Greetings from the Dean
Welcome to Alumni Corner! You’ve reached a space designed especially for Faculty of Science alumni like you.
Science alumni share their experiences with students at special career day
Science alumni are returning to McGill to share their experiences, insights and career advice with students. Hearing from alumni who have successfully “made their way” can be a huge help to science students preparing for today’s challenging work environment.
Alumnus and Nobel Prize winner honoured at reception
Dr. John O’Keefe, McGill alumnus and Nobel Laureate, recently delivered a special Hebb Lecture and attended a lunch reception in his honour.
The tragedy of war commemorated in stained glass
One hundred years ago, a McGill professor and physician wrote the poem that helped define World War One. The poem was In Flanders Fields, and its author, Dr. John McCrae, taught at McGill, and practiced at the Montreal General Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital.
Interview: Dr. Donald Taylor
Donald M. Taylor is Professor of Psychology with the Faculty of Science. His research interests include laboratory and field research in the area of intergroup relations.
Did you know…?
Here are a few trivia questions to test your wits. The answers can be found in this newsletter. Take a moment to respond, and then check the answers page to see how you did.
1) Stem cell therapy – a form of treatment made possible by the 1953 discovery of stem cells by McGill researchers – was recently used to treat what hockey legend?
2) What is the name of the famous World War One poem written by Dr. John McCrae, physician, poet and McGill professor?
3) The world’s first commercial rooftop greenhouse is located in what Canadian city?
4) In what decade of the 20th Century was “Green Chemistry” born?
Try this at home: Make your own “bubbling cauldron”
For young (and young-at-heart) scientists, here is a simple science experiment developed by McGill science students as part of the WOW Lab project.
Then and now – the Otto Maass Chemistry Building
Students and visitors to McGill’s downtown campus in the early 1960s will remember a massive building site at the corner of Sherbrooke and University Avenue – the new Otto Maass Chemisty Building was under construction.