Research & Innovation

Nipissing University actively supports quality research that creates a deeper, clearer understanding of the world. Excellent research could change the way we think and act. Research that creates paradigm shifting ideas or generates practical knowledge helps us to understand our world and to address immediate issues. Research also fuels teaching.

RESEARCH @ NU

Dr. Colin McCarter near pond

Colin McCarter examines the cumulative impacts of unprecedented climate and environmental disturbances on water quality.

FOR RESEARCHERS

RESEARCH NEWS

  • Dr. Wachowiak earns research award

    Geography Department
    Math and Computer Science
    Research
    Dr. 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

    Research
    History Department
    Geography Department
    Dr. 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.
  • 3MT at NU

    My Nipissing
    Research
    Brilliant graduate students are hard at work sharpening and condensing millions of ideas, thousands of hours, and hundreds of pages into one beautiful, streamlined and concise presentation to wow judges at the annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.