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.
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Making the world a better place – in just three minutes
The third edition of 3 Minutes to Change the World, held on March 31, featured 12 graduate students from diverse disciplines describing their research and its significance to a non-specialist audience. Research subjects ranged from developing interventions in cyberbullying; reducing instances of deafness in children undergoing chemotherapy; and the creation of a new injectable spinal fluid that would increase recovery rates for patients suffering from trauma induced paralysis.
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McGill awarded eight new Canada Research Chairs
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McGill to hold 50th Vanier Cup game as Molson Stadium celebrates 99th year
The CIS announced Wednesday a partnership with the Montreal Alouettes to hold the historic 50th Vanier Cup game at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, marking the first-ever staging of the Canadian university football championship in the Quebec metropolis.
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Golden girls feted for hockey heroics
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Odds that global warming is due to natural factors: slim to none
An analysis of temperature data since 1500 all but rules out the possibility that global warming in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation in the earth’s climate, according to a new study by McGill physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.
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Plugged in but powered down
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McGill students for a day – and maybe beyond
A group of Grade 6 students from F.A.C.E. school huddle around the half-dozen workbenches in Jean-Marc Gauthier’s lab in Otto Maass, their smiles speaking volumes about the kind of day they are having. “I’d come here every day,” says one boy to his friend as the experiment they are conducting – making homemade ice cream using liquid nitrogen – reaches a critical stage and begins billowing white smoke. The look on the students’ faces says it all. Best. Chemistry. Class. Ever.
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Braving the elements for a good cause
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Matt Dobbs wins 2014 Herzberg Medal
On April 10th, 2014, the Canadian Association of Physicists awarded its 2014 Herzberg Medal to McGill professor Matt Dobbs. Professor Dobbs has developed new digital telescope technology of unprecedented reach and precision that is allowing researchers to demystify the early history of the cosmos. His work aims to improve our understanding of how the universe began—and where it’s headed. Dobbs, who is the Canada Research Chair in Experimental Astro-particle Physics, has also led Canadian contributions to several high profile international projects such as the South Pole Telescope and the EBEX Stratospheric balloon-borne telescope.
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Lionel Smith Awarded 2014 Killam Fellowship
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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.”
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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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