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MORSL’s Mysticism Discussion Group is a place to learn and converse about spiritual practices and experiences across traditions. Each session will feature a different topic of interest that will be explored through readings, music, meditations, and most of all through sharing your thinking and experiences. Students of all religious, spiritual and secular backgrounds are welcome to join in and enrich these conversations. Published: 27...

Alan Evans, PhD, was among the 85 new Fellows of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, announced May 14, 2024. Candidates were nominated for their substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge. Read the full story from Naghmeh Shafiei and the Ludmer Centre.    Published: 27 August 2024

La version française suit Please note that all libraries except for the Humanities and Social Sciences Library (McLennan-Redpath Complex) will be closed on Monday, September 2nd, Labour Day. The Humanities and Social Sciences Library will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. for study only. No services will be offered. For information on the hours of the libraries, please consult our hours listing....

A finding by a McGill-led team of neuroscientists could open doors to new treatments for a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders attributed to dysfunctions in specific dopamine pathways. Published: 27 August 2024

D2R | DNA to RNA, the research initiative at McGill University that is taking an inclusive Canadian approach to genomic-based RNA therapeutics is offering two new funding opportunities:Published: 26 August 2024

Please join us in congratulating 16 International Development Studies students -recipients of the 2024 Faculty of Arts Internship Awards. Simone Poku, U0, International Development StudiesPublished: 23 August 2024

McGill's telephone services are currently experiencing an unexpected outage affecting inbound calls. Please note that outbound calls are operating normally at this time. This issue is a result of planned maintenance work conducted by Bell Canada. While no downtime was expected during this maintenance, an unforeseen complication has disrupted our inbound call services.Published: 22 August 2024

This summer, department members participated in our inaugural Scientific Image Contest: "Life Magnified: An Anatomy and Cell Biology Exploration." Published: 22 August 2024

A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development. McGill University researchers discovered that zebra finches deprived of early social experiences could still form strong bonds with a partner later in life. Once placed into cohabitation with a male, females that had never heard a mating song before could quickly...

August 19, 2024 | Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Arif Lalani and Jennifer Welsh in The Sunday Magazine podcast, about the current political upheaval in the Middle East in the latest round of ceasefire negotiations in Qatar. Concurrently, touching upon the new narrative in the Russia-Ukraine war after a surprise Ukrainian incursion in Russia's Kursk region. Published: 21 August 2024

Find out more about AReNa - the Mobilizing RNA Project, and explore how you can contribute to the growth of Quebec's RNA industry! This event will take place on Thursday September 12, 2024 and is being organized by CQDM. For more details, visit the event page here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/billets-vous-etes-interesses-par-les-therapies-arn-978637439927  Published: 21 August 2024

A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development. McGill University researchers discovered that zebra finches deprived of early social experiences could still form strong bonds with a partner later in life. Once placed into cohabitation with a male, females that had never heard a mating song before could quickly...

Une nouvelle étude pourrait contribuer à la lutte contre la malaria. Lire ici Published: 21 August 2024

The McGill community, including researchers in genomic medicine and the health sciences, came together in July 2024 to mark the next phase of one of the University’s most rapidly growing disciplines and celebrate the generosity that is making it possible.  The occasion was the official unveiling of signage for the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine, and on hand were the Institute’s UK-based...

Following the petition filed by AGSEM on April 30, 2024, to certify the group of employees occupying a position classified as ‘’Academic Casuals’’, the Tribunal administratif du Travail, the Quebec government body that oversees unionization, handed down a decision on August 13, 2024, confirming that several Academic Casuals positions were now unionized and represented by AGSEM. The bargaining unit is defined as follows:Published: 19...

  A discovery by McGill-affiliated researchers could lead to more effective treatment of malaria and other parasitic diseases. When mice are infected in the middle of the night with the parasites causing cerebral malaria, the symptoms of the disease are less severe than for those inflected during the day, and the spread of the parasites within the hosts is more limited, research teams from...

The Conference on New Horizons in Air and Space Law, held earlier this month, proved to be a groundbreaking event in air and space law. Jointly organized by the National University of Singapore's Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and the Law, the EW Barker Centre for Law and Business, and McGill University's Institute of Air and Space Law, this conference addressed the legal...

Earlier this year, McGill’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives celebrated International Pi Day with a talk from mathematician Dr. Edward Doolittle followed by a student panel on Indigenous experiences in STEM and, of course, some delicious pie.Published: 12 August 2024

Article by Keila DePape, Media Relations McGill University "Understanding how gold forms is crucial for knowing where to find it and how to extract it sustainably. McGill researchers have answered a long-standing question in geology that could lead to new ore discoveries.Published: 12 August 2024

Article by: Keila DePape Media Relations, McGill University "A McGill-led study suggests that Earth's natural forces could substantially reduce Antarctica’s impact on rising sea levels, but only if carbon emissions are swiftly reduced in the coming decades. By the same token, if emissions continue on the current trajectory, Antarctic ice loss could lead to more future sea level rise than previously thought.Published: 12 August...

After a hiatus of about a decade, the McGill Computer Science Summer Camp once again welcomed students from Montreal high schools and CEGEPs to the downtown campus this summer. The four packed days of talks, hands-on activities and coding sessions were all intended to strengthen students’ interests in coding and coding competitions, and to contribute to the development of computer science talent in Quebec.Published:...

To all Finance users, The month of July 2024 is closed. You may pick up your Minerva Financial Statements by logging into Minerva via https://horizon.mcgill.ca/minerva This link will bring you directly to the Finance (Fund) Administration Menu >> Financial Statements menu option.Published: 12 August 2024