By Morton J. Mendelson Activities to be held on and around McGill’s downtown campus at the beginning of March under the label of “Israeli Apartheid Week” have stirred strong reactions and controversy. Why, some ask, would the University afford interest groups a platform from which to express their particular views on a longstanding, extremely divisive [...]
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Biopharma company’s gift to support Arctic ice program, Medicine fellowships, science research By Patrick McDonagh Despite reports of open seas where once there was solid ice, the Canadian archipelago has been largely unexplored by researchers. We know that the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is whirling clockwise, traveling up to five kilometres daily. And [...]
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Transdisciplinary research is an increasingly important approach to inquiry that seeks to go beyond the boundaries of existing disciplines and bring together the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts. However, little is known about the implementation, efficacy and outcomes of such approaches. The Faculty of Education invites McGill academics to a daylong workshop [...]
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By McGill Reporter staff Four outstanding Quebec and Canadian business leaders – from the fields of finance, entertainment and sports — were honoured for their success and contributions to the community at a Feb. 13 luncheon organized by students of the Desautels Faculty of Management.
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Student theatre group celebrates 45th season By Julie Fortier The day after the press review of The Yeomen of the Guard, Alexandra Fol is thrilled. “It seems like a miracle has happened again,” says the conductor of the latest Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production presented by the McGill Savoy Society.
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By Laurie Devine Let’s talk about love In honour of Valentine’s Day, publications looked to McGill experts to explain the science behind love. “We’re talking about a complex emotion,” Alain Dagher, researcher at the Montreal Neurological Institute and associate professor of neurology, told a Canwest reporter.
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The evolution of Darwin Charles Darwin knew a lot. A real lot. He knew enough to lay the foundation of modern biology by changing our views on science, evolution and, in many cases, God. But, according to title of today’s lecture at the Redpath Museum, Darwin didn’t know it all.
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Two events celebrate recent success and future promise By McGill Reporter staff You can’t quite call it a song-and-dance routine, but there was prize-winning music in the air and many eyes were dancing over displays of spectacular McGill research at the Feb. 10 Bravo 2009 soirée at the Montreal Science Centre.
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Planning for uncertain times By Chris Chipello As McGill’s Provost, Prof. Anthony C. Masi serves as chief academic officer after the Principal for the University. He is also responsible for strategic planning, the preparation of the University’s budget, and co-ordinating the work of the other Vice-Principals around those themes. These tasks have been complicated greatly [...]
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Homegrown cellist wins Schulich School’s Golden Violin Award By Chris Chipello Chloé Dominguez started playing a scaled-down cello as a fourth-grader at l’école Le Plateau, a music-oriented public school in Montreal’s Parc Lafontaine. Now, as a fourth-year doctoral student at McGill, she has won the largest privately funded music scholarship in Canada: the Schulich School [...]