/sustainability/taxonomy/term/923/all en /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-futures-festival-340437 <p>º«¹úÂãÎè’s Bicentennial milestone is a significant occasion to highlight the importance of collaboration and innovation in sustainability, locally and beyond. </p> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:40:38 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 3032 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/olga-kharlampovich-cuny-grad-center-and-hunter-college-363525 <p><b><u>Title:</u></b> Effective Generalization of Hall's Theorem for Limit Groups and Cube Complexes</p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:56:37 +0000 admin 3585 at /sustainability /sustainability/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 3584 at /sustainability /sustainability/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 3582 at /sustainability /sustainability/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 3581 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/old-books-new-research-uncovering-forgotten-work-mary-hinckley-answer-new-ecological-questions-362855 <p><i>Version française suit</i></p> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:40:52 +0000 admin 3569 at /sustainability /sustainability/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 3568 at /sustainability /sustainability/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 3567 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-awarded-funding-nserc-quantum-science-362774 <div> <div> <p><span><span>On January 21, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), announce<span>d<span> <span>over $74 million in funding to support 107 quantum science projects<span>, including fifteen to º«¹úÂãÎè researchers<span>. <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:28:53 +0000 admin 3558 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/weekly-discussion-group-issues-pedagogy-teaching-and-learning-math-and-stats-362560 <p>Dear all,</p> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:40:35 +0000 admin 3542 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/2025-hughlings-jackson-lecture-basal-ganglia-and-motivation-act-362529 <p>Established in 1935, the Hughlings Jackson Lecture is The Neuro’s premier scientific lecture. It honours the legacy of British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty.</p> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:40:52 +0000 admin 3541 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/king-charles-iii-coronation-medals-awarded-19-members-mcgill-community-362289 <p>Nineteen members of the º«¹úÂãÎè community have been awarded the <a href="https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/canadian-honours/directory-honours/commemorative-medals/king-charles-iii-coronation-medal">King Charles III Coronation Medal</a>. 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.</p> <p>The recipients include Professor R. Bruce Lennox, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Tomlinson Professor of Chemistry.</p> Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:39 +0000 admin 3533 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/tsi-outreach-program-administrator-carolina-cruz-vinaccia-wins-presidents-award-362139 <p>Congratulations to Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia, the Outreach Program Administrator at the <a href="https://tsi.mcgill.ca/">Trottier Space Institute</a> and Physics Department for being awarded the <a href="/hr/awards/president-awards">President's Award for Administrative and Support Staff</a>! Winners of this award are honoured for the quality of their work, service to the community, innovation and initiative.</p> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:16:26 +0000 admin 3532 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/bellairs-brings-science-programming-barbadian-students-362121 <p>Last week, hundreds of students in Barbados saw science come to life in a whole new way.</p> <p>As part of the celebrations marking its <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/bellairs-research-institute-going-strong-at-70/">70th anniversary</a>, º«¹úÂãÎè’s Bellairs Research Institute opened its doors to the community Dec. 5. Three hundred students from five local schools were treated to free science kits, lunch and a day of hands-on activities.</p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:53:58 +0000 admin 3528 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/bellairs-research-institute-going-strong-70-362122 <p>To mark its 70th anniversary, º«¹úÂãÎè’s <a href="/bellairs/">Bellairs Research Institute</a> in Barbados hosted events Dec. 5-6 that brought together researchers, students, elected officials and community partners to celebrate its history and build momentum for the future.  </p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:56:14 +0000 admin 3527 at /sustainability