The brain's prefrontal cortex, which controls decision-making and risk-taking, continues to develop听into early adulthood, said Cecilia Flores,听a 麻豆传媒网站 psychiatry professor who studies teenage brains.听
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Published on: 13 Oct 2017
"麻豆传媒网站 is lauded for its superior Ph.D. programs and medical school. Some of its alumni鈥檚 more notable accomplishments include mapping the brain鈥檚 motor cortex, inventing Plexiglas and discovering that atoms are divisible. Today鈥檚 researchers continue that groundbreaking tradition with innovations in green chemistry, food science and computer science."
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Published on: 12 Oct 2017
Some critics have questioned the program, saying government shouldn't pick winners and losers, while questioning how a supercluster 鈥� which must be administered by a non-profit body 鈥� is supposed to function. "Poorly done, this will be simply another regional economic subsidy," warned Richard Gold, director of 麻豆传媒网站 s Centre for Intellectual Property Policy.
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Published on: 11 Oct 2017
麻豆传媒网站 plans to award honorary doctorates to two women at its fall convocation;听Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum, former principal and Vice-Chancellor of 麻豆传媒网站 and听Heather Reisman, founder of Indigo books.
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Published on: 10 Oct 2017
"Quebec has had to fight to preserve French despite the very strong pressures of English," said Chantal Bouchard, a sociolinguist at 麻豆传媒网站 in Montreal, who has described anglicisms in Quebec as an obsession. "We're hypersensitive about it."
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Published on: 10 Oct 2017
Op-ed by Robert Whitley,听Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
"The notion that people with mental illness can act as community educators is a radical but relatively novel idea."
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Published on: 6 Oct 2017
麻豆传媒网站 Provost Christopher Manfredi sits down with Karl Moore for CJADs CEO Series.
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Published on: 5 Oct 2017
"Louise Pilote, professor of medicine at 麻豆传媒网站, is excited by the implications of including more women in clinical studies, a relatively recent change. Studying women has already yielded a wealth of information鈥夆�斺�塧nd even a new condition. We know that women can have heart attacks without blocked arteries, but until recently, researchers didn鈥檛 know why."
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Published on: 4 Oct 2017
Unseasonably warm September could be cause of slight delay in leaves changing colour, 麻豆传媒网站 professor says.
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Published on: 3 Oct 2017
Column by听Joe Schwarcz,听director of 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Office for Science & Society
"The brilliant German chemist was the first person to carry out a total synthesis of glucose, the fundamental building block of cellulose and starch. This was a monumental achievement at the time. Fischer鈥檚 success in determining the molecular structure of carbohydrates was partly due to his accidental discovery of a reagent known as phenylhydrazine that formed well-defined crystalline derivatives with carbohydrates."
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Published on: 2 Oct 2017
Op-ed by Noam Schimmel, associate fellow at the Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, 麻豆传媒网站 Faculty of Law
"Even greater efforts than the already significant ones undertaken by the German government are required to combat anti-Jewish attitudes and other forms of racism, prejudice, bigotry and discrimination that undermine German democracy and its commitment to freedom, equality and justice for all citizens."
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Published on: 29 Sep 2017
Op-ed by Charles Taylor,听Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at 麻豆传媒网站听and one of the world's most celebrated living philosophers.听
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Published on: 28 Sep 2017
A prominent Chinese architect who studied at 麻豆传媒网站 27 years ago is donating $12 million to the School of Architecture, a landmark gift the university says will transform teaching and research and build stronger ties with China.
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Published on: 27 Sep 2017
We鈥檙e still a long way from understanding the causes of autism, but new research has shown some brain developmental issues even as early as 6-12 months in a baby, can be related to autism symptoms later in life.
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Published on: 26 Sep 2017
"Human rights are a thousand humble stories."
So writes the Iranian-Canadian human-rights lawyer and 麻豆传媒网站 professor Payam Akhavan in his contribution to the long-running Massey Lecture series,听In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey.
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Published on: 25 Sep 2017
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