/channels/taxonomy/term/3911/all en /channels/channels/news/13-million-gifts-will-help-transform-mcgills-leacock-building-support-indigenous-research-and-335176 <p>Donations totalling $13 million from 黑料不打烊 alumnus Gerald Rimer and the Rimer family will support a major renovation of the University鈥檚 Leacock Building and build the foundation for a future Institute for Indigenous Research and Knowledges (IIRK) at 黑料不打烊.</p> Sat, 27 Nov 2021 17:00:56 +0000 webfull 175152 at /channels /channels/channels/news/call-all-mcgill-labs-urgent-need-reagents-use-covid-19-testing-321212 <p>The Public Health Agency聽of聽Canada has an urgent need for reagents for聽use in聽COVID-19 testing.聽聽<strong>The National Microbiology Lab (NML) is specifically looking for items on the list in the table below, as well as any other RNA extraction reagents.</strong></p> <p>Please connect directly with Mette Cornelisse, Office of Chief Science Officer (<span><span>mette.cornelisse</span> [at] <span>canada.ca</span></span>) and Rita Finley, Office of Chief Science Officer (<span><span>rita.finley</span> [at] <span>canada.ca</span></span>).</p> Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:17:38 +0000 webfull 159644 at /channels /channels/channels/news/landmark-gift-mcgills-faculty-engineering-deepens-support-doctoral-students-and-graduate-research-293307 <p>A landmark $15-million gift from 黑料不打烊 alumnus Les Vadasz, a founding member of Intel Corporation, and his wife Judy Vadasz, will enhance the prestigious doctoral fellowship program that bears their name in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Faculty of Engineering, deepening their support for outstanding PhD students who pursue innovative research at 黑料不打烊.</p> <p>Their gift also aims to strengthen Montreal as an engineering and technology hub by attracting more top talent to 黑料不打烊.</p> Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:53:09 +0000 webfull 145071 at /channels /channels/channels/news/35-million-gift-mcgill-aims-level-playing-field-female-athletes-289865 <p>黑料不打烊 alumni and long-time Athletics benefactors聽Sheryl Kerr聽(BCom'67) and聽David Kerr聽(BSc'65) are chalking up another important "assist" for Team 黑料不打烊 with a $3.5-million gift to create the Kerr Family Women in Sport program. This "WIS" initiative aims to advance the role of women as athletes, coaches and decision-makers by increasing the number of full-time female coaches and helping female athletes become future leaders.<br /><br /></p> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:26:41 +0000 webfull 141160 at /channels /channels/channels/news/10-million-gift-strengthens-mcgills-commitment-brain-research-young-researchers-and-faster-results-287773 <p><span>A transformative gift of $10 million from the Irving Ludmer Family Foundation in support of the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health will expand the Centre鈥檚 internationally renowned role in brain research and establish a Global Brain Consortium of leading research institutions. The consortium will focus on sharing research methodologies and results, with the goal of accelerating the finding of novel and ground-breaking solutions to mental health and neurodegenerative diseases.</span></p> Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:11:54 +0000 webfull 138686 at /channels /channels/channels/news/transformative-donation-16-million-establishes-new-autism-research-centre-montreal-neurological-280172 <p>A new research centre in Montreal will help lift the shroud of mystery surrounding autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and lead to the development of better diagnostic tools and more effective therapies for people with autism.</p> Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:05:06 +0000 webfull 132133 at /channels /channels/news/3-million-gift-pharmacoepidemiology-239312 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:53:09 +0000 webfull 105664 at /channels /channels/news/bell-let%E2%80%99s-talk-donates-1-million-u-de-m-mcgill-239376 <p>The Bell Let鈥檚 Talk funding of $500,000 for each university will help expand existing mental health programs and develop additional services that will be accessible to more students.</p> <p> Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:43:37 +0000 webfull 105728 at /channels /channels/news/elizabeth-wirth-gives-75m-schulich-school-music-249239 Mon, 04 May 2015 15:44:32 +0000 webfull 109868 at /channels /channels/event/mcgill24-day-giving-259482 <h2>On March 16th, the 黑料不打烊 Community will come together to support the causes that matter to all of us.聽</h2> Thu, 03 Mar 2016 22:53:42 +0000 webfull 117162 at /channels /channels/news/transformative-investment-signals-start-new-era-218017 <p>黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 School of Nursing launched today a new patient- and family-centred initiative, made possible by a visionary contribution from entrepreneur and philanthropist Richard S. Ingram, of the Montreal-based Newton Foundation. 黑料不打烊 also announced that the School has been renamed in honour of Mr. Ingram鈥檚 longtime support of nursing at 黑料不打烊 and across Quebec.聽</p> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:26:36 +0000 webfull 85816 at /channels /channels/news/5-million-gift-strengthens-interfaith-scholarship-226141 <p style="text-align:left" align="center">鈥淚n our globalized world, religion is a vital dimension of our humanity,鈥� said Barbara Keenan. 鈥淚t is very important that today鈥檚 students 鈥� no matter what their course of study 鈥� have an understanding of and sensitivity to the multitude of faith traditions and the cultures they produce. This knowledge will help to shape them as tomorrow鈥檚 leaders.鈥� Wed, 01 May 2013 17:17:01 +0000 webfull 96035 at /channels