Graduate Students /sustainability/taxonomy/term/920/all en Biodiversity Garden Community Planting /sustainability/channels/event/biodiversity-garden-community-planting-359986 Get your hands dirty and contribute to Biodiversity at ĢƵ! Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:52:12 +0000 barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca 3355 at /sustainability Sustainable Futures Festival /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-futures-festival-340437 <p>ĢƵ’s Bicentennial milestone is a significant occasion to highlight the importance of collaboration and innovation in sustainability, locally and beyond. </p> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:40:38 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 3032 at /sustainability Call for Applications:Graduate Impact Award Program Fall 2025 /sustainability/channels/event/call-applicationsgraduate-impact-award-program-fall-2025-366125 Application Deadline: September 14, 2025, 11:59PM ET<a href="https://forms.office.com/r/cc82PRj4wj"><strong> - Apply Here! </strong></a> Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:39:41 +0000 admin 5608 at /sustainability Application Deadline:Graduate Impact Award Program Fall 2025 /sustainability/channels/event/application-deadlinegraduate-impact-award-program-fall-2025-366126 Application Deadline: September 14, 2025, 11:59PM ET<a href="https://forms.office.com/r/cc82PRj4wj"><strong> - Apply Here! </strong></a> Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:41:36 +0000 admin 5609 at /sustainability Application Deadline: Invention to Impact Training Program Fall 2025 /sustainability/channels/event/application-deadline-invention-impact-training-program-fall-2025-366102 Application Deadline: September 14, 2025, 11:59PM ET<a href="https://forms.office.com/r/X41CqS5d4c"><strong> - Apply Here! </strong></a> Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:26:48 +0000 admin 5602 at /sustainability Call for Applications: Invention to Impact Training Program Fall 2025 /sustainability/channels/event/call-applications-invention-impact-training-program-fall-2025-366103 Application Deadline: September 14, 2025, 11:59PM ET<a href="https://forms.office.com/r/X41CqS5d4c"><strong> - Apply Here! </strong></a> Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:27:24 +0000 admin 5601 at /sustainability ĢƵ names winners of the 2025 President’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media /sustainability/channels/news/mcgill-names-winners-2025-presidents-prize-public-engagement-through-media-364673 <p>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!</p> <p>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.</p> <p>“This is further evidence that the sharing of knowledge and a love of learning are core ĢƵ values,” he said.</p> Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:45:04 +0000 admin 5558 at /sustainability ĢƵ Professor Simon Caron-Huot awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship /sustainability/channels/news/mcgill-professor-simon-caron-huot-awarded-2025-dorothy-killam-fellowship-364355 <p>Simon Caron-Huot, Professor and Canada Research Chair in High-Energy Physics, has been awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship. The prestigious Dorothy Killam Fellowship is part of Canada’s National Killam Program, which also includes the Killam Prize. Eight Fellowships were awarded across the country.  </p> <p>The Dorothy Killam Fellowship provides researchers with up to two years of relief from teaching and administrative duties to focus on transformative research that has potential to positively improve Canadian lives.  </p> Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:40:33 +0000 admin 5567 at /sustainability Hilary Sweatman Helps Stop the Spread of Misinformation with a “Google of Neuroscience” /sustainability/channels/news/hilary-sweatman-helps-stop-spread-misinformation-google-neuroscience-365511 <p>Authors: James Wang and Zeynep Alsancak </p> <p><em>"If you're not targeting someone, you’re missing the target." - Hilary Sweatman</em></p> Mon, 26 May 2025 13:55:20 +0000 admin 5538 at /sustainability Celebrating science fair mentor clubs and judging in Kahnawà:ke /sustainability/channels/news/celebrating-science-fair-mentor-clubs-and-judging-kahnawake-363872 <p>For the second year in a row, Science Outreach and student volunteers from the ĢƵ BrainReach and Chemistry Outreach groups collaborated with the <a href="https://www.kecedu.ca/">Kahnawà:ke Education Center</a> and local schools for their annual Science Fair and science mentor clubs.</p> Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:30:38 +0000 admin 5575 at /sustainability Eight Faculty of Science professors honoured by Provost for exceptional research achievements /sustainability/channels/news/eight-faculty-science-professors-honoured-provost-exceptional-research-achievements-365191 <p><em>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), and Galen Halverson (Earth and Planetary Sciences)</em></p> <p>Eight Faculty of Science professors are among this year’s cohort of Distinguished James ĢƵ Professors, James ĢƵ Professors, and William Dawson Scholars.  </p> Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:21:17 +0000 admin 5550 at /sustainability How a ĢƵ student’s teenage curiosity led to the first megalodon discovery in Canada /sustainability/channels/news/how-mcgill-students-teenage-curiosity-led-first-megalodon-discovery-canada-363426 <p>Louis-Philippe Bateman’s fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada’s geological evolution. It described giant, mysterious fossilized shark teeth discovered in the 1960s by fishermen dredging for scallops off Canada’s Atlantic coast. The curiosity felt by the teenager with a budding interest in paleontology would resurface in a meaningful way during his undergraduate years at ĢƵ.</p> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:08:27 +0000 admin 5584 at /sustainability David Stephens named Academic Lead for Horizon ĢƵ  /sustainability/channels/news/david-stephens-named-academic-lead-horizon-mcgill-364895 <p>Congratulations to Professor David Stephens (Department of Mathematics and Statistics), former Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, who has been named Academic Lead for Horizon ĢƵ.</p> <p><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/david-stephens-named-academic-lead-for-horizon-mcgill/">Read the full story here.</a></p> Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:14:02 +0000 admin 5557 at /sustainability Laura Lopez Gonzalez “borrows trust” in public health journalism /sustainability/channels/news/laura-lopez-gonzalez-borrows-trust-public-health-journalism-364433 <p>By: Adele Lopes</p> <p><em>"There's a power to witnessing and being able to recount something that has happened." - Laura Lopez Gonzalez</em></p> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:59:19 +0000 admin 5564 at /sustainability Appointment of Alanna Watt as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science /sustainability/channels/news/appointment-alanna-watt-interim-dean-faculty-science-365726 <p><em>Dear community members, </em></p> <p><em>I am pleased to announce that Professor Alanna Watt, of the Department of Biology, has graciously agreed to take on the role of Interim Dean of Science, effective July 1, 2025. She will oversee the Faculty while we continue the search for a new Dean of Science. In accordance with the University Statutes, an Advisory Committee will be established to support this process. </em></p> <p><em><strong>Experience and expertise </strong></em></p> Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:28:54 +0000 admin 5535 at /sustainability