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GOULD STREET

round, the event itself was
a great success. Ryersonians
and visitors filled the stands
with one fan commenting,
"I have been coming to these
events for the past 10 years
and this is by far the best one
I have ever attended. Your
volunteers were so welcoming,
your organizing team was
incredible...I came to the
facility expecting to see a
game in the gym and I was
treated to a spectacular
event in a world-class facility.
I can only say wow!"
Ivan Joseph, director of
athletics, agrees. "I thought
it was a tremendous success.
We continue to do what our
mission is, which is engaging
students, getting them out
there to cheer on our Rams
and continuing to raise
the reputation and profile
of Ryerson University as
a place where excellence
and innovation happen.
Mission accomplished!"
2016-17 has been a
record-making season for
Rams athletics.
Men's soccer went on a
winning streak, recording
only one loss in the regular
season before having their
national championship hopes
dashed in the playoffs.
Following suit was the men's
hockey team and their fruitful,
historic season. They finished
the regular season first in the
Ontario University Athletics
(OUA) West division with a
record of 24-4-2, setting new
team records for wins (22),
points (46) and goals scored
(136) in a season.
"Just when you think we can't
do any better, we continue to
set new bars," Joseph said.
A new milestone was set
in March when the men's
basketball team claimed their
first silver medal at the U Sports
National Championships in
Halifax, N.S. This came after
beating the Carleton Ravens
for the second year in a row to
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capture the OUA Wilson Cup
in Ottawa, Ont. The back-toback champs have remained
strong all season, entering
the national competition
ranked first, above historical
powerhouse Carleton Ravens.
"I believe there's a
snowball effect in sports,"
Joseph said. "If one team
does well, others believe it's
achievable. When greatness
is accomplished, people can
envision and pursue it."
This August, Ryerson will
celebrate the fifth anniversary
of the Mattamy Athletic Centre
and while festivities are still
being organized, Joseph wants
fans to know that, "we're not
done yet. The best is yet to
come."-Antoinette Mercurio

INNOVATION

Artist's rendering of
the Centre for Urban
Innovation (CUI), a
research, incubation
and commercialization
hub focused on urban
infrastructure to be built
on Gerrard Street. The
building, set to open in
September 2018, will
provide 40,000 square
feet of research and
fabrication space for
faculty and students.

TECHNOLOGY

The power of
virtual reality
First-year architectural
science students in Professor
Vincent Hui's class are
using virtual reality (VR)
technology to become better
architects. NOW Magazine
caught a glimpse of what
students were doing in class,
using Homido VR glasses
to visualize buildings and
structures. "When you're
seeing things in VR, you're
more sensitive to how the
building is put together and
what views you're trying to set
up, things you don't always
pick up just from looking at
floor plans," Hui explains.
"The accessibility helps
students develop their ideas."
Tasked with having to build

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an information kiosk
at Ryerson, one student in
Hui's class said, "VR lets me
see mistakes because I'm
actually inside the building,"
she says. "You can't see those
details normally, but you
can experience them fully
in VR."-Antoinette Mercurio
STUDENT SUCCESS

From refugee
camp to
university

In 2012, at the age of 18,
Hani Al Moulia fled his
home country of Syria for
a Lebanese refugee camp,
where he would spend the next

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