For nearly 20 years, Elliot Lifson, C.M., O.Q., has played an important role in uplifting the 9I制作厂免费 Desautels community as a professor of practice and a member of both the Bensadoun School of Retail Management Advisory Board and the Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board (DIAAB).
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Published on: 16 Oct 2024
Thomas Durcan鈥檚 project will dissect the role of microglia in degenerative conditions, to identify new therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's treatment
An innovative new program based at The Neuro has received $2.6 million from the CQDM and the Brain Canada Foundation.
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Published on: 16 Oct 2024
Title: Can we geometrically sense the shape of a molecule?
Abstract: Can we hear the shape of a drum? This question was negatively answered decades ago by many authors including Gordon, Webb, Wolpert, who constructed non-isometric planar shapes that have the identical eigenvalues of the Laplace operator (Bull. AMS, v.27 (1992), p.134-138). The more general question: can we sense the shape of a rigid object such as a cloud of atomic centers representing a molecule?
Published on: 16 Oct 2024
After October 18,听Classroom telephones will no longer automatically call the Audiovisual support hotline when you remove the telephone receiver from the base.
This change will prevent accidental calls to the hotline.
After that date, you will have to use the press the AV System Support button on the lower-left side of the telephone鈥檚 display screen to call the Audiovisiual support hotline. (See below)
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Published on: 6 Sep 2024
Canada鈥檚 eight largest pension funds are big players in the world of institutional investing with more than $1 trillion under management collectively. Pressure is being applied for the funds to invest a greater proportion of their money in Canadian stocks. Yet, 18 per cent of their portfolio is already invested in domestic markets, explains Associate Professor Sebastien Betermier in an interview with Les Affaires.
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Published on: 15 Oct 2024
Tuesday is the most productive day of the week鈥攐r at least it鈥檚 the day perceived to be the most productive, according to Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour Jean-Nicolas Reyt in an interview with Radio-Canada. Most individuals work from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to -5 p.m., and perceive Monday to be less productive because they are still catching up on their work from the previous week. Tuesday is the day that people first feel immersed in the current week鈥檚 work.
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Published on: 15 Oct 2024
According to a survey by the Vancouver-based AI human resources firm Visier, more than four out of five workers have engaged in 鈥渇auxductivity鈥� 鈥� performative work that makes them appear to be working more time than they actually are. The problem, however, isn鈥檛 the workers鈥� it鈥檚 the way their performance is measured according to Jean-Nicolas Reyt, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour.
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Published on: 15 Oct 2024
Weddings are planned many months鈥搊r even years鈥搃nto the future, and that can clash with other aspects of the couple鈥檚 lives. When taking on a new job in the months leading up to such a major life event, it鈥檚 tricky to know when to tell your new employer that you鈥檒l need time off in the first months of your tenure. 鈥淢y advice is to wait until you鈥檝e received a formal job offer before discussing it,鈥� says Associate Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt in The Globe and Mail鈥檚 Nine to Five column.
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Published on: 15 Oct 2024
Automotive safety recalls are commonplace, and, most of the time, the required changes are performed for free at your local dealership. Yet, many owners of older vehicles don鈥檛 bring in their vehicles when there is a recall. Inertia is part of the problem, according to Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics Vivek Astvansh.
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Published on: 15 Oct 2024
Historically, pension funds managed their portfolios using a strategic asset allocation approach. Fundamentally, this meant buying a mix of asset classes with the highest probability of achieving the necessary returns, at a level of risk that was acceptable 鈥� or buying and holding. But since the mid-2000s, some large pension funds have adopted a total portfolio approach strategy, which seeks to maximize returns while keeping a portfolio鈥檚 volatility low.
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Published on: 15 Oct 2024
Twenty-two speakers from the faculties of Arts, Science and Engineering presented their research in 鈥渓ightning talks鈥� to more than 480 undergraduate students at Soup & Science, a biannual event.
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Published on: 15 Oct 2024
Practical research experience in First Nations communities in the field of health and social services evaluation
December 20, 2024 | 12 h 脿 13 h
Speaker: Cecilia Valdebenito, anthropologist
This webinar has two objectives:
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Published on: 15 Oct 2024
As spooky decorations go up around Montreal this October, real spiders are also becoming more prevalent.
Entomologist Chris Buddle, 9I制作厂免费's Associate Provost (Teaching and Academic Programs) and Professor in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences,听 that听spiders become bigger than normal and are seen more often as winter approaches.
Published on: 15 Oct 2024
SCSD鈥檚 Distinguished Alumni Award ceremony will take place on Friday, October 25th听2024 from 4:30pm to 7pm
Kindly RSVP to (admin.scsd [at] mcgill.ca) before October 21st.
Refreshments will be served following the talk.
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Published on: 15 Oct 2024
As autumn brings a burst of colour to Eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States, two experts from 9I制作厂免费 are available to shed light on the science behind the vibrant hues and how they might be affected by climate change.听听
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Published on: 11 Oct 2024
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