Dr. Ranjana Bird appointed Vice-President, Research

Dr. Ross H. Paul, President of the University of Windsor, has announced the appointment of Dr. Ranjana Bird as Vice-President, Research. Dr. Bird will begin her five-year term at the University of Windsor on October 1.

Bird received her Masters and PhD degrees in Nutrition/Toxicology from the University of Guelph and did her undergraduate biology studies at the University of Waterloo and Ranchi University in India. Prior to her appointment at Waterloo in 2003, she spent 14 years at the University of Manitoba, where she received a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council career award and served as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, and later as Dean of the Faculty of Human Ecology. She has also served as a research scientist in experimental carcinogenesis at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Toronto. She serves on the editorial board of the journal, Nutrition and Cancer.

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Young Graduate Going Places

The value of the University of Windsor resonated with Sishir Garemella during his graduation ceremony. The keynote speaker was none other than Sergio Marchionne, C.E.O. of Fiat S.p.A. The man who makes decisions for the company that controls Maserati and Ferrari graduated from the University of Windsor (BComm 1979, MBA 1985) and came back to inspire the graduating class of 2005.

Sishir Garemella (BASc 2005) reflected back on the people he met during the course of his studies.

"I have seen people from University of Windsor go places. I have seen them go to Wall Street, Bay Street, [Toronto's financial hub] and Stanford. I have seen the best students from India come here and study," said Sishir, a Controls Engineer at Nemak. [more]