/channels/taxonomy/term/6357/all en /channels/channels/news/future-bright-mcgills-honorary-degree-recipients-spring-convocation-2022-339502 <p>This Spring, beloved traditions are returning to Æ»¹ûÒùԺ’s downtown and Macdonald campuses. The University’s newest graduates will again cross the stage to receive their hard-earned degrees and diplomas. To celebrate these students’ outstanding achievements, the University will welcome 14 inspirational individuals who have made exceptional contributions to both their own fields and society as a whole.</p> Fri, 06 May 2022 20:26:08 +0000 webfull 180036 at /channels /channels/news/mouskouri-barr%C3%A9-sinoussi-receive-honorary-degrees-225386 <p>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº is pleased to announce two of its recipients for honorary degrees at this spring’s Convocation ceremonies: internationally-acclaimed singing star and humanitarian Nana Mouskouri and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, co-winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine.<br /> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:59:55 +0000 webfull 95137 at /channels /channels/news/heather-munroe-blum-receive-honorary-degree-231396 <p>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Principal Emerita Heather Munroe-Blum will be honoured Sunday, Nov. 3, by the University of Ottawa when it confers upon her an honorary degree.</p> <p> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:15:51 +0000 webfull 99644 at /channels /channels/news/convocation-2016-celebrating-class-2016-paul-anastas-and-tomislav-friscic-261453 <p>This year, the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº convocation of the faculty of science highlighted the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº efforts in Green Chemistry. <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2016/04/honorary-degree-recipients-announced/">Paul Anastas</a>, the director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale University, who is well known as the "father of Green Chemistry", received a honorary degree and delivered an inspirational address to the graduating students. Encouraging them to embrass the challenges of the future, he told them: "Change is happening, what we need are change-drivers".</p> Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:51:39 +0000 webfull 119547 at /channels