Graduate Students

Clouds attenuate the increase of downwelling longwave radiation over land under global warming

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:34:53 +0000

(Lei Liu, Yi Huang, John R. Gyakum)

Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

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Macdonald Graduate Orientation—Fall 2025

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Welcome to Macdonald Campus grad students starting in the Fall 2025 term!

Recruitment Seminar: Assistant Professor in One Health Against Pathogens (OHAP) in the Institute of Parasitology

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You are cordially invited to attend the seminar of Dr. Louis-Philippe Leroux, a candidate for the tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in One Health Against Pathogens in the Institute of Parasitology.

Revisiting the Last Ice Area projections from a high-resolution Global Earth System Model

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:09:25 +0000

(Madeleine Fol, Bruno Tremblay, Stephanie Pfirman, Robert Newton, Stephen Howell, Jean-François Lemieux)

51�Թ��researchers awarded funding from NSERC for quantum science

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:28:53 +0000

On January 21, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), announced over $74 million in funding to support 107 quantum science projects, including fifteen to 51�Թ��researchers.

Provost honours 31 51�Թ��professors for exceptional research achievements

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:23:55 +0000

51�Թ��announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James 51�Թ��Professors, James 51�Թ��Professors and William Dawson Scholars
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 51�Թ��professors as Distinguished James 51�Թ��Professors, James 51�Թ��Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

Eleven new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to 51�Թ��

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:08:29 +0000

On March 13, the Government of Canada, announced more than $308 million to advance science and research across the country. More than $153 million will support 179 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 38 research institutions.

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni: Ibrahim Kasujja

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:47:54 +0000

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni Ibrahim Kasujja has built on his success at McGill’s Dobson Cup startup competition to help improve the school diet in his native Uganda

A Vision Rooted in Service

Ibrahim Kasujja’s journey began during the COVID-19 pandemic when he started his master's in human nutrition at 51�Թ�� remotely from Uganda.

How peer learning improved agricultural technology adoption in Tanzania

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 20:08:14 +0000

As mobile phones proliferate across the developing world, digital delivery of agricultural advice is positioned to play a transformative role in increasing agricultural productivity and improving livelihoods for smallholder farmers. Meanwhile, evidence shows that peer-to-peer learning, at least in person, can successfully promote technology adoption.

Touch table exhibit | 51�Թ��Virtual Museum (McLennan Library Building)

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:33:18 +0000

La version française suit.

2025 Hughlings Jackson Lecture: The Basal Ganglia and the Motivation to Act

admin — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:40:52 +0000

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.

51�Թ��students win top poster awards at National Association of Plant Breeding Conference

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:54:29 +0000

Congratulations to 51�Թ��Plant Science students Henry Cordoba Novoa and Mason Jackson, who were awarded top honours at the National Association of Plant Breeding Conference, which took place in Hawaii from May 19 to 23, 2025.

Cordoba Novoa won first place in the Ph.D. poster competition for his poster on improving the understanding and breeding of common bean using multiple genome-wide approaches and the study of the accumulation partners of deleterious mutations in breeding populations.

Touch table exhibit | 51�Թ��Virtual Museum (Schulich Library)

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:38:24 +0000

La version française suit.

Nutrition students recognized at 2025 CNS Conference

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:18:49 +0000

Recently, the Canadian Nutrition Society held its annual conference, where awards were distributed to winners of the society's poster presentations. Among them, two 51�Թ�� grad students studying nutrition were recognized.

Ferial Hamdi, M.Sc. Thesis student with Prof. Brittany Jock (formerly of the School of Human Nutrition), won the George Beaton Award for Student Work in Public Health Nutrition and took second place in the Graduate Oral Competition