Happy video puts 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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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.
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Nobel Laureate Akira Suzuki delivers public lecture in Otto Maass
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Researchers garner grants from Canadian Cancer Society
Researchers from McGill, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and The Neuro (MNI) have received Innovation Grants from the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) for their respective research projects. Their projects are among the 46 selected across Canada and awarded by the CCS for nearly $9 million.
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Inaugurating a new era of sustainability at McGill
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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
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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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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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MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program: Changing the world one life at a time
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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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