Every year, since 1978, the Louis & Artur Lucian Award is conferred upon an outstanding researcher in the field of circulatory diseases. This year, the Award is being given to Dr. Peter Libby, Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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On Wednesday, June 2, The Schulich School of Music and McGill’s Faculty of Medicine will welcome renowned Canadian pianist Alan Fraser (M.Mus ‘87) for a very special evening concert. Fraser will give a recital to honour his father Dr. F. Clarke Fraser, Canada’s first medical geneticist, emeritus professor of Genetics at McGill and 2010 recipient [...]
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On May 30-31, McGill will host the Third International Workshop on Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction, a scholarly workshop that will bring together top experts from around the world to explore and debate the political, economical, social and technical aspects of Internet governance.
Kudos
The Cecilia String Quartet, quartet in residence of the Schulich School of Music, on May 16 captured two prizes at the 2010 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition: the Prix de la Sacem for best performance of the commissioned work by Gilbert Amy, and the International Summer Academy at Niedersachsen prize.
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While Spring 2010 Convocation will be a six-day celebration of McGill’s 6,200 graduating students it will also be used to pay tribute to 10 leaders with Honorary Degrees. Giants in their respective fields, this year’s Hon Docs have blazed trails in everything from Chemistry to community service to Condensed Matter Physics. Although some on this [...]
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Aguayo, Eisenberg and Mysak lauded By McGill Reporter Staff Adding another chapter to its almost 200-year-old Convocation story, McGill will honour a trio of retiring professors this spring by awarding each of them the inaugural McGill University Medal for Exceptional Academic Achievement.
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By Jim Hynes It’s an initiative that has involved complex planning, extensive negotiations with the Ville-Marie borough, and a mind-boggling level of logistics to manage. But come next Friday, May 28, it will all have been worth it. McTavish Street, between Sherbrooke Street and Dr. Penfield, will officially be a pedestrian zone.
Athletics
By Jim Hynes The oldest hockey team in the world has a new coach. Kelly Nobes, a McGill graduate and former Redman player and assistant coach, has been appointed head coach of the men’s hockey team. The 36-year-old native of West Hill, Ont., becomes the 28th coach in team history and the 11th former player [...]
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On May 25, McGill’s Faculty of Education will play host to the Miriam Foundation’s Abe Gold Learning & Research Centre’s 2010 Conference. The event will bring together 300 professionals, students and parents to learn and exchange information related to Autism Spectrum Disorders and the current research that surrounds autism.
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By Pascal Zamprelli “This is a historic moment,” Mayor of Montreal Gérald Tremblay said earlier this month as he addressed a crowd gathered at City Hall that included the consuls-general from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco and Syria. “One day people will realize the significance of the efforts undertaken to better understand the citizens of the [...]