Know your Canadian universities

An article on Tuesday about research into how animals learn misspelled the Latin name of a worm used frequently in laboratory experiments. It is Caenorhabditis elegans, not Caenorhadits. The article also misspelled the name of the university where one of the researchers, Reuven Dukas, works as a biologist. It is McMaster University, not McMasters. Link

An article on Tuesday about changes in the way diseases are classified misspelled the university where Dr. Jacalyn Duffin works as a professor of the history of medicine. It is Queen’s University, not Queens. Link

Recently:

A profile on April 29 about Francisco J. Ayala, a professor who speaks often in defense of the theory of evolution, misstated the location of McGill University, where he gave a recent talk. It is Montreal, not Toronto. Link

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