The Scoop

Damilola Adebayo

Professor Damilola Adebayo’s journal article, “Electricity, Agency and Class in Lagos Colony, C.1860S-1914,” received two best paper prizes at the Society for the History of Technology conference in Chile

A.M. Viens and Steven Hoffman

Professors Steven Hoffman and A.M. Viens published a new article in Policy Studies Journal that analyzes and provides solutions for antimicrobial resistance as a series of collective action problems

George Zhu

Lassonde Professor George Zhu has been awarded the Solid Mechanics Medal from the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering for his contributions to the field

Isaac Smith

Lassonde School of Engineering Professor Isaac Smith convened and organized the eighth International Conference on Mars Polar Science & Exploration in Whitehorse last month

Jinjun Shan

Professor Jinjun Shan has been elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences & Arts, which unites exceptional scholars and practitioners across the globe to stimulate cross-disciplinary collaboration

Denise Danda and Connor McGrath

The Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education has recognized Season 2 of the ‘This is Lassonde’ podcast – hosted by students Denise Danda and Connor McGrath – with the Silver 2024 CCAE Prix d’Excellence Award for Best Podcast

Hassan Qudrat-Ullah

Professor Hassan Qudrat-Ullah is the founding editor of the new Systems Thinking and Sustainable Development book series, which seeks to address pressing challenges facing the world today

Rabit Akande

Professor Rabit Akande’s book, Entangled Domains: Empire, Law, and Religion in Northern Nigeria, received an honourable mention from the Canadian Law & Society Association’s W. Wesley Pue Book Prize

Jean-Thomas Tremblay

Department of Humanities Professor Jean-Thomas Tremblay has co-authored a new book, Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction, which incorporates film studies, queer theory and psychoanalysis

David Peters

Faculty of Health Dean David Peters co-authored a new World Health Organization handbook on assessing barriers to moving health services toward universal health coverage