/sustainability/taxonomy/term/921/all en /sustainability/channels/event/biodiversity-garden-community-planting-359986 <h2>Get your hands dirty and contribute to Biodiversity at 91社区!</h2> Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:52:12 +0000 barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca 3355 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-futures-festival-340437 <p>91社区鈥檚 Bicentennial milestone is a significant occasion to highlight the importance of collaboration and innovation in sustainability, locally and beyond.聽</p> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:40:38 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 3032 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/celebrating-10-years-chemistry-outreach-360789 <p>Congratulations to the Chemistry Outreach group, which celebrated its 10-year anniversary during <a href="/openhouse/">91社区鈥檚 Open House</a> on <b>October 27<sup>th</sup></b>! Over 250 people joined the festivities and enjoyed hands-on activities, magnificent demos, and chemistry-themed refreshments throughout the day.</p> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:55:35 +0000 admin 3444 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/professor-christian-genest-awarded-parzen-prize-2024-360783 <p><b>Professor Christian Genest</b> has been awarded the 2024 prestigious <b>Parzen Prize</b>.</p> Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:12:17 +0000 admin 3442 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/nhat-ho-university-texas-austin-360757 <table> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td> <p><strong>TITLE / TITRE</strong></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:06:41 +0000 admin 3441 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/techidea-pitch-competition-submission-deadline-360679 <p>The TechIdea Pitch competition encourages 91社区 students, working in teams, to propose new technologically-based ideas/solutions that solve real world problems.</p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:53:46 +0000 admin 3436 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/2024-faculty-science-excellence-award-winners-announced-357447 <p>Michelle Maillet (Academic Associate), Lauren Kay (Clerical), Chantal Marotte (Management), and Moshe Dalva (Technical) have been named recipients of the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards.聽聽</p> <p>These awards, announced at the Faculty of Science Council meeting on May 21st, recognize the outstanding contributions made by members of the Faculty鈥檚 administrative and support staff during the 2023-2024 academic year.聽聽</p> <p>Read below the citations prepared by the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards Committee.聽</p> Mon, 27 May 2024 17:09:03 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 3430 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/gregory-dudek-receives-2024-cs-can-lifetime-achievement-award-357485 <p><a href="https://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~dudek/">Professor Gregory Dudek</a> of the School of Computer Science has received the 2024 CS-Can Lifetime Achievement Award.聽</p> <p>Awarded annually by Computer Science Canada/Informatique Canada (CS-Can/Info-Can), this award recognizes current or former faculty who have made exceptional contributions to the field of computer science in Canada.聽</p> Wed, 29 May 2024 19:42:32 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 3429 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/mcgill-receives-funding-canadian-space-agency-exoplanet-studies-using-james-webb-space-telescope-357324 <p>91社区 has received funding from the Canadian Space Agency for two separate projects dedicated to the study of exoplanets, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The projects are slated for completion by June 2025. Both studies will be led by Professor Nicolas Cowan.</p> <p><a href="/research/channels/news/mcgill-receives-funding-canadian-space-agency-exoplanet-studies-using-james-webb-space-telescope-357237">Read more here.</a></p> Tue, 14 May 2024 13:52:23 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 3434 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/katelin-schutz-named-cifar-azrieli-global-scholar-357517 <div> <div> <p><span><a href="https://katelinschutz.com"><span><span>Professor Katelin<span> Sc<span>h<span>u<span>t<span>z</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span> of the Department of Physics has been named a <a href="https://cifar.ca/ten-emerging-research-leaders-named-cifar-azrieli-global-scholars/"><span><span>2024-2026 CIFAR Azrieli Global <span>Sc<span>h<span>olar</span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span> in the Gravity & the Extreme Universe program.<span> <span>聽</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div> Fri, 31 May 2024 19:59:11 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 3428 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/sustainable-data-science-training-program-awarded-165-m-nserc-create-357364 <p>Today, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)<a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsDetail-DetailNouvelles_eng.asp?ID=1461"> announced </a>more than $26 million in funding for聽<a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATEResults-ResultatsFONCER_eng.asp?Year=2024">16 new training initiatives</a> through its <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATE-FONCER_eng.asp">Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE)</a> program.</p> Thu, 16 May 2024 15:05:26 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 3433 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/mcgill-collaborative-ai-and-society-mccais-announces-undergraduate-research-award-recipients-357376 <div> <div></div></div> Thu, 16 May 2024 20:08:47 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 3432 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/science-fair-fun-kahnawake-357406 <p>Every year in Kahnaw脿:ke, a Kanien:keha鈥檏a community on Montreal鈥檚 South Shore, students present their projects at a science fair organized by the Kahnaw脿:ke Education Center (KEC).</p> <p>For more than 15 years, KEC Science Curriculum Consultant Kathy Walsh has supported students at schools across the community as they prepare projects in the weeks leading up to the annual fair. This year, she and KEC Science Projects Liaison Mya Bordeau enlisted the assistance of 91社区鈥檚 Office of Science Outreach to bring 91社区 students into the classroom as mentors.</p> Wed, 22 May 2024 14:46:38 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 3431 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/generative-ai-classroom-357848 <p>With generative AI tools readily available to students, student assessment was a recurrent topic of discussion at a bilingual, two-day symposium hosted by 91社区 last month in partnership with Google and the P么le interordres de Montr茅al.</p> Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:06:48 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 3420 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/mcgill-doctoral-and-postdoctoral-students-earn-major-funding-awards-357640 <p>Twenty 91社区 doctoral and postdoctoral students have received important funding from the Government of Canada. Sixteen have earned Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and four, Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships.</p> <p>The Vanier program awards doctoral students up to $50,000 per year for three years. The Banting program is worth up to $70,000 annually for two years.</p> Fri, 07 Jun 2024 19:28:28 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 3425 at /sustainability