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Sustainable Futures Festival

kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:40:38 +0000

��ϲ��’s Bicentennial milestone is a significant occasion to highlight the importance of collaboration and innovation in sustainability, locally and beyond.

Researchers’ novel lab technique reveals how ice crystals form in clouds

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:10:34 +0000

Researchers have developed a novel method to detect and study how ice forms in mixed-phase clouds, significantly boosting scientists’ ability to forecast weather and model climate change.

TA Award (Fall 2024) - Mathematics & Statistics

admin — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:19:54 +0000

Dear Students and Fellow Colleagues,

It gives me great pleasure to announce the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award winners for the Fall 2024 term.

Congratulations to Rudy Ariaz (MATH 242), Ruben Calzadilla-Badra (MATH 141), Edward Chernysh (MATH 254), Maxwell Kaye (MATH 223), Othmane Oukrid (MATH 223), and Aaron Shalev (MATH 242).

Honorable mention goes to William Holman-Bissegger (MATH 475) and Kevin Xiao (MATH 242).

Professor Courtney Paquette recipient of the CAIMS-SCMAI/PIMS Early Career Award (2025)

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:25:48 +0000

Professor Courtney Paquette is the winner of the 2025 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award.

PhD Oral Defence: Mr. Gavin Barill

admin — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:31:48 +0000

��ϲ�� University, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Gavin Barill

DATE: Monday, April 15, 2025

TIME / PLACE: Pre-Defence - 1:15 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1234) ; Defence - 1:30 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1025)

TITLE: Establishing Limit Theorems using Finite Difference Schemes

CHAIR: Prof. Niky Kamran

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Jessica Lin

INTERNAL MEMBER: Prof. Louigi Addario-Berry

Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 16:59:15 +0000

Tim Hoheisel (��ϲ�� University)

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:39:30 +0000

A computational framework for linear inverse problems via the maximum entropy on the mean method Abstract:

Study suggests we don’t just hear music, but ‘become it’

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:56:55 +0000

An international study co-authored by ��ϲ�� psychologist Caroline Palmer suggests our brains and bodies don’t just understand music, they physically resonate with it. These discoveries, based on findings in neuroscience, music, and psychology, support Neural Resonance Theory (NRT).

NRT maintains that rather than relying on learned expectations or prediction, musical experiences arise from the brain’s natural oscillations that sync with rhythm, melody and harmony. This resonance shapes our sense of timing, musical pleasure and the instinct to move with the beat.

Paul Masset and David Rolnick awarded 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:27:07 +0000

Professors Paul Masset (Psychology) and David Rolnick (Computer Science) have been named Sloan Research Fellows.

2025 Fessenden Professorship Awards and Tomlinson Science Awards winners announced

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:36:19 +0000

The winners of the 2025 Fessenden Professorship Awards and Tomlinson Science Awards have been announced.

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.

When using music to alleviate pain, tempo matters

admin — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:32:01 +0000

Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a ��ϲ�� University research team has discovered.

This suggests it may be possible to reduce a patient’s level of pain by using technology to take a piece of music someone likes and adjust the tempo to match their internal rhythm, the researchers said.

The discovery was the subject of a paper published this week in Pain, the top journal in the field of pain medicine and research.

Humpback whales’ use of memory to time their migration could prove less effective amid climate change

admin — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:09:16 +0000

A new study led by ��ϲ�� University researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time environmental cues with their memories of conditions in their Antarctic feeding grounds to determine when to embark on their annual 10,000-kilometre journey. With climate change accelerating, the researchers warn this strategy may become less effective amid shifting ocean conditions.

2025 Faculty of Science Excellence Award winners announced

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 15:09:58 +0000

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.

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.

Read below the citations prepared by the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards Committee.

Nuit Blanche returns to the Redpath Museum

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:47:55 +0000

On March 1, Nuit blanche took over Montréal for its 22nd edition. The annual all-night festival brings cultural events to every corner of the city, including ��ϲ��’s downtown campus.

Provost honours 31 ��ϲ�� professors for exceptional research achievements

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:23:55 +0000

��ϲ�� announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James ��ϲ�� Professors, James ��ϲ�� Professors and William Dawson Scholars
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 ��ϲ�� professors as Distinguished James ��ϲ�� Professors, James ��ϲ�� Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.