Graham A.C. Bell elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Prof. Graham A.C. Bell is among the newly elected Foreign Honorary Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2014. Established by the Massachusetts legislature in the late 1700s, the Academy is America’s oldest and most prestigious learned honorary and independent policy societies. Its book of members reads like a Who’s Who of the most renowned scholars, scientists, and politicians from America and abroad – including, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Niels Bohr, Winston Churchill and Stephen Hawking, among others.
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Pain curbs sex drive in female mice, but not in males
“Not tonight, dear, I have a headache.” Generally speaking, that line is attributed to the wife in a couple, implying that women’s sexual desire is more affected by pain than men’s. Now, researchers from McGill and Concordia University have investigated, possibly for the first time in any species, the direct impact of pain on sexual behaviour in mice. Their study found that pain from inflammation greatly reduced sexual motivation in female mice in heat – but had no such effect on male mice.
Read More →Antibiotics improve growth in children in developing countries
Researchers land $3.5-million DFAT grant to improve health and agriculture in Ghana
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Three Bares brave chilly weather
McGill’s iconic Three Bares statue gleams in the April sun after workers dismantled the wooden hutch used to protect it from harsh winter weather. The statue’s history is a colourful, sometimes controversial, one.
Read More →Alexis Ohanian to Desautels gathering: “Don’t get hung up on great ideas – get started on them”
Nobel Laureate Akira Suzuki delivers public lecture in Otto Maass
Read More Posts From This Section »Around Campus
Happy video takes the edge off of exam stress
Tom Zheng is in his final month as a political science undergraduate, so he knows how tough a time of year this can be for students. “People are stressed, tired and very anxious during exams,” he says. “Sometimes it is hard to find a reason to smile.” So, what did Zheng do about it? He filmed a remake of Pharrell Williams’ hit video, Happy – shot entirely at McGill and featuring some 70 happy students shaking their moneymakers. “I just wanted to show people that regardless of how busy or stressed we are, we can always find those little moments of happiness,” he says.
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The three As of aging gracefully: Accept, adapt, stay active
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Pierre-Paul Tellier honoured for tireless volunteer work at Head & Hands
Recently Centraide handed out 14 Solidaires awards to honour the efforts of companies, community agencies and volunteers who, through their involvement, alleviate the effects of poverty and exclusion in Greater Montreal and improve the lives of the most vulnerable. These awards were presented at Distinctions, a recognition event held at the Montreal Science Centre in the presence of some 300 guests. The winner of the Solidaires Citizen Involvement award for 2014 was Pierre-Paul Tellier, Director of Student Health at McGill.
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Fortier to Montreal: let’s work together
Read More Posts From This Section »In the Community
Heels to Heal: Medical and dental students strut the runway to raise awareness about eating disorders
In an effort to raise awareness and funds in support of persons with eating disorders, close to 100 McGill medical and dentistry students participated in the organization of a fashion show held at the end of March. To the delight of some 350 people in attendance, students paraded the runway wearing the latest fashions from seven local designers. More than $3,500 was raised during the evening, all to be donated to Anorexia and Bulimia Quebec (ANEB) to help in the battle against this condition.
Read More →McGill students for a day – and maybe beyond
MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program: Changing the world one life at a time
Read More Posts From This Section »Notes from the field
Hot Cities 2014: From camping on the Gobi Desert to touring the Gangnam financial district
“If a year ago someone told me I’d be spending my spring break camping in the Gobi desert, 30 degrees below zero, I probably wouldn’t believe them,” writes U3 International Management BComm student Sabrina Ostrowski. “Yet ‘expect the unexpected’ seems to be the tagline for the week we experienced during the sixth edition of the Hot Cities of the World Tour, led by Professor Karl Moore.”
Read More →Culinary roadshow across Panama: Fieldwork has delicious perks
Shanghai and the real world
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April 8: WWI, D-Day anniversaries to be commemorated in joint Armed Forces, McGill concert
To mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the 100th anniversary of the First World War, the McGill Wind Symphony, the Band of the Fusiliers Mont-Royal and the Band of the 438th Tactical Helicopter Squadron are presenting a concert together at the Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste on April 8. Collectively, more than one hundred musicians will perform a wide variety of works, including one written by Moe Touizrar, a PhD music composition candidate at the Schulich School of Music, who was inspired by his experience in Afghanistan supporting Canadian soldiers as a member of the Morale and Welfare Unit.
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