Undergraduate Students /biology/taxonomy/term/141/all en Biology’s Mahnaz Mansoori wins President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff /biology/channels/news/biologys-mahnaz-mansoori-wins-presidents-award-administrative-and-support-staff-368428 <p>Phytotron Manager Mahnaz Mansoori (pictured above, left, with Biology Department Chair Prof. Gregor Fussmann) was one of nine ɬÀï·¬ staff members honoured with the President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff at last week's afternoon convocation ceremony. These annual awards recognize the talent, dedication, and hard work of staff members who have made outstanding contributions to the University’s mission. </p> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:16:58 +0000 admin 11071 at /biology Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition /biology/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-5-market-research-and-analysis-competition-366478 <p>This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at ɬÀï·¬ to perform market research.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:32:18 +0000 admin 11066 at /biology Benjamin Landon (University of Toronto) /biology/channels/event/benjamin-landon-university-toronto-368800 <p>Title: Convergence rates in edge universality for Wigner matrices.</p> Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:44:11 +0000 admin 11060 at /biology PhD Oral Defence; Mr. Ndiamé Ndiaye, ɬÀï·¬, Dept. Mathematics and Statistics /biology/channels/event/phd-oral-defence-mr-ndiame-ndiaye-mcgill-university-dept-mathematics-and-statistics-368568 <p><b>PhD Oral Defence; Mr. Ndiamé Ndiaye</b></p> <p><strong>DATE:</strong> Tuesday, November 25, 2025</p> <p><b>TIME / PLACE:</b> Defence 10:15 a.m. / BURN 1025</p> Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:46:56 +0000 admin 11065 at /biology Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery /biology/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-6-customer-discovery-366479 <p>This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:34:14 +0000 admin 11069 at /biology Neeladri Maitra (UIUC) /biology/channels/event/neeladri-maitra-uiuc-368801 <p>Title: Annealed Potts models on rank-1 random graphs</p> Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:46:42 +0000 admin 11068 at /biology 11th Annual Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship /biology/channels/event/11th-annual-celebration-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-368602 <p>Over the past twelve years, the ɬÀï·¬ Engine Centre has been supporting entrepreneurially-minded ɬÀï·¬ technological innovators. Our annual <a href="/engine/events/celebration-innovation-and-entrepreneurship" rel="noopener n&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;"></a></p> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:19:21 +0000 admin 11067 at /biology João Campos Vargas (Stanford University) /biology/channels/event/joao-campos-vargas-stanford-university-368802 <p>Title: Primes of the form x²+dy² and interactions of class groups</p> Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:49:23 +0000 admin 11063 at /biology Sudipto Banerjee (UCLA) /biology/channels/event/sudipto-banerjee-ucla-368803 <p>Title: Artificially Intelligent Geospatial Systems: A Case Study in Energetics for Mobile Health Data.</p> Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:51:28 +0000 admin 11064 at /biology Impactful Connections: Celebrating Women Innovators and Entrepreneurs /biology/channels/event/impactful-connections-celebrating-women-innovators-and-entrepreneurs-368634 <p>Join us for a networking event dedicated to women innovators &amp; entrepreneurs looking to forge meaningful connections.</p> Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:15:21 +0000 admin 11062 at /biology Corey Bregman (Tufts University) /biology/channels/event/corey-bregman-tufts-university-368930 <p><b><u>Title:</u></b> On a generalization of Cannon’s conjecture for cubulated hyperbolic groups</p> Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:31:08 +0000 admin 11059 at /biology Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching /biology/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-4-foundations-ip-and-patent-searching-366477 <p>This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.</p> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:30:06 +0000 admin 11058 at /biology Fabrizio Andreatta (Universita' Statale di Milano) /biology/channels/event/fabrizio-andreatta-universita-statale-di-milano-368799 <p><strong>Title</strong>: Rational points on modular abelian surfaces and special values of p-adic L-functions<br />  <br /></p> Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:39:28 +0000 admin 11061 at /biology Professor Courtney Paquette featured in SIAM news (2025) /biology/channels/news/professor-courtney-paquette-featured-siam-news-2025-368115 <p>Professor Courtney Paquette from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is featured in <em>SIAM News</em>—the journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The publication showcases the state of the art in applied mathematics, computational science, and data science, while highlighting real-world applications of mathematical research. In doing so, it helps lay the groundwork for scientific advances and new discoveries, supports efforts to address pressing global challenges, and enables leaders and policymakers to make informed decisions.</p> Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:55:53 +0000 admin 11026 at /biology Chemistry professor Eric McCalla awarded Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future grant /biology/channels/news/chemistry-professor-eric-mccalla-awarded-designing-materials-revolutionize-and-engineer-our-future-368188 <p>Eric McCalla, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, has received a <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Innovate-Innover/DMREF-CMFRA/index_eng.asp">Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future</a> (DMREF) grant, a joint program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). </p> Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:37:08 +0000 admin 11021 at /biology