Students /sustainability/taxonomy/term/5/all en Biodiversity Garden Community Planting /sustainability/channels/event/biodiversity-garden-community-planting-359986 Get your hands dirty and contribute to Biodiversity at 鶹ýվ! Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:52:12 +0000 barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca 3355 at /sustainability Sustainable Futures Festival /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-futures-festival-340437 <p>鶹ýվ’s Bicentennial milestone is a significant occasion to highlight the importance of collaboration and innovation in sustainability, locally and beyond. </p> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:40:38 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 3032 at /sustainability Aleksandra Faust (Genesis Therapeutics, Burlingame, CA) /sustainability/channels/event/aleksandra-faust-genesis-therapeutics-burlingame-ca-366976 <p>Title: Scalable Autonomy in the Era of Foundation Models”</p> Wed, 03 Sep 2025 01:49:44 +0000 admin 6572 at /sustainability Marco Carone receives prestigious 2025 Myrto Award from Harvard's School of Public Health /sustainability/channels/news/marco-carone-receives-prestigious-2025-myrto-award-harvards-school-public-health-366974 <p><b>Dr. Marco Carone, </b>a former 鶹ýվ undergraduate student in Probability and Statistics, has been awarded the prestigious <a href="https://hsph.harvard.edu/department/biostatistics/seminars-events/myrto-lefkopoulou-distinguished-lectureship/"><b>2025 Myrto Award from Harvard's School of Public Health.</b></a></p> Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:36:44 +0000 admin 6571 at /sustainability Marta Lewicka (University of Pittsburgh) /sustainability/channels/event/marta-lewicka-university-pittsburgh-366967 <p>✒️ <strong>TITRE / TITLE</strong></p> Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:36:38 +0000 admin 6570 at /sustainability Koichi Oyakawa (鶹ýվ) /sustainability/channels/event/koichi-oyakawa-mcgill-366953 <p><b><u>Title:</u></b> Hyperfiniteness of the boundary action of virtually special groups</p> Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:31:01 +0000 admin 6569 at /sustainability TechAccel Showcase /sustainability/channels/event/techaccel-showcase-366948 Come and meet our TechAccel teams! Student startup teams funded and supported by <strong><a href="/engine/" title="">The 鶹ýվ Engine</a> </strong>will be present to demo their projects and businesses! Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:36:08 +0000 admin 6568 at /sustainability The Science of Studying: How Understanding Your Brain Can Boost Academic Success /sustainability/channels/news/science-studying-how-understanding-your-brain-can-boost-academic-success-366940 by Jasmine El-Sawaf <p>What if the key to studying smarter wasn’t about what you learned, but how you learned it? At 鶹ýվ, the Office of Science Education’s (OSE) neuroscience-based program <a href="/ose/initiatives/scilearn">SciLearn</a> is helping students in the Faculty of Science do just that. </p> Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:16:19 +0000 admin 6567 at /sustainability Echoes of the Ice Film Screening /sustainability/channels/event/echoes-ice-film-screening-366360 <p>The 鶹ýվ Center for Climate Change and Health invites you join us for an evening with Indigenous Geographic!</p> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:30:45 +0000 admin 6565 at /sustainability 2025 Fessenden Professorship Awards and Tomlinson Science Awards winners announced /sustainability/channels/news/2025-fessenden-professorship-awards-and-tomlinson-science-awards-winners-announced-364972 <p>The winners of the 2025 Fessenden Professorship Awards and Tomlinson Science Awards have been announced. </p> <p>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.</p> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:36:19 +0000 admin 6547 at /sustainability PhD Oral Defence: Mr. Gavin Barill /sustainability/channels/news/phd-oral-defence-mr-gavin-barill-364446 <p> </p> <p><b>鶹ýվ, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS</b></p> <b>PhD Oral Defence<b> </b>of Mr. Gavin Barill</b> <p align="center"> </p> <p><b>DATE:</b> Monday, April 15, 2025</p> <p><b>TIME / PLACE: </b>Pre-Defence - 1:15 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1234) ; Defence - 1:30 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1025)</p> <p><b>TITLE:</b><b> </b>Establishing Limit Theorems using Finite Difference Schemes</p> <p><b>CHAIR</b><b>: </b>Prof. Niky Kamran</p> <p><b>SUPERVISOR</b><b>:</b> Prof. Jessica Lin</p> <p><b>INTERNAL MEMBER</b><b>: </b>Prof. Louigi Addario-Berry</p> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:31:48 +0000 admin 6554 at /sustainability Eleven new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to 鶹ýվ /sustainability/channels/news/eleven-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-364279 <p>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 <a href="https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.aspx" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Canada Research Chairs</a> at 38 research institutions.</p> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:08:29 +0000 admin 6558 at /sustainability 2025 Faculty of Science Excellence Award winners announced /sustainability/channels/news/2025-faculty-science-excellence-award-winners-announced-365506 <p>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.  </p> <p>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.  </p> <p>Read below the citations prepared by the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards Committee. </p> Fri, 23 May 2025 15:09:58 +0000 admin 6531 at /sustainability 鶹ýվ researchers help ATLAS Collaboration share in 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics /sustainability/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-help-atlas-collaboration-share-2025-breakthrough-prize-fundamental-physics-365039 <p>Twenty-eight 鶹ýվ researchers are among the winners of the <a href="https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L3993">2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics</a> for their contributions to the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).</p> <p>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.</p> Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:35:19 +0000 admin 6546 at /sustainability Science Showcase helps students build communication skills /sustainability/channels/news/science-showcase-helps-students-build-communication-skills-364583 <p>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.</p> Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:45:58 +0000 admin 6551 at /sustainability