/macdonald/taxonomy/term/12/all en /macdonald/channels/news/six-principal-investigators-neuro-receive-cihr-grants-363535 <h2>Projects include important research on Parkinson’s, glioblastoma and dementia</h2> <p> </p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:44:57 +0000 admin 17818 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/sunsetting-vanier-and-banting-programs-363532 <p>In alignment with the <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/research-coordinating-committee/priorities/research-talent-for-a-knowledge-based-society/tri-agency-research-training-strategy.html">Tri-Agency Research Training Strategy</a> and as announced in <a href="https://www.budget.canada.ca/2024/home-accueil-en.html">Budget 2024</a>, the three federal granting agencies, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering and Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are working to offer a harmonized and streaml</p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:30:19 +0000 admin 17775 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/lab-life-science-literacy-week-mcgill-february-363500 <p>Join º«¹úÂãÎè to celebrate the joys of science with Science Literacy Week! From <strong>February 22nd to 28th</strong>, delve into this year's theme, From Lab to Life and explore science in the everyday. Events include a study on the ancient Egyptian animal mummies in the Redpath Museum, a tour of the Maude Abbott Medical Museum, Science History Treasures in º«¹úÂãÎè’s Rare Books and Special Collections, and much more. <a href="https://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/science-literacy">Learn more here</a>. </p> Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:47:30 +0000 admin 16685 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/transferable-skills-ba-wyba-363476 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/c5da3608-c018-42e4-9500-73ee8e3adc102994df48-7325-4628-a3f2-e825b7ba2ca5.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="Transferable Skills as a</body></html>" /></div> Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:19:11 +0000 admin 16219 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/four-mcgill-faculty-science-students-and-graduates-named-finalists-mccall-macbain-scholarships-363436 <p>Faculty of Science students Joshua Cheruvathur (BSc'25) and Elaine Xiao (BSc'25), as well as graduates Antoine Bourdin (BSc'24) and Chanel Perreault (BASc'22), are finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at º«¹úÂãÎè. </p> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:22:39 +0000 admin 15991 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/drop-exhibit-science-history-treasures-mcgills-rare-books-special-collections-363433 <p><em>La version française suit.</em></p> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:06:49 +0000 admin 15716 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/macdonald-campus-seed-library-opens-february-24-363434 <p><em>La version française suit</em></p> <p>On <strong>Monday, February 24, 2025 </strong>the Macdonald Campus Library will open up its <a href="/library/branches/macdonald/seed-library">Seed Library</a> for online orders. The seed catalogue will be available to º«¹úÂãÎè students, faculty, and staff on opening day. </p> <p>If you're not yet a member of the Seed Library, please fill out the registration <a href="/library/branches/macdonald/seed-library/register?fbclid=IwAR0nb7O7bzoGCSEikdUz44k2950N2SFIFG4vKF4H_Yj22vQXoBgOYhv-8rw">form</a>.</p> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:22:51 +0000 admin 15717 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/how-mcgill-students-teenage-curiosity-led-first-megalodon-discovery-canada-363426 <p>Louis-Philippe Bateman’s fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada’s geological evolution. It described giant, mysterious fossilized shark teeth discovered in the 1960s by fishermen dredging for scallops off Canada’s Atlantic coast. The curiosity felt by the teenager with a budding interest in paleontology would resurface in a meaningful way during his undergraduate years at º«¹úÂãÎè.</p> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:08:27 +0000 admin 15635 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/call-proposals-open-research-symposium-future-open-building-open-research-community-mcgill-363062 <p><b>Call for Proposals:</b></p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:21:19 +0000 admin 15306 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/publish-all-royal-society-chemistry-rsc-journals-fee-free-new-crkn-agreement-363044 <p><em>Version française suit</em></p> <p>As of January 1, 2025, corresponding authors affiliated with º«¹úÂãÎè will be able to publish an unlimited number of their articles as open access in all Royal Society of Chemistry hybrid and gold journals for the duration of the agreement (2025-2027) without paying any article processing charges (APC).</p> Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:27:04 +0000 admin 14560 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/new-ereader-now-available-taylor-francis-e-books-363020 <p><em>Version française suit</em></p> <p>Taylor & Francis has released a <a href="https://help.taylorfrancis.com/students_researchers/s/article/New-eReader-FAQ" rel="nofollow">new e-reader for their e-books</a> that offer several improvements on its previous version. Enhancements include:</p> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:47:02 +0000 admin 13967 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/blooms-brushes-362998 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/c5b055d7-2e08-40e7-a99e-63b3cd4589793bc69ecc-24e7-42f7-b2c4-457704884334.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="Blooms & Brushes" /></div> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 06:38:10 +0000 admin 13872 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/science-literacy-mcgill-362966 <p><em>La version française suit</em></p> Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:28:18 +0000 admin 13598 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/geography-department-celebrates-80th-anniversary-362910 <p>º«¹úÂãÎè’s Department of Geography turns 80 this year! </p> <p>This milestone marks the anniversary of George Kimble’s appointment as º«¹úÂãÎè’s first Professor of Geography and Department Chair on January 1, 1945. </p> <p>Kimble, who had previously been a meteorologist with the Royal Navy, was allocated two rooms in the Arts Building (rooms 30 and 38) by the Faculty of Arts and Science to lay the foundation for the new department. A few months later, F.K. Hare was appointed as º«¹úÂãÎè’s second Professor of Geography (eventually becoming Dean of Arts and Science in 1961). </p> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:03:17 +0000 admin 12864 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/mcgills-department-psychology-ranks-21st-times-higher-education-top-50-list-362911 <p>º«¹úÂãÎè provides a top-tier education in a wide variety of fields, as highlighted in the <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject">World University Rankings by Subject 2025</a>, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE). </p> <p>º«¹úÂãÎè ranks among the top 90 in the world in all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50. The number of institutions of higher education considered varied by discipline, from 389 for Law to 1,488 for Engineering. </p> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:08:12 +0000 admin 12863 at /macdonald