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24 �鶹��ý��վ researchers ranked among the world’s most influential in 2025

webfull — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:15:58 +0000

Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers™ list recognizes �鶹��ý��վ’s global research influence, with Canada once again in top ten ranking

Twenty-four �鶹��ý��վ researchers have been named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers™ list, placing them among the top researchers worldwide whose work has demonstrated rigorous scholarship and broad and significant global influence in their fields. Their expertise spans a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to environmental science.

Published: 28 November 2025

�鶹��ý��վ’s Bachelor of Arts and Science program celebrates 20 years of interdisciplinary scholarship

webfull — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:58:56 +0000

Happy 20th birthday, B.A. & Sc.!

Published: 25 November 2025

Redpath Museum and Physics Outreach bring science to life at �鶹��ý��վ's Bellairs Research Institute

webfull — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:41:55 +0000

This past September, St. James Parish in Barbados celebrated We Gatherin’, a year-long festival of Barbadian heritage, culture and community. As part of the festivities, �鶹��ý��վ’s Bellairs Research Institute hosted a day-long Science Adventure for local schoolchildren featuring a visit from �鶹��ý��վ’s Redpath Museum and the Physics Outreach Committee.

Published: 24 November 2025

�鶹��ý��վ researchers track boulders’ influence on snow melt, watersheds using unique combination of methods

webfull — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:30:56 +0000

Thanks to their use of a unique methodology, a �鶹��ý��վ-led research team has obtained new insights into how boulders affect snow melt in mountainous northern environments, with implications for local water resources.

The team found that snow near boulders melts faster, not only because rocks radiate heat, but also due to subtle processes that reshape the snow’s surface. This information will help researchers understand how small-scale processes affect downstream water resources.

Published: 11 November 2025

Professor Christian Genest recipient of the Acfas Urgel-Archambault prize (2025)

webfull — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:14:22 +0000

Professor Christian Genest is the winner of the 2025 Acfas Urgel-Archambault prize.

Le Prix Acfas Urgel-Archambault 2025 pour les sciences physiques, mathématiques, informatique et génie, est remis à Christian Genest, professeur titulaire au Département de mathématiques et de statistique de l'Université �鶹��ý��վ.

Published: 21 November 2025

Bringing environmental policymakers together to focus on the future sparks empathy for nature and later generations, �鶹��ý��վ study finds

webfull — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:19:04 +0000

When environmental policymakers are invited to imagine the future together, they don’t just think differently, they feel differently, too.

Published: 21 November 2025

How a �鶹��ý��վ undergrad’s summer research project became a paper in a prestigious journal

webfull — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:16:56 +0000

When then-�鶹��ý��վ undergraduate Maya Willard-Stepan cold-emailed a professor asking to help with their research, she didn’t expect the project to end up in the Nature-partner journal npj Urban Sustainability.

“I really wanted to get involved in research early,” said Willard-Stepan, who had come to �鶹��ý��վ from a small town on Vancouver Island.

Published: 17 November 2025

Climate change could result in contaminant spread in the High Arctic, �鶹��ý��վ study finds

webfull — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:51:59 +0000

Warming temperatures and increased precipitation in the Canadian High Arctic are mobilizing new pathways for subsurface contaminants to spread from more than 2,500 contaminated sites associated with industrial and military sites across the region.

Published: 6 November 2025

Ancient mammoth tooth offers clues about Ice Age life in northeastern Canada

webfull — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:54:09 +0000

A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the Ice Age giants lived and died.

Published: 5 November 2025

Experts: Social prescribing

webfull — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:34:12 +0000

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of Médecins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.

Published: 3 November 2025