On a wing and an ear
A research group led by a Carleton graduate student has discovered that butterflies are not in fact deaf, as previously thought, but have tiny membranes in their wings that they use to distinguish between different sound frequencies.
Katie Lucas, the lead researcher for this project, concluded that some species of butterflies living in tropical forests have hearing membranes about 1/160th the size of their wingspan.
Pimp your resumé
Carleton students will have another tool when applying for a job or graduate school with the launch of Carleton’s co-curricular record in the new year.
A co-curricular record is a document similar to a transcript that displays a student’s extra-curricular involvement rather than their marks, director of student affairs Ryan Flannagan said.
The January launch of Carleton’s co-curricular record is more likely to draw committed students than those looking to be dishonest, said third-year political science student Emile Scheffel.
CU grads leave satisfied
Ninety-two per cent of graduating Carleton students reported being satisfied with their overall academic experience, compared with an average of 88 per cent at other Canadian post-secondary institutions, according to the 2009 Canadian University Survey Consortium.
Nintety per cent of the graduating students said they would recommend their university to others, a 4 per cent increase from 2006.
Top Net Riders
Establishing themselves as two of Ontario’s up-and-coming networking and IT student leaders, Carleton’s Jordan Emmons and Matthew Brooks claimed third place in the Cisco-sponsored Ontario NetRiders Skills Challenge Oct. 28.
Building a Fifth Estate
Carleton’s School of Journalism and Communication will officially launch a new research centre Nov. 9 aimed at expanding the media in places that have undergone dramatic change affecting media development.
The formal launch of Carleton’s Centre for Media and Transitional Societies (CMTS) is organized by professor Allan Thompson, who also spearheaded the Rwanda Initiative. CMTS plans to expand on the initiative, a program started in 2006 that has sent more than 50 Carleton students to Rwanda on media internships.
