A donation like no other 

Students in McGill’s Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences learn some of their most important lessons in the Anatomy Lab, thanks to individuals whose names they might never know. McGill’s Body Donor Program plays a vital role in the Faculty’s teaching program.

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Telling the whole story 

Yale historian Ned Blackhawk, BA’92, believes that too many accounts of U.S. history pay little attention to the pivotal role that the country’s Native Americans played in that history. His recent book, The Rediscovery of America, winner of the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction, serves as a corrective.

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The Stanley Cup follows him around 

Jamie Kompon, an assistant coach with the Florida Panthers, became only the second coach in NHL history to win Stanley Cups with three different teams when his Panthers triumphed over the Edmonton Oilers in one of the most memorable finals in recent years.

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When she’s not studying economic policy, she helps shape it 

Adriana Kugler is an award-winning economics professor at Georgetown University – but she is often not there. Her academic career has been interrupted by appointments from the White House. In her current role, she is serving as a governor for the U.S. Federal Reserve.

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New dean of education a man of many talents 

In his academic pursuits, Vivek Venkatesh is just as comfortable on stage with a guitar as he is at the head of a classroom. He uses many methods – some of them unconventional – to explore the roots of violent extremism while promoting pluralism.

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Why microplastics could pose a big threat 

In her unnerving new documentary about microplastics, science journalist Ziya Tong points to the growing evidence that these tiny pollutants are turning up almost everywhere – even inside our bodies.

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The final frontier… for law 

The rise of space tourism, an increase in potentially dangerous space debris, the possibility of asteroid mining – as the technologies associated with space exploration continue to advance, an award-winning book by legal scholar Michael Byers asks if international law is keeping pace.

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Giving medical students the e-learning advantage 

The Office of Ed-TECH at McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences develops e-learning and online innovations that are playing a growing role in supporting the Faculty’s teaching programs – but McGill students aren’t the only ones benefitting from the office’s expertise.

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Forging their own unique musical path  

Stick&Bow, a cello and marimba duo composed of Schulich School of Music graduates Juan Sebastian Delgado and Krystina Marcoux, have an eclectic approach to their music – regularly tackling everything from Beethoven to Bowie.

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Exploring queer and feminist food culture

In her research on feminist restaurants and queer cuisine, Alex Ketchum, MA’13, PhD’18, an assistant professor at McGill’s Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, examines underexplored areas of culinary history and food culture.

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