Undergraduate Students

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

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.

How a 51�Թ��student’s teenage curiosity led to the first megalodon discovery in Canada

admin — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:08:27 +0000

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 51�Թ��.

Geoscientist Meghomita Das believes everyone deserves a seat at the equity table

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:30:48 +0000

Written by Ezrah Roy, edited by Adele Lopes

Meghomita Das, a recent PhD graduate of McGill’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, first discovered a passion for science communication in the wake of a natural disaster. When Das was a high school student in India, an earthquake in nearby Nepal impacted both countries.

Laura Lopez Gonzalez “borrows trust” in public health journalism

admin — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:59:19 +0000

By: Adele Lopes

"There's a power to witnessing and being able to recount something that has happened." - Laura Lopez Gonzalez

Aranka Hrušková (Weizmann Institute of Science)

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

Title: Asymptotically commuting measures share the Furstenberg-Poisson boundary

Appointment of Alanna Watt as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:28:54 +0000

Dear community members,

I am pleased to announce that Professor Alanna Watt, of the Department of Biology, has graciously agreed to take on the role of Interim Dean of Science, effective July 1, 2025. She will oversee the Faculty while we continue the search for a new Dean of Science. In accordance with the University Statutes, an Advisory Committee will be established to support this process.

Experience and expertise

Four 51�Թ��Faculty of Science students and graduates named finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships

admin — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:22:39 +0000

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 McGill.

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.

Science Showcase helps students build communication skills

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:45:58 +0000

Students from across the University gathered at the University Centre (SSMU) on March 25 to share their research, fieldwork, in-class assignments and passion projects in a supportive, non-competitive environment.

Tim Hoheisel (51�Թ��)

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:39:30 +0000

A computational framework for linear inverse problems via the maximum entropy on the mean method Abstract:

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.