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Marco Carone receives prestigious 2025 Myrto Awardfrom Harvard's School of Public Health

Dr. Marco Carone, aformerɬ﷬ undergraduate student in Probability and Statistics,has been awarded the prestigious2025 Myrto Award from Harvard's School of Public Health.

Published: 2 Sep 2025

The Science of Studying: How Understanding Your Brain Can Boost Academic Success

by Jasmine El-Sawaf

What if the key to studying smarter ɲ’t about what you learned, but how you learned it? At ɬ﷬, the Office of Science Education’s (OSE) neuroscience-based program SciLearn is helping students in the Faculty of Science do just that.

Published: 2 Sep 2025

CHORD will be a huge leap forward for Canadian radio astronomy

Construction is underway of CHORD, the most ambitious radio telescope project ever built on Canadian soil. Short for the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector, CHORD will give astronomers an unprecedented opportunity to explore some of the most exciting and mysterious questions in astrophysics and cosmology, from Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) and dark energy to the measurements of fundamental particles, and beyond.

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Published: 27 Aug 2025

Back-to-School Tips for Families from ɬ﷬ Education Experts

As summer draws to a close and the school year looms, families across Montreal are grappling not just with backpacks and schedules—but with emotions too. CTV's Rachel Lau interviewed Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) experts, Sheryl Smith-Gilman and Joseph Levitan, who offer essential strategies to help parents ease their children back into the routine of school life.

Published: 26 Aug 2025

A novel approach to educating future teachers about the environment and sustainability

ɬ﷬’s Faculty of Education is pioneering a new approach to sustainability education that goes beyond traditional teaching methods. Led by Associate Professor Blane Harvey, with contributions from PhD candidate Stephanie Leite, the initiative uses a co-design and co-teaching model where students, schoolteachers, and community members collaborate to develop and deliver courses.

Published: 25 Aug 2025

McCall MacBain Scholars Applications Open

Are you a leader in your program, your community, campus group or association?

Are you interested in pursuing a master’s degree at ɬ﷬ next year?

Published: 18 Aug 2025

Study finds Montreal cycling infrastructure doesn’t match demand

Bike lanes, BIXI stations and other micromobility infrastructure make up just two per cent of Montreal’s street space – even in neighbourhoods where cycling demand would justify more – according to a new study by ɬ﷬ researchers. They think that the measure they developed to arrive at their findings can also help assess the situation in other cities.

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Published: 18 Aug 2025

August Research Presentations by CRC First Nations, Inuit and Métis Researchers

The Faculty of Education is hosting three research presentationsby Canada Research Chaircandidates as part of a special open call for First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. See the schedule below and consider participating in these enlightening opportunities for learning and connecting:

Published: 14 Aug 2025

ɬ﷬ team discovers Canada’s first dinosaur-era dragonfly fossil

In a first for Canadian paleontology, a Cretaceous fossilized dragonfly wing, uncovered in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park, has been identified as a new species. It’s also the first known dragonfly fossil from Canada’s dinosaur aged rocks. The find, led by ɬ﷬ researchers, sheds light on a 30-million-year gap in the evolutionary history of dragonflies.

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Published: 14 Aug 2025

Shubhangi Bhardwaj Awarded International Development Education Award and International Peace Scholarship

PhD student in Human Development (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology), Shubhangi Bhardwaj, was announced as a recent recipient of Dr. Gauri Shankar Guha Award for International Development Education! Bhardwaj was also awarded the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) International Peace Scholarship for Women for the year 2025.

Published: 12 Aug 2025

Major work on McTavish Reservoir will Impact Vehicular Access to Upper Campus

The City of Montreal begins major work on the McTavish water pumping station; a section of Doctor Penfield Avenue will close to traffic until 2033.

Published: 5 Aug 2025

Media Reacts to AI Early Detection of Respiratory Tract Infections Research

On July 30, ɬ﷬ and the MUHC put out the story, "Montreal Researchers use AI and Wearable Sensors to Detect Inflammation Before Symptoms Appear", featuring ground-breaking collaborative research by Dennis Jensen, PhD, Dr.

Published: 4 Aug 2025

ɬ﷬ scientists turn marine waste into a sustainable solution for wound care, wearable devices and more

An interdisciplinary team of ɬ﷬ researchers has developed an ultra-strong, environmentally friendly medical glue, or bioadhesive, made from marine waste. The discovery has promising applications for wound care, surgeries, improved drug delivery, wearable devices and medical implants.

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Published: 31 Jul 2025

Climate change driving major algae surge in Canada’s lakes, study finds

Algal growth is accelerating in lakes across Canada, including those far from human development, and a new study shows that climate change is the primary driver.

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Published: 31 Jul 2025

Montreal researchers use AI and wearable sensors to detect inflammation before symptoms appear

The world's first wearable-powered system predicts acute inflammation with 90 per cent sensitivity.

Montreal, July 30, 2025 – Modern medicine is largely reactive—treating illness only after symptoms emerge. But a new study from the Research Institute of the ɬ﷬ Health Centre (The Institute) and ɬ﷬ points to a more proactive future: one where silent signs of infection are detected before we even feel sick.

Published: 30 Jul 2025

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