24 Hours of Innovation
Consider it a cram session for change.Starting at 9 a.m. on May 21 (in Montreal at least), some of the world鈥檚 brightest young thinkers will have one short day to create, develop, and pitch solutions to some of society鈥檚 stickiest problems. This is the 24h de l鈥橧nnovation competition.
Update of the Media Guide to McGill Experts
Every day, members of the local, national, and international media look to McGill for expertise and commentary on a vast range of topics in the news. McGill鈥檚 Media Relations Office (MRO) handles most of these calls and, as in all leading universities, publishes an online directory of experts that is made available to journalists to make their jobs easier.
Students wanted for the QI team
The Quartier de l鈥檌nnovation is currently recruiting McGill undergraduates, grad students, and postdocs for a new Student Working Group.
The objective of the Student Working Group will be to seek input from McGill students on the direction, focus, and possible projects emerging as part of this important initiative for innovation in Montreal and Quebec.
Incubation in the Quartier de l鈥檌nnovation: Centech opens its doors to McGill鈥檚 budding entrepreneurs
The Centech, a technological incubator in the Quartier de l鈥檌nnovation, now welcomes applications from McGill students.Submit your application by聽September 19, 2013.
AMURE members ratify agreements
McGill Human Resources has asked Research and International Relations to relay updates on the University鈥檚 negotiations with AMURE, the union representing research associates and assistants.
Tentative agreements with AMURE are signed
McGill Human Resources has asked Research and International Relations to relay updates on the University鈥檚 negotiations with AMURE, the union representing research associates and assistants.
Strategic Research Plan Now Online
Research and International Relations (RIR) is pleased to announce that McGill鈥檚 renewed Strategic Research Plan (SRP) has been endorsed by Senate and the Board of Governors. It is now publicly available on the RIR website and should be used as required.聽Read the SRP >>
Temporary Locations for Research Administration Services
Following extensive flooding at the end of January, the second floor of the James Building will be closed for the next three to six months. As a result, McGill鈥檚 Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) has moved to two temporary locations. Normal research-related services will resume by Wednesday, February 20.聽
Tentative agreements reached with both AMURE bargaining units
McGill Human Resources has asked Research and International Relations to relay updates on the University鈥檚 negotiations with AMURE, the union representing research associates and assistants.
Temporary Disruption of Research Administration Services
Update May 8, 2013:聽Office of Sponsored Research reopens in James BuildingResearch and International Relations is pleased to announce that the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) has returned to the James Administration Building, as of Monday, May 13, 2013.
Thank you to Prof. Rima Rozen
After 14 years in senior university administration, Dr. Rima Rozen will return full-time to her work in research and teaching as the James McGill Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics, when her current term as Associate Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) ends on January 31, 2013.聽
Negotiations continue with AMURE
McGill Human Resources has asked Research and International Relations to relay updates on the University鈥檚 negotiations with AMURE, the union representing research associates and assistants.
Negotiations resume with AMURE
McGill Human Resources has asked Research and International Relations to relay updates on the University鈥檚 negotiations with AMURE, the union representing research associates and assistants.
CIHR University Delegate Update
Update from CIHR University DelegateBy marianna.newkirk [at] mcgill.ca (Marianna Newkirk)January 10, 2013
Chair of Brain@McGill remembers Rita Levi-Montalcini
A McGill tribute to a "Grand Dame of Science"It is with much sadness that I communicate to the McGill neuroscience community the news of the death of Rita Levi-Montalcini on December 31, 2012. She was the discoverer of the first trophic protein in the nervous system, Nerve Growth Factor (NGF). For this seminal discovery she was given the 1986 Nobel Prize in Medicine. The discovery of NGF opened a new era in Neuroscience research.