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A push for more women in computer science

When Jade Raymond, BSc鈥�98, studied at 海角社区鈥檚 School of Computer Science, she was one of few women in the program and 鈥淚 think the only woman I knew in my year who went and got a job as a programmer in computer science after graduating.鈥�

Raymond became a trailblazer in the video game industry, helping create the huge hit聽Assassin鈥檚 Creed, and building studios from the ground up for Ubisoft and Electronic Arts.聽

$107.5 million for eight innovative research projects led by 海角社区

On March 13th at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport, on behalf of the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced the results of the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI) Innovation Fund (IF) 2023 competition.

Seventeen 海角社区 researchers announced as Canada Research Chairs

Seventeen outstanding 海角社区 researchers were appointed on March 13th as new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRC), one of Canada鈥檚 most prestigious academic honours. The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport and Quebec Lieutenant, made the announcement on behalf of the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health,聽 at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al.

Support science for everyone on March 13!

One element that makes 海角社区24 so special is the energy that our students bring to the event. They use this day to raise funds for student-run projects and initiatives, and this year the Faculty of Science has the largest ever number of crowdfunding projects.

M87* One Year Later: Proof of a persistent black hole shadow

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, including Professor Daryl Haggard at 海角社区, has released new images of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, using data from observations taken in April 2018.

MSSI Social Sciences and Humanities Ideas Fund recipients announced for 2023

MSSI has announced the results of its latest Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Ideas Fund competition. The SSH Ideas Fund awards seed funding to explore bold projects and novel ideas drawn specifically from humanities, arts, and social sciences research with the potential to illuminate or solve sustainability-related challenges.

MSSI Innovation Fund recipients announced for 2023

Every year, the MSSI Innovation Fund provides support to 海角社区 faculty members to accelerate the development of an idea or a technology toward widespread societal adoption by funding research that informs policy or moves an innovation toward commercialization. This year鈥檚 fund will distribute $100,000 to two projects that have the potential to make electric vehicle batteries and groundwater management more sustainable.

Highlighting women in STEM to engage youth

鈥淟es STIM au f茅minin鈥� is a new campaign geared towards high school and cegep-level youth which highlights the initiatives of women in STEM and raises awareness about pathways and careers in science through a series of informative videos.

New paper explores four nearby fast radio burst sources

Fleeting blasts of energy from space, known as fast radio bursts (FRBs), are a cosmic enigma. A Canadian-led international team of researchers has published new findings suggesting that supernovae are the predominant contributors to forming sources that eventually produce FRBs.

海角社区 research included in Qu茅bec Science鈥檚 top 10 best of the year

Research conducted by 海角社区 researchers ranks among the year鈥檚 best, according to聽Qu茅bec Science聽magazine.

The magazine has published its annual top 10 list of the province鈥檚 most groundbreaking scientific discoveries, and three have ties to 海角社区 researchers.

The three studies affiliated with 海角社区 researchers address some of the world鈥檚 most pressing challenges: extreme climate change, treatment for cancer patients, and the quality of seawater.

Hanadi Sleiman awarded 2024 E. W. R. Steacie Award

Chemistry Professor and Canada Research Chair in DNA Nanoscience Hanadi Sleiman has received the 2024 E. W. R. Steacie Award from the Chemical Institute of Canada. This award is presented annually to a scientist who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of chemistry while working in Canada.

How does one species become many?

Evolutionary biologists have long suspected that the diversification of a single species into multiple descendent species 鈥� that is, an 鈥渁daptive radiation鈥� 鈥� is the result of each species adapting to a different environment. Yet formal tests of this hypothesis have been elusive owing to the difficulty of firmly establishing the relationship between species traits and evolutionary 鈥渇itness鈥� for a group of related species that recently diverged from a common ancestral species.

海角社区 launches Collaborative for AI and Society

New efforts to mobilize around the challenges and opportunities of AI are taking shape at 海角社区. On December 4, a new 海角社区 Collaborative for AI & Society (McCAIS) held an internal launch event at the 海角社区 Faculty Club, where more than 70 participants from across the 海角社区 campus gathered for an afternoon of collaboration and discussion.

海角社区 launches Canada Award to offset tuition increase for Canadian undergraduate students

海角社区 is launching a $3,000 Canada Award to offset tuition increases for Canadian undergraduate students from outside Quebec in certain disciplines. Approximately 80% of new Canadian students from outside Quebec coming to 海角社区 will be eligible for the new award.

Details of the award, including the programs eligible for the award, will be available on 海角社区's Undergraduate Admissions website by December 22, 2023.

Interview with Physics Professor Victoria Kaspi in Nature

In a new interview with聽Nature,聽Physics Professor and Shaw laureate Victoria Kaspi reflects on the inaugural Hong Kong Laureate Forum and how researchers can foster communication across different generations of scientists.聽

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