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Message from the Dean

Dear Colleagues,

I am delighted to welcome you back to the campus, or to welcome you for the first time to our FoS community. I hope that each and every one of you had a productive and restful summer. I was fortunate to be able to visit briefly with family in the UK, give an invited talk at an international conference on purines in Bonn, Germany and check out Ripley’s Aquarium with my son, among other varied summer activities. I am looking forward to the new semester and the inevitable new challenges.

Over the summer, Ontario universities have ratified their Strategic Mandate Agreements with the government. Very significantly, Ryerson has also submitted its proposal for capital infrastructure expansion which presents as its highest priority a Science and Innovation Building. In Ryerson’s June letter to the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, the building is proposed on the basis of its ability to provide “unique, state-of-the-art undergraduate Science teaching laboratories and space for entrepreneurial innovation zones to advance the University’s priority of innovation and job creation.”

This September we welcome over 750 new undergraduate students, approximately 90 new graduate students, and one new faculty member. We are launching the Privacy and Big Data Institute—a new research institute headed by Dr. Ann Cavoukian, an internationally renowned expert and leader in the area of privacy in the digital age. The Faculty of Science is increasingly known within the university as being innovative, dynamic and vibrant, and we are working hard to become better known in the broader community. I would like to thank all members of the FoS community for your hard work in support of the goals and aspirations of the Faculty as a whole, and to offer my very best wishes for a fulfilling and productive academic year.

Imogen Coe

Dean, Faculty of Science @RySciDean

Through your financial support you create opportunities, drive innovation and strengthen our success.

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Summer overview and faculty highlights

Medical Physics Undergraduate Thesis Symposium

Twenty-six 4th-year students in the Medical Physics program presented their research projects at the Ryerson Physics Undergraduate Symposium on April 25, 2014. In addition to faculty members from the Physics department, medical physicists from Princess Margaret Hospital and the Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook attended and took part in the judging committee.

Congratulations to the top three students who received prizes for their poster and presentation:

1st place: Robert Earl for the project entitled “Numerical Optimization of Subharmonic Echoes from Ultrasound Contrast Agents” supervised by Dr. Raffi Karshafian.

2nd place: Gabriella Tesfay for the project entitled “In-vivo quantification of strontium using handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer” supervised by Dr. Ana Pejović Milić.

3rd place: Patryk Wohlert for the project entitled “A Comparison of Heart Dose Sparing Techniques in Left-Sided Breast Cancer Patients using Active Breathing Control (ABC) and Reverse Lateral Decubitus” supervised by Dr. Claire McCann, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

Science Rendezvous

The 7th annual Science Rendezvous at Ryerson event took place at Yonge-Dundas Square on May 10, 2014. Science Rendezvous is Canada’s

national celebration of science, with free public events and activities all across the country. FoS hosted an all-day event that included amazing research, hands-on activities, displays and stage shows that delighted the crowds and demonstrated how science plays a part in our everyday lives. The next Science Rendezvous event will take place on May 9, 2015.

RUW summer initiatives

(Ryerson Water Day, Wetskills, Canadian Water Summit, Phosphorus Workshop)

The Ryerson Urban Water (RUW) Centre hosted a number of exciting events in June, including an experiential learning program with an elaborate case competition. Wetskills Canada 2014 brought students from the Netherlands, the USA, and Canada together for two weeks to work on real practical problems faced by the water industry and by governments from the Netherlands and Canada. The students presented their final solutions as part of Ryerson Urban Water Day on June 17, and the winning team was announced at the Canadian Water Summit on June 18 (for which Ryerson was the Gold Sponsor). The relationships developed during Wetskills Canada 2014 inspired the research collaborations and student exchanges in development between Ryerson, industry, and researchers in the Netherlands. RUW also hosted an invitation-only Phosphorus Recovery and Reuse Workshop on June 19, featuring international panel discussions that were well received by government, the water industry, and researchers from Canada, the USA, and the Netherlands. RUW is now planning follow-up research activities and future workshops to be centred on education.

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iBEST research symposium

Ryerson University and St. Michael’s Hospital hosted the 3rd annual Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Science Technology (iBEST) research and innovation symposium on June 25 at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute.

Close to 200 engineers, scientists and clinicians came together to share insights and develop a vision for the new iBEST facility to be housed in the Keenan Research Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital (SMH). Part of a new 20-year partnership between Ryerson and SMH, iBEST will boast 20,000 square feet for Ryerson students and researchers to work side-by-side with SMH clinicians and scientists to advance biomedical research and improve patient care. Collaborations at iBEST will cover a range of research areas including big data, imaging, microfluidics, nanoparticles, regenerative medicine and biomaterials. Highlights of the June 25 symposium included lively discussions on potential research priorities for iBEST, a keynote speech on global trends in health system innovation by Dr. Anne Snowdon from the International Centre for Health Innovation at the Ivey School of Business, and a technology demo and poster competition.

First Science without Borders student in FoS supervised by Dr. Santos

Dr. Marcus dos Santos (Computer Science) is the academic advisor of the first Brazilian undergraduate student who starts in FoS this September through the Science without Borders (SwB) program. SwB scholarships are intended for Brazilian students and researchers and entail one year of undergraduate study, PhD internships, full-time PhDs, postdoctoral and professional education awards, senior fellowships or visiting researchers/scholars abroad.

Department of Chemistry and Biology Research

Symposium

Over 100 students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty attended the annual Department of Chemistry and Biology Research Symposium held on August 20, 2014 at Ryerson University. We were pleased to welcome Dr. Molly Shoichet from the University of Toronto who presented the keynote lecture. A record 76 abstracts from students (graduate and undergraduate) and post-doctoral fellows were presented, either as posters or seminars. Faculty members from the Department of Chemistry and Biology were joined by faculty from other Ryerson departments (including Physics and Chemical Engineering) and the University of Toronto, as well as by researchers from St. Michael’s Hospital, to attend the event and serve as poster judges.

Congratulations to our student speakers and recipients of poster presentation awards:

Student seminar speakers: Farhana Shamsad, Eden Ross, Maliha Zafar, Roshanak Pashang, Matthew Woods and Muhammad Yousaf.

Student poster award winners (by category): Chemistry - undergraduate: Burhan Hussein (winner); Andrew Harris, Kiron Gonidis, Charles Wilson and Dean Simonsky (runners-up). Chemistry - graduate: Nande Wright (winner); Devin Machin and Vassilios Kanellis (runners-up). Environmental Biology - undergraduate: Anna Maria Lulek (winner). Environmental Biology - graduate: Wendy Stone (winner); Nick Dimas (runner-up). Cell and Molecular biology - undergraduate: Emma Brun-Hayne (winner); Tanveer Singh (runner-up). Cell and Molecular biology - graduate: Leslie Bone (winner); Amra Saric and Tracy Lackraj (runners-up).

In addition, we were pleased to award the 2014 Bill Cott Award for excellence in graduate student teaching in Chemistry and Biology, this year presented to Leslie Bone (Biology) and Maryam Abdinejad (Chemistry).

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FOS orientation

The Orientation for the over 750 1st-year Science students took place on August 28, as part of the Ryerson Orientation Week. The students met faculty and staff members who shared valuable information: Dr. Heather Lane Vetere (Vice Provost, Students), Dr. Imogen Coe (Dean, Faculty of Science), Dr. Marcus dos Santos (Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Science Programs and Student Affairs), Dr. Dana Millstein (Counselor, Centre for Student Development and Counseling), Anne Cisterna (Co-Operative Education), Joana Londono (Tri-Mentoring Program), Dr. Andrew McWilliams (Academic Coordinator, First Year and Common Science Office) and Dr. Sophie Quigley (Program Director, Computer Science).

They also participated in a variety of activities including Robotics and LED demonstrations, a Scavenger Hunt, a Dodgeball Tournament, Lab Coat Decoration and eating “liquid nitrogen ice cream.” The day ended with an illusionist show in the Upper Gym and a Music Festival on Gould Street.

In the news

Research partnership between Tweed Inc. and Ryerson University

Dr. Lesley Campbell (Chemistry and Biology) is conducting a research project with Tweed Inc. On July 3 Tweed Inc. announced it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ryerson and the University of Ottawa. This agreement has allowed two independent research projects to take place.

The Ryerson research project, due to wrap up at the end of September, will provide the local medical marijuana company with a report on its results. Most of the work is proprietary, but Dr. Campbell was able to say that the testing being done in Smiths Falls will look at different light illumination options, including LED and broader wave length sources and how they influence the growth of plants in isolation tents. More info.

FoS is home to one of the 50 most powerful business people in Canada

Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director of the Privacy and Big Data Institute, has been recognized as one of the 50 most powerful business people in Canada by Canadian Business in the magazine’s September 2014 edition. The former Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner is cited as “Canada's most powerful broker in convincing corporations and government agencies to treat people's private data with care.” Dr. Cavoukian joined the Faculty of Science on July 1 and is using her extensive expertise to create a world-class research and innovation institute dedicated to promoting Big Privacy, using positive-sum, doubly-enabling solutions to privacy and big data challenges.

Student success

Aman Khan is our first PhD graduate in the Molecular Sciences program! Khan defended his PhD dissertation on June 26, 2014. His work focuses on the preparation of new metal-based materials that function as polymeric wires in thin film electronics. Khan’s main contribution was to improve the light and moisture stability of these normally very sensitive materials via chemical design, providing an architecture that included the attachment of bulky photo-absorbing groups directly to Sn centres. According to his supervisor, Dr. Daniel Foucher, “Aman’s efforts have resulted in the most innovative development in the area of conducting polystannanes undertaken in the last several years.”

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Awards Undergraduate Physics students Hazra Sokoli and Rawan Ibrahem placed second in the Mako Ryerson Student Invention Award Competition with their project “Hap-Taps,” a footwear accessory providing haptic feedback to improve the mobility of the visually impaired.

Molecular Science MSc student Eden Ross won the best poster award at the 2014 Experimental Biology conference in San Diego for her poster entitled "The regulation of cell surface proteome by AMP-activated protein kinase E."

Molecular Science MSc student Omar Abdi won the award for best presentation in Material Science division at the 2014 Chemical Society of Canada conference in Vancouver. His presentation was titled "Synthesis and characterization of novel biochromic and bipedal dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells."

Molecular Science MSc student Monica Dayam was recently awarded the International Conference & Research Support Fund (ICRSF) award to attend Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) where she presented her work on "The role of PIKfyve in macrophages: effect on phagosome maturation and endosomal system."

Molecular Science MSc student Zach Teitel was awarded a Learning & Teaching Office (LTO) TA/GA Award.

Molecular Science MSc student Maryam Abdinejad was one of the IUPAC ICCE poster award winners for her presentation entitled "Enhanced Student Learning Using 3D Visualization."

Faculty success

ERA awardees

Two science professors, Dr. Catherine Beauchemin and Dr. Roberto Botelho, have received the highly competitive Ontario’s Early Researcher Award, which grants funds to recently appointed Ontario researchers to

build laboratory teams and pursue their cutting-edge research.

Dr. Beauchemin, professor of Physics and co-op program faculty advisor, aims to modernize antivirals for the constantly changing viruses that cause influenza. Her work focuses on researching antiviral drugs—and their combination as drug cocktails—so as to reduce the risks of drug resistance emergence. Her team will also seek to find the ideal stockpile

composition. Beauchemin notes that Ontario needs greater diversity in its flu antiviral stockpiles, because of resistance from certain flu strains to amantadine or oseltamivir drugs.

Dr. Botelho, professor of Chemistry and Biology, will focus on the inner-workings of the cell and how disease develops when organelles (a cell’s “organs”) fail. Botelho’s research team will investigate the role of lysosome organelles, and what happens to the cell when these become tubular. Botelho hopes this research will lead to a better understanding of

infectious, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases. Dr. Lynda McCarthy (Chemistry and Biology) and Dr. Dzung Minh Ha (Mathematics) have been nominated by the students in the Ryerson residence as “profs who made a mark.”

Alumni success

Founder and CEO of two nationally recognized companies, Sathish Bala embodies the entrepreneurial spirit. His digital marketing firm BlueBand Brand + Digital is one of the top ten agencies in Canada, and his not-for profit organization desiFEST holds one of the largest South Asian music showcases in North America. Within each he

demonstrates how passion can lead to success.

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Bala entered the Computer Science program at Ryerson with no prior experience. He believes it was the hands-on learning and engaging professors—like Dr. Raj Nagendra—that helped him to settle in: “I was able to find my own groove at Ryerson,” he adds. Throughout his university experience, Bala was deeply involved in improving the culture of the Computer Science program. He graduated in 1999.

Grants awarded (May – August 2014)

NSERC Discovery Grants

Dr. Debora Foster (Chemistry and Biology) received $165,000 for the next five years for her proposal: “Environmental modulation of the virulence program of enterhemorrhagic E. coli.” Dr. John Marshall (Chemistry and Biology) received $165,000 for the next five years for his proposal: “Biophysical and biochemical techniques for the analysis and targeting of the Fc receptor supramolecular complex.” Dr. Michael Arts (Chemistry and Biology) received $135,000 for the next five years for his proposal: “Biochemical changes in aquatic organisms in a warming world.” Dr. Marcos Escobar Anel (Mathematics) received $90,000 for the next five years for his proposal: “Stochastic covariance and first passage time for multidimensional stochastic processes.” Dr. Pablo Olivares (Mathematics) received $50,000 for the next five years for his proposal: “Pricing and hedging under processes with conditional independent increments.” Dr. Dietmar Cordes (Physics) received $17,000 for one year for his proposal: “Spatially constrained analysis of functional MRI data with CCA.” Dr. Jahan Tavakkoli (Physics) received $85,000 for the next five years for his proposal: “Ultrasound guidance and monitoring of high-power ultrasound therapies.” Dr. Abdolreza Abhari (Computer Science) received $19,000 for one year for his proposal: “Data Mining for Information Retrieval and Processing in Web 2.0 Social Networking.” Dr. Alexander Alvarez (Mathematics) received $10,000 for one year for his proposal: “Multivariate modelling of financial markets.”

NSERC Research Tools and Instruments

Dr. Robert Botelho (Chemistry and Biology) received $125,697 for his proposal: “A facility for environmentally-controlled live-cell imaging.” The equipment will be used to acquire high resolution images of live-cells.

NSERC Engage

Dr. Pawel Pralat (Mathematics) received $25,000 for his project: “A self-organizing dynamic network model increasing the efficiency of outdoor digital billboards.” Dr. Martina Hausner (Chemistry and Biology) received $25,000 for her project: “Detection of biofilm growth associated with absorbent materials employed in meat packaging.” Dr. Vladislav Toronov (Physics) received $25,000 for his project: “Development of the hyperspectral near infrared spectroscopy device for the assessment of sport-related concussion.” Dr. Ali Miri (Computer Science) received $25,000 for his project: “Quality of service for software defined data centre models.” Dr. Alexandre Douplik (Physics) received $25,000 for his project: “Experimental evaluation of multi-wavelength illumination system for tissue differentiation and surgical guidance.”

Dr. Konstantinos Derpanis (Computer Science) received $25,000 for his project: “Visual analysis for document clustering.”

Early Researcher Awards

Dr. Catherine Beauchemin (Physics) for her proposal: “Using mathematical models to optimize Ontario's emergency antiviral stockpile in time for the next flu pandemic.” Dr. Roberto Botelho (Chemistry and Biology) for his proposal: “Functional and molecular characterization of lysosomes and tubular lysosomes in immune function.”

CIHR/NSERC Collaborative Health Research Projects

Dr. Michael Kolios (Physics) and co-applicant Dr. Alexandre (Sasha) Douplik (Physics) were awarded a total of $485,192 for their research proposal: “Characterization of blood storage lesions using photoacoustic technologies,” partnering with Dr. Jason Acker, scientist at Canadian Blood Services.

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Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grants

Dr. Michael Kolios (Physics) received $441,033 for his research proposal: "Development of Quantitative Photoacoustic Techniques for Treatment Monitoring," which is one of the sub-projects of the Terry Fox New Frontiers program project grant entitled "Ultrasound and MRI for Cancer Therapy" led by Dr. Gregory Czarnota at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Sunnybrook Research Institute.

OCE VIP

Dr. Derick Rousseau (Chemistry and Biology) received $20,000 for his project: “Development of NutriCubes with FKP Nutrio Foods Inc.”

Canada Research Chair

Dr. Roberto Botelho (Chemistry and Biology) was awarded a Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in “Biomedical Science and Technologies.”

Mitacs Accelerate

Dr. Jeffrey Fillingham (Chemistry and Biology) received $15,000 (Industrial Contribution and Federal and Provincial Matching Funds) for his research proposal: “Violacein effects in mice Rho 264.7 cells.“ Dr. Daniel Foucher (Chemistry and Biology) received $30,000 (Industrial Contribution and Federal and Provincial Matching Funds) for his research proposal: “Water-safe UV curable antimicrobials nanoscale coatings for plastics.”

2014 University Internal Equipment Program

Dr. Michael Arts received $20,000 for the acquisition of a high-throughput gas chromatograph. Dr. Jeffrey Fillingham received $20,000 for the acquisition of a multi-functional biolistic apparatus. Dr. Lesley Campbell received $14,000 for equipment that will support a growth chamber for controlled plant experiments. Dr. Derick Rousseau received $20,000 for the acquisition of an optical tensiometer to measure surface tension. 2014 Dean’s Research Fund – Booster/Connector

The Science Research and Innovation Office (SRiO) in the Faculty of Science offers competitive research grants through two types of awards: the DRF-Booster (up to $10,000) and the DRF-Connector (up to $5,000). Up to

five grants are available in each category. The DRF-Booster is aimed at researchers who submitted a highly rated, yet unsuccessful, research grant application to a recent external competition.

The DRF-Connector is awarded to select researchers to help them develop new external industry partnerships that will lead to the recipient successfully applying for a large team grant through external agencies, such as tri-council, OCE, and MITACS. 2014 Dean’s Research Fund – Booster

Dr. Dave Mason: Programming for Non-Programmers - Accessing a World of Data Dr. Alexandre Douplik: Fluorescent imaging of breast cancer using microendoscopy Dr. Jeffrey Fillingham: Functional Analysis of a Protozoan Mediator Dr. Mikhail Soutchanski: A Principled Approach to Reasoning about Discrete Dynamic Systems Dr. Warren Wakarchuk: Improving Polysialyltransferases for use in Therapeutic Protein Lifetime Extension and Neural Regeneration 2014 Dean’s Research Fund – Connector

Dr. Abdolreza Abhari: Soft Computing for Automatic Building Design; partner AutoDesk Canada Inc. Dr. Yuan Xu: A novel anti-scatter detector with application for limited angle MV-cone beam CT; partner Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Hospital

Hail and Farewell

New people

Dr. Charlotte de Araujo joined the Chemistry and Biology department this September as a limited term faculty member (for one year).

Dr. Ann Cavoukian joined Ryerson in July as the Executive Director of the new Privacy and Big Data Institute based in the Faculty of Science.

Dianna Chu joined the Science Research and Innovation Office this September as Research Chairs Administrative Assistant (for one year, until Stacey Cho returns).

Adriana Gaertner joined the Biomedical Physics graduate program as the new Graduate Program administrator in June. She will remain with the program until the previous program administrator returns in February 2015.

Dr. Sharonna Greenberg joined the Chemistry and Biology department this September as a limited term faculty member (for one year).

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Michael Keoshkerian joined the Privacy and Big Data Institute in July as Projects Manager.

New tenure-track faculty member

Dr. Stephanie Melles joined the Chemistry and Biology department this September as a new faculty member. Dr. Melles aims to establish a research program in big data ecology. Over the last ten years, she has developed a profile as an innovative, multidisciplinary researcher working on ecological problems of pattern and scale in space and time. Her research focuses on species distribution patterns and ecosystem diversity to address some of the most salient problems in global change ecology, such as how species will likely respond to climate change, invasive species spread, urbanization, and habitat loss and fragmentation. Melles takes a multi-faceted approach to her research, which incorporates theoretical analysis, state-of-the-art computational techniques, multi-scale datasets (from field-based to regional, continental, and global), and ecological models to find creative solutions to some of the major challenges facing (human-dominated) ecosystems. (http://www.spatialeco.com/)

New assignments

Dr. Dietmar Cordes, former Associate Professor in the Physics Department, will continue his research at Ryerson as an Adjunct Professor, as he is taking a new role as the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas.

Dr. Dejan Delic is the new Chair of the Department of Mathematics starting July 2014, after being the Interim Chair for one year.

Dr. Darrick Heyd left his position as Associate Dean, Undergraduate Science Programs and Student Affairs to take up his appointment as Senior Advisor on Academic Space Planning in the Provost’s office.

We would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Heyd who—serving as Associate Dean from 2011 to 2014—has demonstrated unwavering commitment to students and the new Faculty of Science.

Sarah Kovacs returned from leave to her role of Administrative Assistant in the First Year and Common Science Office, while Dulce Banegas, who held the position for the past year, has returned to her home position as Departmental Assistant in the Chemistry and Biology Department.

Dr. Andrew McWilliams, faculty member in the Chemistry and Biology department, is the new Academic Coordinator, First Year and Common Science Office.

Dr. Marcus dos Santos, faculty member in the Computer Science department, has been appointed

Interim Associate Dean, Undergraduate Science Programs and Student Affairs for the period of August 1st, 2014 to July 31st, 2015.

Joan Yolleck left her position as Administrative Assistant in the office of the Dean as she moved to the Chang School of Continuing Education.

Post-Doctoral Fellows at FoS who began their terms in 2014 Dr. Eric Strohm (Biomedical Physics, supervisor Dr. Michael Kolios): Characterization of single cells using high frequency ultrasound and photoacoustic methods.

Dr. Stefanie Hixson (Chemistry and Biology, supervisor Dr. Michael Arts): Production, distribution, and transfer of essential fatty acids in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and how these processes are affected by climate change and other anthropogenic influences.

Dr. Renuka Gupta (Chemistry and Biology. Supervisor Dr. Dérick Rousseau): Study of naturally-occurring emulsions for applications in personal care products.

Dr. Xi Huo (Mathematics, supervisor Dr. Kunquan Lan): Modeling and analysis of problems originating in mathematical biology; current focus on topics in antibiotic use and nosocomial infection control, and infectious diseases and public health interventions.

Dr. Lorenzo Livi (Computer Science, supervisor Dr. Alireza Sadeghian): Computational intelligence methods for the analysis of complex dynamical systems, with applications in biochemistry, biophysics, and smart grid data analysis.

Dr. Matthew Gray (Chemistry and Biology, supervisor Dr. Roberto Botelho): Study of control of lysosome biogenesis by TFEB during phagocytosis of antibody coated pathogens by immune cells; cellular events that lead to TFEB activation after binding of antibodies by their receptors.

Dr. Alexey Rubtsov (Mathematics, supervisors Dr. Marcos Escobar and Dr. Sebastien Ferrando): Applications of stochastic robust control theory to optimal portfolio problems in the presence of stochastic covariance and unobservability; main focus on investors who want to maximize their expected utility from terminal wealth under the assumption of misspecified price/covariance processes or/and unobservable drift.

Dr. Robert Strehl (Mathematics, supervisors Dr. Katrin Rohlf and Dr. Silvana Ilie): Numerical solution of stochastic discrete models of heterogeneous biochemical reaction networks. These networks have important practical applications, such as understanding key cellular processes and studying genetic regulatory networks.

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Dr. Muhammad Farhat Kaleem (Physics, supervisor Dr. Dietmar Cordes): Investigation of new methodological approaches based on signal processing techniques as well as the development of algorithms and software for fMRI.

Notices

FoS Dean’s Travel Fund: open September 3–16, 2014

The FoS Dean's Travel Fund, available to tenure and tenure-track faculty every year to supplement their travel to attend and present their work at conferences in Canada or abroad, was open for applications between September 3 and 16, 2014 and will be open again for application in January and April 2015.

Ontario Universities Fair, September 19-21, 2014

The Ontario Universities Fair took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre between September 19 and 21, 2014.

SRiO Brown Bag Series, October 14, 2014

The Science Research and Innovation Office (SRiO) brown bag series continues this year with a session on Publications, impact factors and predatory journals tentatively scheduled on October 14.

Fall Convocation, October 15, 2014

On October 15, FoS undergraduate and graduate students will cross the stage during the afternoon convocation ceremony. Faculty members are highly encouraged to participate as this is an important milestone in the lives of our students.

Dean’s Lecture Series

The second lecture in the Dean’s Lecture Series will be given by Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society. Dr. Schwarcz is well known for his informative and entertaining public lectures on topics ranging from the chemistry of love to the science of aging. Save the date of Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 5–8 pm.

Dean for a Day contest

The Dean for a Day contest 2014 will be open this fall to all undergraduate students enrolled in a Faculty of Science program and with clear academic standing. To enter the contest, students are required to submit the application form and a 500-word essay on why they

would like to be dean for a day and what plans they would make for the Faculty of Science by November 14, 2014. The winner will be Dean for a day during the winter semester.

RUW Roundtable

Ryerson Urban Water (RUW) Centre is planning a roundtable with external partners on education about urban water issues to take place in mid-November.

Call for newsletter submissions The next edition of our Connected Science newsletter will be published in the winter. Please send success stories, grant, award and competition notices or any other news, hail or farewell announcements to srio@ryerson.ca.

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