News in Brief for the week of May 21, 2012

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MSc student Stéphanie Sabbagh receives a scholarship that will help her continue her research at the doctoral level, focusing on how stakeholders in Belize challenge shark conservation outcomes on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef; Neuroscience PhD student David Maillet is one of the first three winners of the Étudiants-Chercheurs Étoiles award, a competition spearheaded by the Fonds de recherche du Quebec; and Desautels alum Chris Lannon is named Managing Director of the McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence.

News in brief for the week of April 30, 2012

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McGill duo wins inaugural student fellowships; Andrew Piper to get paid; CADR smiles on Dentistry students.

News in brief for the week of April 16, 2012

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Tomlinson Science Award trio announced, Dr. Peter J. McLeod awarded the 2012 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s Duncan Graham Award and Economics Professor Jean-Marie Dufour receives the Bank of Canada’s Fellowship Award for 2012.

News in brief for the week of March 12, 2012

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MUNACA stages brief march, Madeleine Parent remembered, and McGill partners with Berlin’s Freie Universität.

News in brief for the week of February 27, 2012

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Two new Rising Stars In its latest round of support to Canada’s most creative innovators, Grand Challenges Canada announced 15 new grants of $100,000 each through its Rising Stars in Global Health program. Two McGillians, Xinyu Liu and Cedric Yansouni, were among the innovators awarded. Liu, from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, received support for [...]

News in brief for the week of January 9, 2012

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Wainberg, Levitin made AAAS fellows; Meaney, Schulich named to Order of Canada, Carman Miller wins C.P. Stacey book prize and McGill’s shuttle buses go wireless.

News in brief for the week of December 11, 2011

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A new chief at the MUHC, a Music grad wins a prestigious international guitar competition, and a McGill team helps highlight the dangers of youth gambling.

News in brief for the week of Oct 31., 2011

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Mary Louise Nickerson Fellowship created; Researchers honoured at ACFAS gala; Toste wins CEA award

News in brief for the week of May 16, 2011

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Prof. Alfonso Mucci wins Keen Medal, Researcher Johnson named to Top 40 Under 40 list, student math whiz Nikita Lvov wins second straight Moser prize, and a Komen grant for Goodman Cancer Research Centre PhD Fellow Lussier.

News in brief for the week of May 2, 2011

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McGill pair elected to Medical hall of Fame, student Sasha Harts earns a helton fellowship, McGill teams finish 1-2 at Brandstorm Competition and a new survey wants your feedback into the way the University communicates.