External /macdonald/taxonomy/term/4/all en Mosquitoes’ feeding tubes make ultrafine 3D-printing nozzles /macdonald/channels/news/mosquitoes-feeding-tubes-make-ultrafine-3d-printing-nozzles-369957 <p>Researchers in McGill’s <a href="/mecheng/" rel="noreferrer noopener">Department of Mechanical Engineering</a> and at <a href="https://drexel.edu/" rel="noreferrer noopener">Drexel University</a> have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that makes female mosquito proboscides, or feeding tubes, into high-resolution 3D-printing nozzles. With its unique geometry, structure and mechanics, the proboscis enables printed line widths as fine as 20 microns, or a little smaller than a white blood cell. This is roughly twice as fine as what commercially available print</p> Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:39:14 +0000 admin 112046 at /macdonald Winter programming /macdonald/channels/event/winter-programming-369872 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 05:24:37 +0000 admin 111923 at /macdonald Winter programming /macdonald/channels/event/winter-programming-369871 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 05:24:36 +0000 admin 111922 at /macdonald Winter 2026 deferred examination period for Fall 2025 courses in... /macdonald/channels/event/winter-2026-deferred-examination-period-fall-2025-courses-369369 <p>Deferred examination period in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for courses ending in the Fall 2025 term.</p> Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:35:01 +0000 admin 111726 at /macdonald Summer 2026 registration period for Law undergraduate students... /macdonald/channels/event/summer-2026-registration-period-law-undergraduate-students-369368 <p>Summer Term registration period for Law undergraduate students (excludes Special students).</p> Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:35:00 +0000 admin 111544 at /macdonald Application for inter/intra faculty transfer opens for BA (AR) and BTh (Theology) IFT for Fall 2026 /macdonald/channels/event/application-interintra-faculty-transfer-opens-ba-ar-and-bth-theology-ift-fall-2026-363184 <p>Application opens on Minerva for Inter-Faculty Transfer to B.A and B.Th. degree for Fall 2026.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:33:08 +0000 admin 111545 at /macdonald (Tentative Date) Summer 2026 registration period for U3/U4 undergraduates... /macdonald/channels/event/tentative-date-summer-2026-registration-period-u3u4-undergraduates-363183 <p>(Tentative Date) Summer Term registration period for undergraduate students in their U3/U4 year.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:33:08 +0000 admin 111355 at /macdonald Experts: Methane pollution /macdonald/channels/news/experts-methane-pollution-369917 <p>The Canadian federal government has announced new measures to reduce methane pollution.  </p> <p>The greenhouse gas, which is primarily emitted through fossil fuel extraction and by landfills, has 80 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. <br />  <br /> 51³Ô¹ÏÍøexperts are available to comment on this topic: </p> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:47:39 +0000 admin 111088 at /macdonald Summer 2026 registration period for NUR1 and NUR2... /macdonald/channels/event/summer-2026-registration-period-nur1-and-nur2-369367 <p>Registration period for Summer NUR1 and NUR2 clinical courses to guarantee placement.</p> Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:35:00 +0000 admin 111067 at /macdonald New evidence challenges understanding of Parkinson’s disease  /macdonald/channels/news/new-evidence-challenges-understanding-parkinsons-disease-369875 <p>A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how scientists think about Parkinson’s disease treatments. </p> <p>Published in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02102-1" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Nature Neuroscience,</a> the research found dopamine does not set the speed or force of each movement, as had been thought. Instead, it appears to act as the underlying support system that makes movement possible. </p> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:17:23 +0000 admin 111034 at /macdonald 51³Ô¹ÏÍøprofessor awarded one of the eight science diplomacy chairs newly created by the Fonds de recherche du Québec /macdonald/channels/news/mcgill-professor-awarded-one-eight-science-diplomacy-chairs-newly-created-fonds-de-recherche-du-369876 <em>Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie, based at Macdonald Campus, will work to advance food sustainability in Africa </em>   <p><a href="/bioeng/kwofie-ebenezer-miezah">Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie</a>, Assistant Professor in the Bioresource Engineering Department, has been awarded one of eight science diplomacy chairs newly created by the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ).</p> Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:31:34 +0000 admin 110876 at /macdonald Winter 2026 deferred/supplemental examination period for Fall 2025 courses in... /macdonald/channels/event/winter-2026-deferredsupplemental-examination-period-fall-2025-courses-363162 <p>Deferred and supplemental examination period for Fall 2025 term courses in Arts (including Social Work &amp; Religious Studies), Education, Management (Deferred Exams only), Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Science (including B.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:32:57 +0000 admin 110770 at /macdonald Application deadline for Law... /macdonald/channels/event/application-deadline-law-369363 <p>Deadline to apply for admission to Law for Fall 2026 term for applicants studying, or who last studied in a Quebec CEGEP (D.C.S.) or from a French Baccalaureate Diploma (College) completed in the province of Quebec (Q.F.B.).</p> Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:34:58 +0000 admin 110769 at /macdonald Winter 2026 READING BREAK... /macdonald/channels/event/winter-2026-reading-break-369364 <p>READING BREAK. 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