By Mark Shainblum McGill scientists watched the universe “recycle” a star, learned how to reverse multiple sclerosis in mice and diagnose Alzheimer’s disease early, and shattered the conventional wisdom that all the cells in the body are identical. So what did you do on your summer vacation?
News
By Jim Hynes For the second consecutive year, a group of Chinese agriculture students spent a month at Macdonald Campus learning first hand about agriculture in Canada.
Other News
By Neale McDevitt In the world of athletics, the summer of 2009 will forever be remembered for Jamaican sprinter’s Usain Bolt’s otherworldly assault on the 100m and 200m record books. For the people in the department of Residences, a similar, though less-publicized mad dash to the finish will be forever emblazoned in their collective memory.
Other News
Launched in October 2008, McGill’s innovative six-word campaign took its inspiration from Ernest Hemingway’s poignant short story: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
Point of View
By Geoff Garver and Peter G. Brown As U.S. President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderón met in Guadalajara earlier this month, the drug trade, the economy, climate change and the flu pandemic dominated their discussions. These issues warrant concerted action, no doubt, but their whirlwind summit barely acknowledged the [...]
Athletics
By Neale McDevitt Everyone has seen it on the news; ardent fans camping out overnight in front of the box office in order to snap up tickets to a mega-concert or the Stanley Cup Finals. But camping out to register for McGill intramural hockey?
Profile
Food Science Lab Manager goes above and beyond for occupational health and safety By Jim Hynes If you are in a line of work that requires you to get safety certification and accreditation, chances are that you will one day come across Ebrahim Noroozi. Perhaps you already have. Firefighters, dentists, doctors, lawyers, scientists, police officers [...]
Point of View
By Shirley Steinberg It’s been 40 years. Woodstock, the love mudfest, gave us a four-decade-long weekend memory – and divided us into four groups: those who were there (about half a million), those who said they were there (but weren’t), those who wish they had been there (like me, whose parents locked me in a [...]
Athletics
Jim Webster of Pointe Claire, Que., has been appointed interim head coach of the McGill men’s hockey team. A multilingual native of Montreal, he brings three decades of coaching experience, including pro hockey stops in Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Norway, plus stints at the junior college and university levels.
Notes from the field
Livelihoods and trade across the Vietnam-China border By Sarah Turner “Wow, China’s big eh!?” Chi exclaims. I’m humbled as a geography professor to witness the excitement on this young Hmong woman’s face when she sees for the very first time on a map where Vietnam is and how big China – 35km from where we’re [...]