Giving from the heart
ProfileEnough with the ubiquitous purple and pink hearts of Valentine’s Day. Mélanie Mader wants to talk about the real thing, that four-chambered circulatory organ the size of a fist, composed of striated muscle tissue and responsible for pumping blood through our vessels and veins.
Making matters of the heart a top priority
ProfileBy Neale McDevitt Talk to Sharon Bond about love and relationships and she might very well bring up the Four Horsemen of the marital apocalypse. “Criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling,” she says, citing the work of groundbreaking psychologist John Gottman. “These are the predictors of divorce. When there is more negativity than positivity a relationship [...]
The cut that cures
ProfileThomas Schlich, from the Department of Social Studies of Medicine, looks at transpalnt surgery through the ages in his recent book, Origins of Organ Transplantation: Surgery and Laboratory Science, 1880-1930.
Making the McGrade in Manila
ProfileJoe McGrade is a man of many words. And his verbosity served him well indeed at the recent World Universities Debating Championship in Manila, Philippines, where the member of the McGill Debating Union (MDU) was crowned Top Public Speaker.
Q & A: Ken Dryden thinks the future
ProfileThis semester, the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) welcomes a Special Visitor, the Hon. Ken Dryden, who will be teaching a new course in Canadian Studies, “Thinking the Future to Make the Future.” A legendary goaltender who won six Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens dynasty of the 1970s, a former Member of Parliament, and a best-selling author, Dryden now brings his “A” game back to McGill, where he earned a degree in Law in 1974, to give a course on the issues he feels passionately about – Canada, Canadians and the future.
Living Library event inspires human books to tell their stories
ProfileNext time someone tells you their life is an open book, get them to contact Brenda Shanahan or Trudy Blumstein. Shanahan, Director, New Residence Hall; and Blumstein, Academic Associate, School of Social Work; are the co-founders of McGill’s Living Library, a project that provides people with the opportunity to access “living books” to learn first-hand about someone’s personal life experiences.
Faculty and staff open hearts and homes to students for the holidays
ProfileTo paraphrase Charles Dickens, the holiday season can be the best of times and it can be the worst of times. While the more fortunate among us celebrate the best of the season in the warm embrace of friends and family, others – including students who can’t make it back home – spend it alone. McGill’s Residences’ Holiday Home Stay Program is hoping to tap into the former to combat the latter.
Meet Jessica Paternostro, a.k.a. Jess Bandit
ProfileSeveral nights a week from February through September, Jess Bandit is a star blocker on the News Skids on the Block of the Montreal Roller Derby League. By day, she’s Jessica Paternostro a 25-year-old Kirkland resident and second-year McGill undergrad studying Physical and Health Education.
Introducing nine new faculty faces
ProfileWith research interests in areas as varied as brain development, music composition, and the economics of happiness, nearly 60 new faculty members were hired or appointed to full-time, tenure-track positions at the University for the 2011-2012 school year. The following nine newcomers represent just a sampling of the rich crop of new professors who promise to add to the breadth of scholarship within the McGill community.
McGill MD/MBA candidate juggles medical studies, Action Canada fellowship
ProfileFor a 25-year-old student, Jordan Isenberg has built quite a resume. Read all about McGill’s latest Action Canada fellow here.