Fall signals the opening of lecture season at McGill. Although the Beatty Memorial Lecture has come and gone (see front page), the University still has a wide range of offerings on subjects varied enough to pique the interest of just about everyone. For the full list of lectures and other events on campus go to [...]
Research and Discovery
By Mark Shainblum Pop quiz. 1) What are good and evil? 2) Where do they come from? Please answer in 25 words or less. Couldn’t do it? Don’t feel badly. Countless philosophers, prophets, saints, scientists, mystics, jurists, artists and authors have struggled for millennia with these most basic questions of existence.
Athletics
By Jim Hynes Tim Murdoch has his heart set on spending the weekend of Nov. 8-9 in Hamilton, Ontario. The coach of the McGill men’s lacrosse team isn’t planning a jaunt to take in the late autumn charms of Steel City though. He’s determined to lead his Redmen back to the Baggataway Cup Final Four, [...]
Profile
By Chris Chipello “Corporations are not really interested in hiring specialists,” said McGill benefactor Marcel Desautels in a recent interview at the Desautels Faculty of Management’s Sherbrooke St. building. “They want people who are broad-minded, who are going to look at every facet of a problem.”
Point of View
By Jim Hynes My name is Jim and I’m a Habsaholic. I like to use words like “passionate” and “intense” to describe the level of my devotion to the Montreal Canadiens. My wife likes to use words like “mental” and “illness.” And she might have a point. If other addictions are actually a disease, then [...]
Headline News
By Neale McDevitt Flu season may be just around the corner, but environmental activist James Gustave Speth says we have a new scourge to watch for: “afluenza,” a virulent strain of consumerism that, if left unchecked, may prove fatal to our planet. Delivering his 2008 Beatty Memorial Lecture to a full house at the Centre [...]
Other News
By Pascal Zamprelli “As Dorothy said to Toto,” began Dean of Law Nicholas Kasirer as he addressed a packed room in the Moot Court at McGill’s Faculty of Law, “there’s no place like home.”
News
By McGill Reporter Staff It is both a gift and a challenge. Just two days before the first anniversary of the public launch of Campaign McGill – that has already surpassed the $440-million mark – the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation donated $20 million to support the student experience at McGill.
Athletics
It’s Homecoming, and that means, among other things, sports, sports, and more sports. No less than 35 sporting events are on tap at McGill this week.
News
We rank No. 1 in Canada, No. 10 worldwide in life sciences By Doug Sweet McGill has again been named one of the Top 25 universities in the world by the prestigious Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings. And once again, we’re No. 1 in Canada.