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Kosmic Kudos

Vicky Kaspi, McGill’s Lorne Trottier Chair in Astrophysics and Cosmology, is fast becoming one of the University’s most honoured scientists. In 2010, Kaspi was bestowed a number of accolades, including being named to the Royal Society, the world’s oldest and most respected continuous scientific academy. Founded in 1660, it is the United Kingdom’s national academy [...]

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Physicists Under Glass

On a continent that contains more than its fair share of the white stuff—snow and ice—Antarctica is the last place on Earth you’d expect to find researchers studying the darkest matter in the universe. But that’s exactly where Matt Dobbs, Canada Research Chair in Astro-particle Physics, and his team hole themselves up, often for months [...]

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Mining the Next Generation of Geologists

For more than 150 years now, McGill’s geologists, earth scientists and alumni have contributed their hard work for the benefit of all Canadians. Last year, Robert Wares, BSc’79, and his company, Osisko Mining Corp., each donated an equal amount of Osisko shares to create a $4.1-million endowment in support of the next generation of Canadian [...]

Students On Ice

For the first time in history, students from McGill will participate in a field study course in Antarctica, led by Earth and Planetary Sciences professor Eric Galbraith. Participants will cross the Southern Ocean from Ushuaia to the Antarctic peninsula, and visit multiple landing sites. The expedition runs from February 12 to 28, 2011. Course projects [...]

Rocking the Arctic

Two years ago, Earth and Planetary Science professor Don Francis made headlines when his team of McGill researchers discovered the world’s oldest known rocks in northern Quebec. Now, Francis is part of a team that has discovered a new window into the Earth’s violent past, through geochemical evidence from volcanic rocks collected on Baffin Island [...]

Celebrating 50 Years of Life on MARS

In 1960, a research expedition of McGill scientists to Axel Heiberg Island, one of the most inaccessible areas of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, culminated in the establishment of the McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS) at Expedition Fiord. Since then, McGill’s northern outpost has become one of the longest-operating seasonal field research facilities in the high [...]

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