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Celebrating McGill’s Morgan Arboretum
McGill’s Morgan Arboretum celebrates its 80th anniversary during Homecoming later this month with a flurry of activities on Macdonald Campus. From teaching and research to conservation and recreation activities, the 245-hectare Arboretum is a beloved urban ecological space.
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McGill data analytics lab proving to be good for business
The DataSphere Lab at the Desautels Faculty of Management aims to help companies and organizations tackle challenges with data-driven solutions. For students, it’s a valuable hands-on – and paid – work experience.
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‘Alumni have an important voice in McGill’s future’
As he begins his second year at the helm of the McGill Alumni Association, Tom Assimes, BEng'90, reflects on the importance of sharing his time and business savvy with his alma mater.
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Building a culture of sustainability
McGill’s Sustainability Projects Fund has supported more than 400 sustainability-related projects at McGill. The largest fund of its kind in Canada, it has played a pivotal role in McGill becoming one of the world’s leading universities for sustainability.
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Creating a space for sustainability in the curriculum
McGill’s Sustainability Education Fellows program offers professors the support they need to rethink and reshape their courses by adding a new emphasis on issues related to sustainability.
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Paying it forward
Josée Goulet, MBA’90, and Jean-Charles Caty, BCom’63, both benefitted from their management studies at McGill before embarking on their successful careers. They are helping to ensure that current francophone students have similar opportunities.
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President’s Perspective: The latest from Davos
President Deep Saini recently represented McGill at the World Economic Forum. The international gathering offers an opportunity to discover the issues that are on the minds of decision-makers from around the world. Many of the discussions at Davos centred on AI and sustainability.
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Reimagining how to train engineers
The new Global Engineering Program is a unique partnership between McGill and one of France’s top engineering schools. It takes elements from both the European and North American approaches to training engineers, and its graduates will be equipped to flourish in a variety of environments.
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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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President’s Perspective: A forum for open, respectful dialogue
President Deep Saini on why it is so vital for McGill to hold “two truths at once” – that it is essential for universities to protect free expression, while also providing safe environments where intimidation and harassment are never tolerated.
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Combatting quackery
Dedicated to promoting science literacy and to pushing back against misinformation, McGill’s Office for Science and Society (OSS) regularly reaches large audiences through a variety of means (podcasts, newspaper columns, YouTube, online courses) to further its mission of “separating sense from nonsense.”
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Remembering Derek Drummond
One of a kind. Genuine and fun. A very special human. A steady and kind presence. A glance at the tributes flooding Derek Drummond’s Facebook page in the wake of his passing on November 17 tells you just how beloved he was in the McGill community and beyond. If you didn’t know him, you wish you […]