/oss/taxonomy/term/3630/all en /oss/channels/news/nuit-blanche-returns-redpath-museum-364138 <div> <div> <p><span><span>On March 1, <span>Nuit blanche t<span>ook over<span> Montréal for its 22<span><span>nd<span><span> edition. The<span> annual <span>all-night <span>festival brings <span>cultural events <span>to every corner of the city, including 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s downtown campus. <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:47:55 +0000 admin 10482 at /oss /oss/channels/news/geography-department-celebrates-80th-anniversary-362910 <p>9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s Department of Geography turns 80 this year! </p> <p>This milestone marks the anniversary of George Kimble’s appointment as 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s first Professor of Geography and Department Chair on January 1, 1945. </p> <p>Kimble, who had previously been a meteorologist with the Royal Navy, was allocated two rooms in the Arts Building (rooms 30 and 38) by the Faculty of Arts and Science to lay the foundation for the new department. A few months later, F.K. Hare was appointed as 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s second Professor of Geography (eventually becoming Dean of Arts and Science in 1961). </p> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:03:17 +0000 admin 10452 at /oss /oss/channels/news/family-science-day-mcgills-family-friendly-foray-science-360559 <h4><strong>by Phuong Hoang, Faculty of Science Communications Associate</strong></h4> Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:14:40 +0000 admin 10475 at /oss /oss/channels/news/bellairs-research-institute-going-strong-70-362122 <p>To mark its 70th anniversary, 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s <a href="/bellairs/">Bellairs Research Institute</a> 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.  </p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:56:14 +0000 admin 10458 at /oss /oss/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 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ 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 10445 at /oss /oss/channels/news/mapping-benefits-and-trade-offs-natural-climate-solutions-361702 <p>A new study published today in <em>Nature Sustainability</em> uses advanced machine learning methods and large language models to assess the benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions (NCS). </p> <p>Led by The Nature Conservancy and co-led by Brian Robinson, Associate Professor of Geography at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ, the researchers analyzed over 250,000 peer-reviewed publications to produce a global evidence map of NCS co-impacts. </p> Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:47:30 +0000 admin 10465 at /oss /oss/channels/news/west-island-high-schoolers-participate-summer-research-mcgills-gault-nature-reserve-361278 <h5><strong>by Christine Pallon, Communications Officer, Faculty of Science</strong></h5> <p>Every year, 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s 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 Montréal’s West Island. </p> Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:12:16 +0000 admin 10468 at /oss /oss/channels/news/mcgills-department-psychology-ranks-21st-times-higher-education-top-50-list-362911 <p>9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ provides a top-tier education in a wide variety of fields, as highlighted in the <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject">World University Rankings by Subject 2025</a>, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE). </p> <p>9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ ranks among the top 90 in the world in all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50. The number of institutions of higher education considered varied by discipline, from 389 for Law to 1,488 for Engineering. </p> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:08:12 +0000 admin 10451 at /oss /oss/channels/news/celebrating-10-years-chemistry-outreach-360789 <p>Congratulations to the Chemistry Outreach group, which celebrated its 10-year anniversary during <a href="/openhouse/">9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s Open House</a> on <b>October 27<sup>th</sup></b>! Over 250 people joined the festivities and enjoyed hands-on activities, magnificent demos, and chemistry-themed refreshments throughout the day.</p> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:55:35 +0000 admin 10473 at /oss /oss/channels/news/tsi-outreach-program-administrator-carolina-cruz-vinaccia-wins-presidents-award-362139 <p>Congratulations to Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia, the Outreach Program Administrator at the <a href="https://tsi.mcgill.ca/">Trottier Space Institute</a> and Physics Department for being awarded the <a href="/hr/awards/president-awards">President's Award for Administrative and Support Staff</a>! Winners of this award are honoured for the quality of their work, service to the community, innovation and initiative.</p> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:16:26 +0000 admin 10457 at /oss /oss/channels/news/mark-your-calendars-family-science-day-september-28th-359770 <p><b>On September 28<sup>th</sup> between 9 am and 4 pm</b>, join 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s Office of Science Outreach, STEMM Diversity @ 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ, the Trottier Space Institute and 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Physics Outreach, for free science activities for families. Activities will be held both indoors and outdoors at the downtown campus and are intended for children ages 6 and up.</p> <p>Registration is required for some activities.</p> <p>For more details and the full schedule, <a href="/science/outreach/upcoming-events">visit this link</a>.</p> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:46:10 +0000 admin 10479 at /oss /oss/channels/news/west-island-high-schoolers-participate-summer-research-mcgills-gault-nature-reserve-361705 <p>This summer, Gault Nature Reserve hosted four high schoolers from the West Island Black Community Association for this year’s Youth Biodiversity Internships Program. Led by Professor Bruno Tremblay, this collaboration brought together a diverse range of community members from 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ and beyond to connect on their passion for science. For 5 weeks, youth conducted fieldwork at Gault with 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ students, explored how scientific research happens in nature and made links to their own lives and future careers.  </p> Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:08:20 +0000 admin 10463 at /oss /oss/channels/news/paul-masset-and-david-rolnick-awarded-2025-alfred-p-sloan-research-fellowships-363722 <p><span>Professors <a href="/psychology/paul-masset">Paul Masset</a> (Psychology) and <a href="https://davidrolnick.com/">David Rolnick</a> (Computer Science) have been named Sloan Research Fellows.<span> </span></span></p> Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:27:07 +0000 admin 10446 at /oss /oss/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 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ.</p> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:08:27 +0000 admin 10450 at /oss /oss/channels/news/natalya-gomez-and-daryl-haggard-win-arthur-b-mcdonald-fellowships-360968 <p>Professors <a href="https://www.natalyagomez.com/">Natalya Gomez</a> (Earth and Planetary Sciences) and <a href="https://www.dhaggard.physics.mcgill.ca/">Daryl Haggard</a> (Physics) have been awarded 2024 Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).</p> <p>These awards recognize early-career academic researchers, providing them with a $250,000 research grant over two years.</p> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:29:49 +0000 admin 10471 at /oss