/smerg/taxonomy/term/5/all en /smerg/channels/news/physics-professor-cynthia-chiang-featured-national-geographic-358058 <p>Physics Professor and National Geographic Explorer Cynthia Chiang is the subject of a new <em>National Geographic </em>article out today.</p> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:09:43 +0000 admin 5876 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/101-mcgill-research-projects-awarded-235-million-nserc-discovery-grants-funding-358031 <p><strong><em>Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering</em></strong></p> <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.</p> <p>The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.</p> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:07:59 +0000 admin 5875 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/margaret-mackenzie-samantha-nepton-and-taylor-richardson-winners-mccall-macbain-scholarships-357982 <p>Margaret Mackenzie (BEd’23), Samantha Nepton (BEd’23), and Taylor Richardson (BFA'23<span> Towson University),</span> are winners of McCall MacBain Scholarships, Canada’s largest leadership-based scholarships for master’s and professional studies.</p> <p>Each finalist was chosen based on their character, community engagement, leadership potential, entrepreneurial spirit, academic strength, and intellectual curiosity:</p> <h5><strong>Margaret Mackenzie</strong></h5> <p>2024 McCall MacBain Scholar<br /> Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Faculty of Education, MA, Educational Leadership</p> Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:35:25 +0000 admin 5873 at /smerg /smerg/channels/event/mccall-macbain-scholarships-applications-and-information-webinar-357983 <p>Are you a leader in your program, your community, campus group or association? Are you an undergraduate student, interested in pursuing a master’s degree at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº next year?</p> Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:47:51 +0000 admin 5872 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/fred-genesee-receives-roger-brown-award-357971 <p style="text-align:center"><em><strong>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº psychology professor honoured for achievements in child language acquisition</strong></em></p> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:03:39 +0000 admin 5869 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/professor-eyal-goren-awarded-prestigious-frontiers-science-award-2024-357945 <p>Professor <b>Eyal Goren</b> has received a prestigious <b>Frontiers of Science Award</b> for his co-authorship in his landmark publication <a href="https://annals.math.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/annals-v187-n2-p03-p.pdf"><b>Faltings heights of abelian varieties with complex multiplication</b> by <b>Andreatta Fabrizio, Goren Eyal, Howard Benjamin, Keerthi Sampath Madapusi. Annals of Mathematics (2018).</b></a></p> Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:22:37 +0000 admin 5868 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/three-dise-graduate-students-win-prestigious-fellowship-and-awards-international-research-357936 <p>Three graduate students from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº's Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) have been honoured with prestigious fellowships and awards for their international research endeavours.</p> Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:58:39 +0000 admin 5867 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/lighting-circuits-cerebellum-357915 <h3><em>New Æ»¹ûÒùÔº study sheds light on the cerebellar nuclei </em></h3> <p>In a <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49339-1">new article</a> published today in <em>Nature Communications</em>, a team of Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers led by <a href="https://wattlabmcgill.ca/">Professor Alanna Watt</a> of the Department of Biology examines the spatial organization of neurons in the cerebellar cortex. The findings offer new insight into how information is integrated in the cerebellum and shed light on the role of the often-overlooked cerebellar nuclei. </p> Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:08:52 +0000 admin 5865 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/dise-graduate-students-alexa-ahooja-and-hannah-keim-win-prestigious-applied-linguistics-awards-357904 <p>DISE Graduate Students Alexa Ahooja, PhD Candidate in Educational Studies, and Hannah Keim, MA student in Second Language Education, have won the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA) Graduate Student Awards.</p> Mon, 08 Jul 2024 15:36:32 +0000 admin 5863 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/mcgill-honours-its-accomplished-researchers-education-357877 <p>Two members of the Faculty of Education were bestowed with prestigious internal recognition awards from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, for outstanding scholarship and research excellence. This year's cohort includes Dean <a href="/education/vivek-venkatesh">Vivek Venkatesh</a>, receiving the James Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Professor Award and Associate Professor <a href="/education/angelica-galante">Angelica Galante</a> (Director, Pluriligual Lab) who is named as a William Dawson Scholar. </p> <p>Excerpt from The Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Reporter:</p> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 21:38:59 +0000 admin 5861 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/generative-ai-classroom-357848 <p>With generative AI tools readily available to students, student assessment was a recurrent topic of discussion at a bilingual, two-day symposium hosted by Æ»¹ûÒùÔº last month in partnership with Google and the Pôle interordres de Montréal.</p> Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:06:48 +0000 admin 5856 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/dr-shane-sweet-one-mcgills-10-renewed-canada-research-chairs-2023-357789 <p><a href="/education/shane-sweet">Dr. Shane Sweet</a>, Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education was just renewed as a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Participation, Well-Being, and Physical Disability. Shane's research involves studying well-being and participation in daily and social activities among people living with physical disabilities. This kind of practical application research will impact society in terms of optimizing interventions and programs aimed at enhancing the lives of people living with physical disabilities.</p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:38:01 +0000 admin 5854 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/17-mcgill-researchers-honoured-prestigious-canada-research-chairs-357763 <p style="text-align:center"><em>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº awarded $10.9 million in federal funding through Canada Research Chairs Program</em></p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:48:28 +0000 admin 5853 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/astrophysics-award-honours-student-research-nod-pioneer-357785 <p>Allie Vibert Douglas made history when she earned her PhD at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.</p> <p>It was 1926 – a time when higher education wasn’t an option for most women.</p> <p>By then, Douglas already had a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº – and had been named a member of the Order of the British Empire for her wartime service. With her PhD, she became the first Canadian woman to obtain a doctorate in astrophysics.</p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:01:22 +0000 admin 5852 at /smerg /smerg/channels/news/dise-professor-philip-howard-receives-2024-catr-award-best-book-357771 <p>The new book by DISE Professor Philip Howard – <em>Performing Postracialism: Reflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education through Contemporary Blackface in Canada</em>, has won the Canadian Association for Theatre Research’s (CATR) Ann Saddlemyer Award.</p> Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:55:36 +0000 admin 5851 at /smerg