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Biodiversity Garden Community Planting

barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:52:12 +0000

Get your hands dirty and contribute to Biodiversity at ɬ�﷬!

Sustainable Futures Festival

kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:40:38 +0000

ɬ�﷬’s Bicentennial milestone is a significant occasion to highlight the importance of collaboration and innovation in sustainability, locally and beyond.

Radio-Canada reports on 15 years of ɬ�﷬ Feeding ɬ�﷬

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:50:45 +0000

For 15 years, ɬ�﷬ dining halls have been serving up fresh, local produce grown by students at Macdonald Campus as part of their agricultural and environmental sciences programs. Last year alone, 3.4 tons of tomatoes and almost 2 tons of onions ended up on students' plates thanks to the ɬ�﷬ Feeding ɬ�﷬ initiative.

Natural Resource Sciences grad students reduce lab plastic waste by nearly 50%

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:24:58 +0000

Single-use plastics are everywhere—but two ɬ�﷬ researchers are redefining the norm and championing sustainability.

"Although plastic pollution wasn’t the main focus of our research, safeguarding water bodies is essential to our work, and we knew we had to address the disconnect between our values and laboratory practices."

PhD Oral Defence of Ms. Wendy Wang

admin — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:23:46 +0000

ɬ�﷬ DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence of Ms. Wendy Wang

DATE: Monday, March 31, 2025

TIME / PLACE: Pre-Defence - 10:15 a.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1234)

Defence - 10:30 a.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1025)

TITLE: Applications and dynamics of delay differential equations with threshold state-dependent delay

CHAIR: Prof. Jérôme Vétois

Nuit Blanche returns to the Redpath Museum

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:47:55 +0000

On March 1, Nuit blanche took over Montréal for its 22nd edition. The annual all-night festival brings cultural events to every corner of the city, including ɬ�﷬’s downtown campus.

Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 16:59:15 +0000

TA Award (Fall 2024) - Mathematics & Statistics

admin — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:19:54 +0000

Dear Students and Fellow Colleagues,

It gives me great pleasure to announce the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award winners for the Fall 2024 term.

Congratulations to Rudy Ariaz (MATH 242), Ruben Calzadilla-Badra (MATH 141), Edward Chernysh (MATH 254), Maxwell Kaye (MATH 223), Othmane Oukrid (MATH 223), and Aaron Shalev (MATH 242).

Honorable mention goes to William Holman-Bissegger (MATH 475) and Kevin Xiao (MATH 242).

2025 Fessenden Professorship Awards and Tomlinson Science Awards winners announced

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:36:19 +0000

The winners of the 2025 Fessenden Professorship Awards and Tomlinson Science Awards have been announced.

The Fessenden Professorship in Science and Innovation Award, named after Canadian electrical engineer Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, was established in 2007 to accelerate the validation and technology transfer of promising concepts in the early- or mid-stages of development and bring them closer to a commercial product and market.

PhD Oral Defence: Mr. Gavin Barill

admin — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:31:48 +0000

ɬ�﷬, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Gavin Barill

DATE: Monday, April 15, 2025

TIME / PLACE: Pre-Defence - 1:15 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1234) ; Defence - 1:30 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1025)

TITLE: Establishing Limit Theorems using Finite Difference Schemes

CHAIR: Prof. Niky Kamran

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Jessica Lin

INTERNAL MEMBER: Prof. Louigi Addario-Berry

Eleven new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to ɬ�﷬

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:08:29 +0000

On March 13, the Government of Canada, announced more than $308 million to advance science and research across the country. More than $153 million will support 179 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 38 research institutions.

2025 Faculty of Science Excellence Award winners announced

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 15:09:58 +0000

Danielle Vlaho (Academic Associate), Joe Iantomasi (Clerical), Luisa Sabaz (Management), and Badawy Sha’ath (Technical) have been named recipients of the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards.

These awards, announced at the Faculty of Science Council meeting on May 20th, recognize the outstanding contributions made by members of the Faculty’s administrative and support staff during the 2024-2025 academic year.

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

Paul Masset and David Rolnick awarded 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:27:07 +0000

Professors Paul Masset (Psychology) and David Rolnick (Computer Science) have been named Sloan Research Fellows.

ɬ�﷬ researchers help ATLAS Collaboration share in 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:35:19 +0000

Twenty-eight ɬ�﷬ researchers are among the winners of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their contributions to the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Sometimes referred to as the Oscars of Science, Breakthrough prizes are awarded annually by the foundation of the same name for achievements in life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics.

Science Showcase helps students build communication skills

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:45:58 +0000

Students from across the University gathered at the University Centre (SSMU) on March 25 to share their research, fieldwork, in-class assignments and passion projects in a supportive, non-competitive environment.