/channels/taxonomy/term/12151/all en /channels/channels/event/family-science-day-planets-particles-exploration-mini-fair-359464 <p>Are you interested in the mysteries of our planet and beyond? ����ֱ�� Physics Outreach and TSI Outreach present “From Planets to Particles: An Exploration Mini-Fair”.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:18:55 +0000 webfull 202430 at /channels /channels/channels/event/public-lecture-arctic-ocean-what-lives-under-ice-356322 <p><a class="button--outline" href="/research/register-attend-public-lecture-arctic-ocean-what-lives-under-ice">Register to Attend</a></p> Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:20:17 +0000 webfull 198929 at /channels /channels/channels/event/mcpherson-lecture-opening-neutrino-window-universe-south-pole-356185 <p>The Anna McPherson lecture is ����ֱ��'s prize lecture series in physics, bringing a distinguished physicist to our department each year. This year we are delighted to welcome Francis Halzen from University of Wisconsin–Madison!</p> <p> </p> Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:22:30 +0000 webfull 198660 at /channels /channels/channels/event/tsi-public-talk-eclipse-what-are-they-and-what-are-they-good-355990 <p>Join us on March 14th, 2024 at 7pm to dive into the world of eclipses with TSI professor Nic Cowan!<br /> <br /></p> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:43:16 +0000 webfull 198439 at /channels /channels/channels/event/sustainable-lab-certification-program-launch-352165 <h2>Have you ever wondered: <em>How sustainable is my lab?</em></h2> Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:49:48 +0000 webfull 194135 at /channels /channels/channels/event/scilearn-orientation-352126 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/40efdf0f-00aa-43fe-b9fb-a01df1443ecdf60de1d4-0ecd-4665-a6e4-b1481584818e.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="SciLearn Orientation" /></div> Fri, 20 Oct 2023 06:07:15 +0000 webfull 194097 at /channels /channels/channels/event/montreal-2140-hopeful-futures-science-and-storytelling-348778 <p> </p> <p><b>A Solvathon at the Bieler School of Environment, ����ֱ��</b></p> <p><b>Keynote speakers: Kim Stanley Robinson and Annalee Newitz</b></p> <p><b>October 12-13, 2023</b></p> Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:33:17 +0000 webfull 190182 at /channels /channels/channels/event/2023-marguerite-dyouville-speaker-intersection-faith-and-science-twenty-first-century-panel-346056 <p>2023 Marguerite D'Youville Speaker:</p> <p>The Intersection of Faith and Science in the Twenty-First Century.</p> <p>A panel discussion on faith and science, </p> Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:13:54 +0000 webfull 187203 at /channels /channels/channels/event/faith-science-and-common-good-talk-br-guy-consolmagno-director-vatican-observatory-346054 <p><a href="https://www.vaticanobservatory.va/en/who-are-we/staff/br-guy-j-consolmagno-s-j" target="_blank"><strong>Br.</strong></a></p> Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:04:02 +0000 webfull 187201 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-launches-sylvan-adams-sports-science-institute-advance-world-leading-research-sports-science-341123 <p>A $29-million gift from Quebec-born entrepreneur Sylvan Adams will launch an exciting venture for ����ֱ��’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education in the Faculty of Education, ushering in a new era of world-leading research and discovery in sports science, with the long-term goal of improving elite human performance, and promoting healthier living across the human lifespan.</p> Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:52:11 +0000 webfull 181855 at /channels /channels/channels/event/wilder-penfield-lecture-how-share-science-and-fight-misinformation-339910 <p>The Wilder Penfield Lecture was inaugurated in 1985 to honour Wilder Penfield, pioneering neurosurgeon and founder of The Neuro.</p> Tue, 14 Jun 2022 19:00:42 +0000 webfull 180537 at /channels /channels/channels/news/research-briefs-origami-inspired-design-and-why-mice-fear-bananas-333903 <p>Here are some interesting new stories from ����ֱ�� Media Relations:</p> Tue, 24 May 2022 21:21:51 +0000 webfull 180268 at /channels /channels/channels/news/martha-crago-awarded-german-order-merit-338540 <p>On March 22, <a href="/research/about/vice-principal">Martha Crago</a>, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, was presented with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award was handed over by Germany’s Ambassador to Canada, Ms. Sabine Sparwasser, at a special ceremony at ����ֱ��. The Order of Merit is awarded to Germans as well as foreigners for outstanding achievements in the political, economic, social, or intellectual realms.</p> Tue, 22 Mar 2022 20:16:17 +0000 webfull 178936 at /channels /channels/channels/news/31-m-eight-mcgill-research-projects-337869 <p><i>Eight projects funded through the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) and the Government of Quebec acquire new tools and infrastructure to generate new knowledge, from improving breast cancer treatments to understanding the lives of parasitoid insects. </i></p> Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:22:21 +0000 webfull 178154 at /channels /channels/channels/news/federal-government-announces-17-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-336139 <p>Plastics, textiles, and electronics have revolutionized our modern world, but their massive production has led to the accumulation of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes. This is a problem ����ֱ�� researcher Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne hopes to have a hand in solving. Today she was named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biologically-Derived Materials, in recognition of the importance of her research for Canada’s future.</p> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:08:31 +0000 webfull 176175 at /channels