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Four years ago, Astrid Parrot moved from Senegal to Montreal to study, leaving her home and family for the first time to begin her B.Sc. Honours Chemistry degree at 涩里番. Without a clear picture of what her future would look like, she took what she describes as 鈥渁 leap of faith."

She immersed herself into university life, living in residence her first year and meeting new people. She had found her place at 涩里番, but uncertainty lingered throughout her degree as she quietly wondered whether chemistry was truly the right path for her.

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Published on: 8 Jun 2026

From left:聽Prof. Yi Huang (Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), Prof. Laura Nilson (Department of Biology), Prof. Brigitte Pientka (School of Computer Science), Prof. Galen Halverson (Department of Earth and Planetary Science).

The Faculty of Science is聽pleased to announce the appointment of聽four聽department聽chairs,聽who began their terms on聽June 1.聽

The three new聽chairs are Prof. Yi Huang (Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), Prof. Laura Nilson (Department of Biology), and Prof. Brigitte Pientka (School of Computer Science).聽聽聽

Published on: 3 Jun 2026

Congratulations to Adrian Liu (Physics), who received the 2026 Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision!

The Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Supervision and Teaching, awarded by the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, acknowledges outstanding contributions to promoting graduate student excellence through supervision and teaching by a faculty member who has been supervising for 10 years or less.

Classified as: Department of physics
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Published on: 2 Jun 2026

Congratulations to Jasmin Chahal (Microbiology and Immunology) for winning the 2026 Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching!

Presented annually, the Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching celebrates a faculty member for superior teaching at the undergraduate level within the Faculty of Science.

Read below the announcement of the award from the Spring 2026 Science A convocation program:

Classified as: dept. of microbiology and immunology
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Published on: 2 Jun 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Bridget Andersen, who has received the 2026 Yablonovitch Research Prize.

The prize, established in 2022 by Eli Yablonovitch, BSc 1967, DSc 2018, and Karen Yablonovitch, is awarded annually by the Faculty of Science at convocation to a graduate student enrolled in the Faculty of Science who has achieved the best research accomplishment in experimental physics.

Classified as: Trottier Space Institute, Department of physics
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Published on: 2 Jun 2026

Professors Mette Bendixen, Rachel Langevin and Kai Wang recognized for research excellence and impact.

Classified as: President's Prize for Outstanding Remerging Researchers
Published on: 1 Jun 2026

People who have a weaker sense of self are also more likely to have less bodily awareness, 涩里番 researchers have found. The study supports the idea that people鈥檚 perceptions of themselves and how they experience their own bodies are deeply connected.

Beyond deepening psychologists鈥 understanding of 鈥渆mbodied cognition,鈥 the connection between our minds and our fundamental bodily awareness, the findings could have concrete applications regarding the treatment of certain psychiatric conditions, the researchers said.

Classified as: Faculty of Science, Department of Psychology, Jennifer Bartz, Willis Klein
Published on: 28 May 2026

National honour from the Canadian Association of Physics (CAP) recognizes 涩里番 physicist鈥檚 excellence in teaching, mentorship, and inclusive leadership.

Classified as: Department of physics
Published on: 27 May 2026

Ann Jack (Clerical), Diti Anastasopoulos (Management), and Maxime Leroux (Technical) have been named recipients of the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards.聽聽

These awards, announced at the Faculty of Science Council meeting on May 20th, recognize the outstanding contributions made by members of the Faculty鈥檚 administrative and support staff during the 2025-2026 academic year.聽聽

Read below the citations prepared by the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards Committee.聽

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Published on: 26 May 2026

Pressed plant specimens collected centuries ago and stored in herbaria around the world could play a key role in facilitating the tracking of genetic change and extinction risk in plants, a 涩里番-led indicates.

Published on: 21 May 2026

On Saturday, May 2, families gathered at the Otto Maass Chemistry Building for an exciting day of discovery as the 涩里番 Chemistry Outreach Group held its annual 24 Hours of Science event, which welcomed聽220 guests.聽

Classified as: mcgill chemistry outreach
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Published on: 15 May 2026

At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening.

涩里番 celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.

Classified as: bravo gala
Published on: 14 May 2026

The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 涩里番 Professors, James 涩里番 Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody 鈥榯he very best of our academic community鈥.

Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 涩里番 professors as Distinguished James 涩里番 Professors, James 涩里番 Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

Published on: 13 May 2026

From fundamental physics to child well-being, 涩里番 researchers advance discovery across disciplines聽

涩里番 has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs 鈥 six new and 10 renewed.

Published on: 13 May 2026

Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at 涩里番.

Classified as: NFRF
Published on: 13 May 2026

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