By Gil Troy As students return to university this month, the main focus on campus is on the dynamic between students and their professors. “Who’s teaching the course?” is the question on so many students’ lips. But they often give or get a partial answer.
Profile
Patrick Hansen’s six-word opus was recently chosen by the people at DAR and the Campus Community Committee as one of the best recent entries (see Six-Word sidebar below). By Jim Hynes Before he came to McGill in 2007, Patrick Hansen worked behind the scenes as the Director of Artistic Administration at the Florida Grand Opera, [...]
Kudos
Gonzalo Cosa, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, who has been named a co-winner of the European Society for Photobiology’s (ESPs) Young Investigator Award. ESP awards a medal to young researchers (under age 35), who have conducted original research of exceptionally high quality in fields related to photobiology. Cosa, whose research looks at [...]
News
By McGill Reporter Staff The Desautels Faculty of Management has announced plans to overhaul the tuition structure for its Master’s of Business Administration program, moving to a self-funded model similar to those used for its executive Masters programs.
Other News
By Neale McDevitt These days, Ron Proulx sounds an awful lot like everybody’s favorite cartoon handyman, Bob the Builder, who, when faced with a daunting construction project, asks his team the rhetorical question, “Can we fix it?” to which they emphatically reply, “Yes we can!”
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New imaging centre will be among world’s best By Neale McDevitt At the moment, there is just empty space between two pavilions at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. But, if everything goes according to plan – and it has to – come March 2011, one of the world’s top brain-imaging centres will open its [...]
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New LGBTTQ Advisor position brings high hopes for innovative program By Pascal Zamprelli Studies show that over 60 per cent of Canadians believe being gay or lesbian can jeopardize a professional career, and a full 28 per cent say they have witnessed hostile behaviour towards a homosexual person in the workplace. The statistics for school [...]
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Economics profs team up to shed light on unfolding crisis By Chris Chipello It’s not often that a university course is conceived, approved and launched in just a few months. But in the famously dry science of economics, these are no ordinary times. Thanks to some fast work by Prof. William Watson and several colleagues [...]
Athletics
By Jim Hynes One week after notching their first win in almost three years, the football Redmen returned to the loss column following a 25-20 defeat by the Bishop’s Gaiters before 3,091 fans at Molson Stadium in the annual Fill the Stadium game last Friday.
Around Campus
The Sustainable McGill Project (SMP) presents a screening of French aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s 2009 film Home about the role that human activity plays in shaping our planet. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth.