environment is widespread, but what is stopping people from rolling their sleeves up and getting down to work with some meaningful pro-environmental action? According to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, learned helplessness could be acting as a significant barrier to affecting positive environmental change. -
Dr. Zou’s work with Chinese Canadian seniors recognized
My NipissingResearchDr. Ping Zou, assistant professor in the School of Nursing, was recently featured in the Registered Nurse Journal, in a feature article titled Making a Difference for Seniors. -
Cultural neuroscience on menu for psych speaker series
ResearchPsychology DepartmentSeminar SeriesNipissing University’s psychology speaker series welcomes Dr. Shinobu Kitayama, of the department of psychology at the University of Michigan, to campus for a lecture titled Cultural Neuroscience: Why we need it, on Friday, April 7 at 1 p.m. in room H105. -
NU researchers earn SSHRC grants
ResearchThree researchers at Nipissing University have earned close to half-a-million dollars in grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for work battling sex trafficking, determining why so many individuals don’t act to combat climate change, and to help kids be better people and teammates. -
NU’s Integrative Watershed Analysis Centre studying Lake Nipissing
ResearchMy NipissingAlumniThe work of Nipissing University’s Integrative Watershed Analysis Centre was featured recently in the journal Environmental Monitor. The article discusses the Bays Project the Centre is currently working on to build a better understanding of systems at work in and around Lake Nipissing, and how these systems might be manifesting in the lake, sometimes as the toxic blue green algae.
Workshop explores social isolation, loneliness and aging
On October 26, Nipissing University will be hosting a half-day workshop to discuss what we understand and don't about social isolation and loneliness as we age. The virtual event will be of interest to academics, older people, people living with dementia, family care partners, as well as health and social care practitioners.
