Mining executive supports young talent in Earth and Planetary Sciences By McGill Reporter staff A new donation of $4.1 million in support of outstanding students and junior faculty members in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Faculty of Science is the latest generous gift to Campaign McGill, which recently surpassed the $500-million [...]
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By Gregory Richardson and Raphaël Fischler McGill Professor Emeritus Dr. Jeanne Wolfe, Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners and Membre émérite of the Ordre des urbanistes du Québec, died peacefully at her home in Montréal on Dec. 20. She was known and loved for her tireless promotion of urban planning in Québec, in Canada [...]
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By McGill Reporter staff Twenty initiatives led by McGill researchers have been earmarked for funding by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) as part of an investment package that will support 262 projects at 40 institutions across Canada. The 20 McGill projects will receive a total of $3,911,390. The CFI announced the new funding last [...]
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By McGill Reporter staff Two McGill researchers have been awarded the distinction of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow. Included from McGill are: Dr. Vassilios Papadopoulos, Department of Medicine, and Dr. Leon Glass, Department of Physiology.
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Celebrate the end of exams and the beginning of the holiday season with McGill’s Figure Skating Team. On Dec. 18 the team will be hosting a show with holiday-themed performances in singles, pairs, fours and synchro. What’s more, there will be baked goods for sale, a 50/50 draw, and prizes up for grabs. McGill Figure [...]
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By Neale McDevitt McGill deepened its commitment to helping the University community avoid H1N1 influenza by hosting a vaccination clinic in the Brown Student Services Building on Dec. 14-15.
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By McGill Reporter staff Two projects involving McGill researchers are among the eight winners of a new international competition, the Digging into Data Challenge, a partnership between four leading research agencies: the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), of Canada; the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), of the United States, the National Science [...]
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By Neale McDevitt If Avi Friedman were designing the Ivory Tower, he’d make it only one floor but with the possibility of easy expansion. He’d also do away with expensive ivory and use affordable, pre-fab materials that were snapped into place without a fuss.
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By Neale McDevitt It was like an all-star game of Montreal cuisine. On Nov. 10, seven of the city’s élite chefs stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the kitchen of the Sheraton Centre, each tasked with preparing one course of a seven-course gastronomic delight.
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Dental Outreach Program offers free care to the most needy By Neale McDevitt Of the University’s many community-based initiatives, none puts a smile on people’s faces as literally and lastingly as the McGill Dental Outreach Program. It is everything outreach is supposed to be; impacting the lives of people in need; bringing services to neighborhoods; [...]