Congratulations to听Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia, the Outreach Program Administrator at the and Physics Department for being awarded the President's Award for Administrative and Support Staff!听Winners of this award are honoured for the quality of their work, service to the community, innovation and initiative.
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Published on: 17 Dec 2024
To mark its 70th anniversary, McGill鈥檚听Bellairs Research Institute听in Barbados hosted events Dec. 5-6 that brought together researchers, students, elected officials and community partners to celebrate its history and build momentum for the future.鈥�
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Published on: 13 Dec 2024
Last week, hundreds of students in Barbados saw science come to life in a whole new way.
As part of the celebrations marking its听, McGill鈥檚 Bellairs Research Institute opened its doors to the community Dec. 5. Three hundred students from five local schools were treated to free science kits, lunch and a day of hands-on activities.
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Published on: 13 Dec 2024
To celebrate the听70th anniversary of McGill鈥檚 acclaimed Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados and to promote STEAM education to local students, McGill partnered with the , and the U.S. State Department for听a full day of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) activities and presentations.
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Published on: 9 Dec 2024
For Vincent Wong, life truly is a journey.
As a ,听the Vancouverite听moved across the country in 2021 to pursue his B.Sc. Honours in Neuroscience at McGill. He was drawn by The Neuro (The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital), Canada鈥檚 largest neuroscience research centre.
In the summer of 2022, Wong traveled to Yellowknife to conduct a research project on the unique health-care challenges in the North, an experience that would shift his career trajectory.
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Published on: 4 Dec 2024
This summer, Gault Nature Reserve hosted four high schoolers from the West Island Black Community Association for this year鈥檚 Youth Biodiversity Internships Program.听Led by Professor Bruno Tremblay, this collaboration brought together a diverse range of community members from McGill and beyond to connect on their passion for science. For 5 weeks, youth conducted fieldwork at Gault with McGill students, explored how scientific research happens in nature and made links to their own lives and future careers. 听
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Published on: 2 Dec 2024
A new study published today in Nature Sustainability uses advanced machine learning methods and large language models to assess the benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions (NCS).听
Led by The Nature Conservancy and co-led by Brian Robinson, Associate Professor of Geography at 香蕉视频, the researchers analyzed over 250,000 peer-reviewed publications to produce a global evidence map of NCS co-impacts.听
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Published on: 2 Dec 2024
NASA has selected the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) mission, co-investigated by 香蕉视频 Professor Daryl Haggard, to advance to the next stage of its $1 billion .
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Published on: 28 Nov 2024
On November 15th 鈥� 17th, the Trottier Space Institute and the Department of Physics hosted its 9th . This friendly coding competition brought together 163 people, from grade 10 high school students to graduate students. Participants had a total of 24 hours over the span of 3 days to create computing and physical science projects in teams. .
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Published on: 27 Nov 2024
Paleontologists and students from 香蕉视频 have documented Saskatchewan's first confirmed fossil specimens of Centrosaurus, a horned dinosaur species closely related to Triceratops.
The search, conducted in Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park along the South Saskatchewan River, also unearthed a rare mix of dinosaur and marine fossils, shedding light on a dinosaur fauna which existed on the edge of an ancient sea at a time of rising sea levels long before humans roamed the earth.
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Published on: 19 Nov 2024
by Christine Pallon, Communications Officer, Faculty of Science
Every year, McGill鈥檚 Gault Nature Reserve in Mont-Saint-Hilaire welcomes a host of student researchers. This past summer, there was a new addition to the usual group of young scientists at the Reserve: four high schoolers from Montr茅al鈥檚 West Island.听
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Published on: 18 Nov 2024
$13.8 million in federal funding for McGill鈥檚 cohort of 10 new, five renewed Canada Research Chairs听
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Published on: 14 Nov 2024
In August 2024, the Redpath Museum was certified as an accredited museum institution by the minist猫re de la Culture et des Communications du Qu茅bec. The accreditation is a seal of quality confirming that the museum meets internationally recognized requirements and standards for governance, museological practices, and heritage presentation. With this recognition, the Redpath joined a network of 180 other accredited museums across the province.
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Published on: 6 Nov 2024
Professors (Earth and Planetary Sciences) and (Physics) have been awarded 2024 Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council听of Canada (NSERC).
These awards recognize early-career academic researchers, providing them with a $250,000 research grant over two years.
Published on: 6 Nov 2024
Professor Henri Darmon has been elected to the 2025 Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
"Forty-one mathematical scientists from around the world have been named听听(AMS) for 2025, the program's 13th year.听Recognized by their peers, AMS members designated as Fellows of the AMS have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics".
Published on: 4 Nov 2024
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