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Biodiversity Garden Community Planting

barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:52:12 +0000

Get your hands dirty and contribute to Biodiversity at McGill!

Sustainable Futures Festival

kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:40:38 +0000

McGill’s Bicentennial milestone is a significant occasion to highlight the importance of collaboration and innovation in sustainability, locally and beyond.

Topological and geometric structures in low dimensions

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:19:05 +0000

his thematic program will focus on contemporary classiﬁcation problems in low-dimensional topology and the interplay between the algebraic, topological, geometric and analytic structures that arise in these classiﬁcations.

Phase transitions and dynamics in random media

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:25:28 +0000

A one-week conference in probability theory

Topics at a glance

Macdonald Grad Studies Office earns silver in McGill's Sustainable Workplace Certification program

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:11:20 +0000

From left to right: Academic Associate Laura Wittebol, Graduate Program Coordinators Maude Bélanger, Erin Minnett, and Simone Clamann, and Associate Dean (Graduate Education) Jean-Benoit Charron

Natural Resource Sciences grad students reduce lab plastic waste by nearly 50%

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:24:58 +0000

Single-use plastics are everywhere—but two 51�Թ�� researchers are redefining the norm and championing sustainability.

"Although plastic pollution wasn’t the main focus of our research, safeguarding water bodies is essential to our work, and we knew we had to address the disconnect between our values and laboratory practices."

PhD Oral Defence: Mr. Antoine Giard

admin — Fri, 09 May 2025 14:30:54 +0000

51�Թ�� DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Antoine Giard

DATE: Friday, June 27, 2025

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��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.

51�Թ��Professor Simon Caron-Huot awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:40:33 +0000

Simon Caron-Huot, Professor and Canada Research Chair in High-Energy Physics, has been awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship. The prestigious Dorothy Killam Fellowship is part of Canada’s National Killam Program, which also includes the Killam Prize. Eight Fellowships were awarded across the country.

The Dorothy Killam Fellowship provides researchers with up to two years of relief from teaching and administrative duties to focus on transformative research that has potential to positively improve Canadian lives.

Hilary Sweatman Helps Stop the Spread of Misinformation with a “Google of Neuroscience”

admin — Mon, 26 May 2025 13:55:20 +0000

Authors: James Wang and Zeynep Alsancak

"If you're not targeting someone, you’re missing the target." - Hilary Sweatman

Aranka Hrušková (Weizmann Institute of Science)

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:40:50 +0000

Title: Asymptotically commuting measures share the Furstenberg-Poisson boundary

Eight Faculty of Science professors honoured by Provost for exceptional research achievements

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:21:17 +0000

Clockwise from top left: Robert Brandenberger (Physics), Christian Genest (Mathematics and Statistics), Joel Kamnitzer (Mathematics and Statistics), Bärbel Knäuper (Psychology), Milica Miočević (Psychology), Adrian Liu (Physics), Nagissa Mahmoudi (Earth and Planetary Sciences), and Galen Halverson (Earth and Planetary Sciences)

Eight Faculty of Science professors are among this year’s cohort of Distinguished James 51�Թ��Professors, James 51�Թ��Professors, and William Dawson Scholars.

From Lab to Life: Science Literacy Week @ 51�Թ��this February!

admin — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:47:30 +0000

Join 51�Թ��to celebrate the joys of science with Science Literacy Week! From February 22nd to 28th, 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 McGill’s Rare Books and Special Collections, and much more. Learn more here.

David Stephens named Academic Lead for Horizon McGill

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:14:02 +0000

Congratulations to Professor David Stephens (Department of Mathematics and Statistics), former Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, who has been named Academic Lead for Horizon McGill.

Read the full story here.