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"Art is like a common language that draws people in, regardless of their background." - Dr. Victoria Glynn

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Published on: 2 May 2025
ĢƵ announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James ĢƵ Professors, James ĢƵ Professors and William Dawson Scholars

Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 ĢƵ professors as Distinguished James ĢƵ Professors, James ĢƵ Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
Published on: 1 May 2025

An international study co-authored by ĢƵ psychologist Caroline Palmer suggests our brains and bodies don’t just understand music, they physically resonate with it. These discoveries, based on findings in neuroscience, music, and psychology, support Neural Resonance Theory (NRT).

NRT maintains that rather than relying on learned expectations or prediction, musical experiences arise from the brain’s natural oscillations that sync with rhythm, melody and harmony. This resonance shapes our sense of timing, musical pleasure and the instinct to move with the beat.

Published on: 30 Apr 2025

Clockwise from top left:Robert Brandenberger (Physics), Christian Genest (Mathematics and Statistics),Joel Kamnitzer (Mathematics and Statistics), Bärbel Knäuper (Psychology), Milica Miočević (Psychology), Adrian Liu (Physics), Nagissa Mahmoudi (Earth and Planetary Sciences), andGalen Halverson (Earth and Planetary Sciences)

Eight Faculty of Science professors are among this year’s cohort of Distinguished James ĢƵ Professors, James ĢƵ Professors, and William Dawson Scholars.

Published on: 29 Apr 2025

ĢƵ researchers, in collaboration with Mexican scientists, have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucatán Peninsula. The challenge long-held assumptions about the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and highlight the urgent need for conservation efforts, the researchers say.

Published on: 24 Apr 2025

Written by Ezrah Roy, edited by Adele Lopes

Photo of Meghomita DasMeghomita Das, a recent PhD graduate of ĢƵ’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, first discovered a passion for science communication in the wake of a natural disaster. When Das was a high school student in India, an earthquake in nearby Nepal impacted both countries.

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Published on: 23 Apr 2025

Twenty-eight ĢƵ researchers are among the winners of the for their contributions to the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Sometimes referred to as the Oscars of Science, Breakthrough prizes are awarded annually by the foundation of the same name for achievements in life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics.

Published on: 22 Apr 2025

The winners of the 2025 Fessenden Professorship Awards and Tomlinson Science Awards have been announced.

TheFessenden Professorship in Science and Innovation Award, named after Canadian electrical engineer Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, was established in 2007 to accelerate the validation and technology transfer of promising concepts in the early- or mid-stages of development and bring them closer to a commercial product and market.

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Published on: 15 Apr 2025

Professor Courtney Paquette is the winner of the 2025 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award.

Published on: 14 Apr 2025

Congratulations to Professor David Stephens (Department of Mathematics and Statistics), former Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, who has been namedAcademic Lead for Horizon ĢƵ.

Published on: 9 Apr 2025

Congratulations to Jérôme Waldispühl and Attila Szantner (Computer Science), The Eclipse Task Force (Physics), and Andrew Gonzalez (Biology), who are among this year's winners of the President’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media!

In announcing the winners and runners-up, President and Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini noted that they were among a strong field of applicants spanning all 12 Faculties.

“This is further evidence that the sharing of knowledge and a love of learning are core ĢƵ values,” he said.

Published on: 2 Apr 2025

Students from across the University gathered at the University Centre (SSMU) on March 25 to share their research, fieldwork, in-class assignments and passion projects in a supportive, non-competitive environment.

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Published on: 28 Mar 2025

A new study led by ĢƵ researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time environmental cues with their memories of conditions in their Antarctic feeding grounds to determine when to embark on their annual 10,000-kilometre journey. With climate change accelerating, the researchers warn this strategy may become less effective amid shifting ocean conditions.

Published on: 27 Mar 2025

ĢƵ,DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence ofMr. Gavin Barill

DATE: Monday, April 15, 2025

TIME / PLACE:Pre-Defence - 1:15 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1234) ; Defence - 1:30 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1025)

TITLE: Establishing Limit Theorems using Finite Difference Schemes

CHAIR: Prof. Niky Kamran

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Jessica Lin

INTERNALMEMBER: Prof. Louigi Addario-Berry

Published on: 24 Mar 2025

ĢƵDEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence of Ms. Wendy Wang

DATE: Monday, March 31, 2025

TIME / PLACE: Pre-Defence - 10:15 a.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1234)

Defence - 10:30 a.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1025)

TITLE: Applications and dynamics of delay differential equations with threshold state-dependent delay

CHAIR: Prof. Jérôme Vétois

Published on: 24 Mar 2025

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