/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-us-travel-ban-265473 <p><em>The information below is outdated, you'll find a new version <a href="/newsroom/channels/news/experts-new-us-travel-ban-order-270594">here</a>.</em></p> <p>***</p> <p>Here are some Æ»¹ûÒùÔº professors available to comment on the US Executive order that suspends the U.S. Refugee Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Program for 120 days and suspends entry by citizens of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days:</p> Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:13:26 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26662 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/airbnbs-impact-canadian-housing-markets-269333 <p> Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:51:45 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 32164 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-hope-fight-against-superbugs-267996 <p><span>Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health threat. So much so that a 2014 study commissioned by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom predicted that, if the problem is left unchecked, in less than 35 years more people will die from antibiotic resistant superbugs than from cancer. It is critical that researchers develop new antibiotics informed by knowledge of how superbugs are resistant to this medication.</span></p> Wed, 03 May 2017 19:16:34 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 28062 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/85th-acfas-annual-congress-may-8-12-2017-mcgill-university-267604 <p>For the third time in its history, the Acfas Annual Congress, the largest multidisciplinary research event in the<em> Francophonie,</em> will be hosted by Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.</p> Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:42:32 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26901 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-university-american-academy-advancement-science-aaas-266392 <p><em>Hynes Convention Center - Boston</em></p> <h3><a href="https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2017/webprogram/Session16826.html">Jumpstarting Neurological Research through Open Science – MNI & Æ»¹ûÒùÔº</a></h3> <p>Friday, February 17, 2017, 1:30-2:30 PM/ Room 208</p> Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:56:05 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26712 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-quebec-mosque-shooting-265481 <p>Here are Æ»¹ûÒùÔº professors available to comment on the Quebec mosque shooting:</p> Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:58:02 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26664 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-university-partnership-cbi-concordia-physio-sport-ndg-becomes-fifa-medical-centre-excellence-262414 <p>During a ceremony held August 29, 2016 at Æ»¹ûÒùԺ’s Faculty of Medicine, the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy (SPOT), in partnership with CBI-Concordia Physio Sport NDG, was officially recognized as a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence. Joining the University of British Columbia as one of only two such sites accredited by FIFA in Canada, the primary focus of the Centre will be to educate the soccer community about different aspects of athletic performance from training principles, to nutrition and sport specific skills. </p> Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:23:30 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26111 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-duo-named-cifar-azrieli-global-scholars-262273 <p><b><i>By  James Martin</i></b></p> <p><em>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº professors Corinne Maurice and Kieran O’Donnell have been appointed to the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program, a new initiative that helps outstanding early-career researchers develop the leadership and communication skills, and network connections, they’ll need to solve some of our most pressing problems</em></p> Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:54:51 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 26094 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-health-care-accessory-fees-quebec-260697 <p>The Quebec government has the intention to prohibit all accessory fees in health care. <span>(</span><a href="http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/201605/02/01-4977108-quebec-veut-bannir-les-frais-accessoires.php"><em>La Presse</em></a><span>)</span></p> Mon, 02 May 2016 15:21:03 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25789 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-prince-1958-2016-260601 <p>"Prince, the superstar American singer-songwriter known for his incredible musicianship, diverse appeal across multiple genres and cavalcade of award-winning hits, has died at age 57." (<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/prince-paisley-park-death-1.3546878">CBC</a>)</p> Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:36:10 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25764 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-pope-francis-divorce-260374 <p>"In a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/08/world/europe/pope-francis-statement-on-family.html">broad proclamation on family life</a>, Pope Francis on Friday called for the Roman Catholic Church to be more welcoming and less judgmental, and he seemingly signaled a pastoral path for divorced and remarried Catholics to receive holy communion.'" (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/world/europe/pope-francis-amoris-laetitia.html">The New York Times</a>)</p> Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:26:20 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25710 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-opioid-epidemic-260359 <p>​<span>Prescriptions for dangerous alternatives to OxyContin are soaring, showing that a crackdown on the popular painkiller has failed to curb Canada’s opioid crisis.</span></p> Tue, 12 Apr 2016 14:34:19 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25702 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-googles-ai-wins-game-over-go-champion-259562 <p><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/go_720x220.jpg" /></p> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:47:07 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25464 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/gravitational-waves-258449 <p>"<span>The first direct detection of gravitational waves is now widely expected to be announced on 11 February by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Using LIGO's twin giant detectors — one in Livingston, Louisiana, and the other in Hanford, Washington — researchers are said to have measured ripples in space-time produced by a collision between two black holes.</span><span>" (<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/gravitational-waves-6-cosmic-questions-they-can-tackle-1.19337"><i>Nature News</i></a></span><span>)</span></p> Wed, 10 Feb 2016 13:41:26 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25265 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/25-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-258441 <p>Twenty-five outstanding Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers are being awarded Canada Research Chairs (CRC), as announced today by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, at the University of British Columbia.</p> Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:41:45 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25262 at /newsroom