/sustainability/taxonomy/term/923/all en /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-futures-festival-340437 <p>º£½ÇÉçÇø’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 /sustainability/channels/event/2025-hughlings-jackson-lecture-362529 <p>Established in 1935, the Hughlings Jackson Lecture is The Neuro’s premier scientific lecture. It honours the legacy of British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty.</p> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:40:52 +0000 admin 3541 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/samuel-valiquette-mcgill-university-362518 <h2>Title: Tree Pólya Splitting distributions for multivariate count data.</h2> <h2>Abstract:</h2> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:49:54 +0000 admin 3540 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/maninder-dhanauta-mcgill-362509 <p><b><u>Title:</u></b> Virtual cactus group is virtually special compact</p> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:30:46 +0000 admin 3538 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/dmitry-faifman-universite-de-montreal-362514 <table> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td> <p><strong>TITLE / TITRE</strong></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:54:55 +0000 admin 3539 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/experience-shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing-morgan-arboretum-jan-28-362484 <p>Join guide Jacky Farrell (<a href="/science/outreach">º£½ÇÉçÇø Science Outreach</a>), for a bilingual Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) walk in the Morgan Arboretum.</p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:34:23 +0000 admin 3537 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/zachary-selk-queens-university-362479 <p><strong>Title:</strong> Stochastic calculus for the theta process.</p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:35:22 +0000 admin 3536 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/king-charles-iii-coronation-medals-awarded-19-members-mcgill-community-362289 <p>Nineteen members of the º£½ÇÉçÇø community have been awarded the <a href="https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/canadian-honours/directory-honours/commemorative-medals/king-charles-iii-coronation-medal">King Charles III Coronation Medal</a>. The medal is conferred on individuals who have made significant contributions to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada.</p> <p>The recipients include Professor R. Bruce Lennox, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Tomlinson Professor of Chemistry.</p> Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:39 +0000 admin 3533 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/tsi-outreach-program-administrator-carolina-cruz-vinaccia-wins-presidents-award-362139 <p>Congratulations to Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia, the Outreach Program Administrator at the <a href="https://tsi.mcgill.ca/">Trottier Space Institute</a> and Physics Department for being awarded the <a href="/hr/awards/president-awards">President's Award for Administrative and Support Staff</a>! Winners of this award are honoured for the quality of their work, service to the community, innovation and initiative.</p> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:16:26 +0000 admin 3532 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/bellairs-brings-science-programming-barbadian-students-362121 <p>Last week, hundreds of students in Barbados saw science come to life in a whole new way.</p> <p>As part of the celebrations marking its <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/bellairs-research-institute-going-strong-at-70/">70th anniversary</a>, º£½ÇÉçÇø’s Bellairs Research Institute opened its doors to the community Dec. 5. Three hundred students from five local schools were treated to free science kits, lunch and a day of hands-on activities.</p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:53:58 +0000 admin 3528 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/bellairs-research-institute-going-strong-70-362122 <p>To mark its 70th anniversary, º£½ÇÉçÇø’s <a href="/bellairs/">Bellairs Research Institute</a> in Barbados hosted events Dec. 5-6 that brought together researchers, students, elected officials and community partners to celebrate its history and build momentum for the future.  </p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:56:14 +0000 admin 3527 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/steam-day-celebrate-70-years-mcgills-bellairs-research-institute-barbados-361965 <p>To celebrate the 70th anniversary of º£½ÇÉçÇø’s acclaimed <a href="/bellairs/">Bellairs Research Institute</a> in Barbados and to promote STEAM education to local students, º£½ÇÉçÇø partnered with the <a href="https://cosi.org/">Center of Science and Industry (COSI)</a>, and the U.S. State Department for a full day of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) activities and presentations.</p> Mon, 09 Dec 2024 14:21:55 +0000 admin 3502 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/next-stop-oxford-361796 <p>For Vincent Wong, life truly is a journey.</p> <p>As a <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/meet-mcgills-newest-loran-scholars-2/">Loran Scholar</a>, the Vancouverite moved across the country in 2021 to pursue his B.Sc. Honours in Neuroscience at º£½ÇÉçÇø. He was drawn by The Neuro (The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital), Canada’s largest neuroscience research centre.</p> <p>In the summer of 2022, Wong traveled to Yellowknife to conduct a research project on the unique health-care challenges in the North, an experience that would shift his career trajectory.</p> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:59:58 +0000 admin 3500 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/west-island-high-schoolers-participate-summer-research-mcgills-gault-nature-reserve-361705 <p>This summer, Gault Nature Reserve hosted four high schoolers from the West Island Black Community Association for this year’s Youth Biodiversity Internships Program. Led by Professor Bruno Tremblay, this collaboration brought together a diverse range of community members from º£½ÇÉçÇø and beyond to connect on their passion for science. For 5 weeks, youth conducted fieldwork at Gault with º£½ÇÉçÇø students, explored how scientific research happens in nature and made links to their own lives and future careers.  </p> Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:08:20 +0000 admin 3495 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/mapping-benefits-and-trade-offs-natural-climate-solutions-361702 <p>A new study published today in <em>Nature Sustainability</em> uses advanced machine learning methods and large language models to assess the benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions (NCS). </p> <p>Led by The Nature Conservancy and co-led by Brian Robinson, Associate Professor of Geography at º£½ÇÉçÇø, the researchers analyzed over 250,000 peer-reviewed publications to produce a global evidence map of NCS co-impacts. </p> Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:47:30 +0000 admin 3494 at /sustainability