Music Education Alum Melina Catalano Featured in Montreal Gazette
(The following is an excerpt from the Montreal Gazette by columnist Allison Hanes, published January 10, 2025.)
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Rosemount High music teacher is helping ‘fantastic human beings’ flourish
Melina Catalano has come full circle. She traces her musical beginnings to Rosemount High School, where she first learned to play the trumpet.Published: 10 January 2025
Expert: 2024 confirmed as hottest year on recordÂ
The European Union’s has confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded, marking the first time global temperatures have reached 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels. This milestone raises critical questions about the implications for daily life and the future of our planet’s atmospheric and oceanic systems.Â
An expert from º«¹úÂãÎè is available to comment on this topic.  Published: 10 January 2025
Expert: Ozempic’s safety, efficacy in obesity treatment backed by new research
New research points to the potential of GLP-1 agonists — the class of drugs that includes Ozempic — to treat obesity safely. Originally developed to manage Type 2 diabetes, these medications have emerged as powerful weight-loss tools, though their long-term impacts are still being explored.Published: 9 January 2025
Experts: Los Angeles wildfires Â
More than 130,000 residents of the Los Angeles area are under evacuation orders or warnings  as fires, driven by high winds, continue to spread rapidly. At least five people have been killed, and thousands of homes have been destroyed.Â
º«¹úÂãÎè experts are available to comment on this topic:  Published: 9 January 2025
Novel method to transform greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals ranked among year’s top breakthroughs
A groundbreaking discovery by º«¹úÂãÎè researchers is among the top scientific advances of 2024, according to .
The scientists developed a novel method to transform two greenhouse gases—methane and carbon dioxide—into valuable chemicals using sunlight. This innovation could help reduce emissions and provide a more sustainable way to produce certain industrial products.Published: 9 January 2025
Experts: Future U.S. trade and foreign policy under Donald Trump
Over the past few days, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has spoken about his plans for a range of trade and foreign policy measures that include possibly annexing Canada and Greenland and acquiring control of the Panama Canal, as well as imposing significant tariffs on all trading partners.
Here are some experts from º«¹úÂãÎè who can provide comment on these issues:Published: 8 January 2025
º«¹úÂãÎè alumna appointed Director of Agri-Food Innovation for Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole
This week, Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole announced the appointment of Jade Proulx, BSc(FSc)’12, as Director of Agri-Food Innovation and Project Manager for the Saint-Hyacinthe Agri-Food Innovation Zone. Congratulations to Proulx, who has over ten years of experience in agri-food innovation—and got her start on º«¹úÂãÎè's Macdonald Campus.Published: 8 January 2025
Lana F. Zeaiter Wins Bourse aux doctorant.e.s en sciences de l'éducation du ouvernement du Québec
Lana F. Zeaiter, PhD Candidate in Educational Studies in the Department of Integrated Studies at º«¹úÂãÎè and Plurilingual Lab member, has won the prestigious Bourse aux doctorant.e.s en sciences de l'éducation, which celebrates excellence in educational research awarded by the government of Québec.Published: 7 January 2025
Studio 4 MTL: DISE Members Engage in New School Creation Project
DISE faculty members Dr. Michael Lipset and Dr. Bronwen Low, along with Dr. Habib Siam (DISE, ’17), are piloting two recording arts high school re-engagement programs in the Winter of 2025, in collaboration with community leaders, Education MA student Mohit Kumar and BEd student Marcus Pavico. Studio4 MTL is a French secondary education program for young people in Montreal who have been pushed and kicked out of the traditional school system.
Published: 7 January 2025
Published: 7 January 2025
Call For Papers | Blg Student Research Mini-conference
February 17, 2025 | 13:00 – 14:30
Are you writing a supervised term paper or research essay for a seminar this semester? Or did you write one in the summer term 2024?Published: 7 January 2025
Are you writing a supervised term paper or research essay for a seminar this semester? Or did you write one in the summer term 2024?Published: 7 January 2025
Rosalie Jukier named Sir William C. Macdonald Chair
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Rosalie Jukier has been appointed to one of the Faculty of Law’s Sir William C. Macdonald Chairs, effective 1 January 2025.
Established in 1895, the Macdonald Chairs are among the oldest endowed positions at º«¹úÂãÎè.Published: 7 January 2025
School of Human Nutrition Professor Treena Delormier awarded King Charles III Coronation Medal alongside 18 other º«¹úÂãÎèians
Nineteen members of the º«¹úÂãÎè community, including President Deep Saini, have been awarded the . The medal is conferred on individuals who have made significant contributions to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada.Published: 7 January 2025
Integrating historic data stands to improve climate models in the Global South
An international team led by º«¹úÂãÎè researchers has devised a way to improve the accuracy of climate change models for the Global South by integrating historical records kept by missionaries and other visitors.Published: 7 January 2025
Prof. Sara Knox and colleagues examine the hidden power of wetlands
Wetlands, often overlooked, play a crucial role in combating climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and mitigating flooding. Despite their importance, these ecosystems face threats from human activities and development. Protecting and restoring wetlands is essential for environmental health and climate resilience. Read more about the work that Professor Sara Knox and colleagues are doing in this area:
Published: 6 January 2025
Inaugurating The Peter Sabor Fellowship
The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Burney Society of North America have partnered to establish a new fellowship named after Distinguished James º«¹úÂãÎè Professor Emeritus, Burney editor, long-time member, and past President of CSECS, Peter Sabor.Published: 6 January 2025
BSRM collaborates with Mamie Clafoutis to redefine bakery experience
In partnership with º«¹úÂãÎè’s Bensadoun School of Retail Management (BSRM) and Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) program, Quebec bakery Mamie Clafoutis transformed its St. Denis location into a cutting-edge bakery.Published: 6 January 2025
Remembering Emil Skamene (1941–2024), pioneer in genetic research at º«¹úÂãÎèÂ
It is with deep sadness that we remember Emil Skamene, a pioneer in genetic research at º«¹úÂãÎè.Â
His groundbreaking work on host genetic susceptibility to infections has shaped the field for over three decades.
Skamene’s legacy continues to inspire scientists, including D2R’s Chief Scientific Officer, Philippe Gros, who, alongside Professor Erwin Schurr, honors him in a heartfelt eulogy published in Nature Genetics. Published: 6 January 2025
His groundbreaking work on host genetic susceptibility to infections has shaped the field for over three decades.
Skamene’s legacy continues to inspire scientists, including D2R’s Chief Scientific Officer, Philippe Gros, who, alongside Professor Erwin Schurr, honors him in a heartfelt eulogy published in Nature Genetics. Published: 6 January 2025
Expert: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down
Justin Trudeau announced today that he will be stepping down as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister of Canada after his party selects its next leader in a competitive process. In the meantime, Parliament has been prorogued until March 24. The announcement follows weeks of speculation. Growing numbers of Liberal MPs have called for his resignation.
Here is an expert from º«¹úÂãÎè who can provide comment on this issue:Published: 6 January 2025
º«¹úÂãÎè iGEM Achieves Gold Medal and Three Nominations at the Grand Jamboree
º«¹úÂãÎè IGEM team proudly secured a gold medal along with three nominations for Best Diagnostics, Best Software, and Best Parts Collection at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Grand Jamboree in October 2024. Composed of students from the Bioengineering program and various disciplines within the Faculty of Science, º«¹úÂãÎè iGEM team is supervised by Prof. Codruta Ignea and Prof. Lisa Munter. Each year, they develop a synthetic biology research project from inception to completion to compete in a thematic category aimed at addressing critical global challenges.Published: 6 January 2025
Researchers link mysterious cosmic signals to collapsed starsÂ
An international team of scientists led by º«¹úÂãÎè researchers has provided the clearest evidence yet that some fast radio bursts (FRBs) — enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio waves from space — originate from neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of massive stars that have exploded in a supernova. This finding, based on an analysis of the radio signal of a single FRB, advances our understanding of one of the universe’s most perplexing phenomena. Published: 2 January 2025