/sustainability/taxonomy/term/2/all en /sustainability/channels/event/biodiversity-garden-community-planting-359986 <h2>Get your hands dirty and contribute to Biodiversity at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ!</h2> Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:52:12 +0000 barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca 3355 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-futures-festival-340437 <p>³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ’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/lukas-bundrock-university-alabama-361514 <h6>Title:<b> Spectral Optimization for the Robin Laplacian in Exterior Domains</b></h6> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:34:33 +0000 admin 3493 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/unleashing-creativity-mcgill-physics-hackathon-361491 <p>On November 15<sup>th</sup> – 17<sup>th</sup>, the Trottier Space Institute and the Department of Physics hosted its 9<sup>th</sup> <a href="https://www.hackathon.physics.mcgill.ca/">Annual ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Physics Hackathon</a>. This friendly coding competition brought together 163 people, from grade 10 high school students to graduate students. Participants had a total of 24 hours over the span of 3 days to create computing and physical science projects in teams. <a href="https://www.hackathon.physics.mcgill.ca/">Learn more here</a>.</p> Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:01:01 +0000 admin 3489 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/aaron-smith-university-ottawa-361371 <table> <tr> <td> <p><strong>TITLE / TITRE</strong></p> <p>Free lunches and subsampling Monte Carlo<br /> <br /> <strong>ABSTRACT/RÉSUMÉ </strong></p></td></tr></table> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:30:34 +0000 admin 3485 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/mssi-x-xprize-transdisciplinary-symposium-creating-societal-change-361361 <p>On February 3rd, 2025, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ and <a href="https://www.xprize.org/">the XPRIZE</a> will host a symposium at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ in Montreal, Canada, celebrating ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ joining the XPRIZE’s Higher Education Network.</p> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:25:47 +0000 admin 3484 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/experience-shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing-morgan-arboretum-dec-12-361257 <p>Join guide Jacky Farrell (<a href="/science/outreach">³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Science Outreach</a>), for a bilingual Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) walk in the Morgan Arboretum.</p> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:38:26 +0000 admin 3482 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/west-island-high-schoolers-participate-summer-research-mcgills-gault-nature-reserve-361278 <h5><strong>by Christine Pallon, Communications Officer, Faculty of Science</strong></h5> <p>Every year, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ’s Gault Nature Reserve in Mont-Saint-Hilaire welcomes a host of student researchers. This past summer, there was a new addition to the usual group of young scientists at the Reserve: four high schoolers from Montréal’s West Island. </p> Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:12:16 +0000 admin 3475 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/fifteen-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-361164 <div> <div> <p><em><strong><span><span><span><span>$<span>13.8<span><span> <span><span>million <span>in federal funding <span>for<span> <span>³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ’s cohort of <span>10 <span>new<span>,<span> five renewed Canada Research Chairs<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></em></p></div></div> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:05:33 +0000 admin 3470 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/redpath-newly-accredited-museum-360975 <p>In August 2024, the Redpath Museum was certified as an accredited museum institution by the ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec. The accreditation is a seal of quality confirming that the museum meets internationally recognized requirements and standards for governance, museological practices, and heritage presentation. With this recognition, the Redpath joined a network of 180 other accredited museums across the province.</p> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:36:52 +0000 admin 3463 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/natalya-gomez-and-daryl-haggard-win-arthur-b-mcdonald-fellowships-360968 <p>Professors <a href="https://www.natalyagomez.com/">Natalya Gomez</a> (Earth and Planetary Sciences) and <a href="https://www.dhaggard.physics.mcgill.ca/">Daryl Haggard</a> (Physics) have been awarded 2024 Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).</p> <p>These awards recognize early-career academic researchers, providing them with a $250,000 research grant over two years.</p> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:29:49 +0000 admin 3462 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/professor-henri-darmon-elected-2025-class-fellows-american-mathematical-society-ams-360891 <p><strong>Professor Henri Darmon</strong> has been elected to the 2025 Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).</p> <p>"Forty-one mathematical scientists from around the world have been named <a href="https://www.ams.org/grants-awards/ams-fellows/ams-fellows">Fellows of the American Mathematical Society</a> (AMS) for 2025, the program's 13th year. Recognized by their peers, AMS members designated as Fellows of the AMS have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics".</p> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:32:04 +0000 admin 3460 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/">³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ’s 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/news/nigel-roulet-awarded-david-thomson-award-graduate-supervision-and-teaching-357765 <p>Congratulations to Professor Nigel Roulet, Department of Geography, for being awarded the 2024 <a href="/gps/about/awards/david-thomson">David Thomson Award for Graduate Supervision and Teaching</a>! <br />   <br /> This award recognizes an outstanding faculty member who has been supervising graduate students for more than ten years. Roulet started as an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography in 1994 and began his term as Graduate Program Director of the department the following year. <br />   <br /></p> Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:41:17 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 3423 at /sustainability