/oss/taxonomy/term/3617/all en /oss/channels/news/family-science-day-mcgills-family-friendly-foray-science-360559 <h4><strong>by Phuong Hoang, Faculty of Science Communications Associate</strong></h4> Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:14:40 +0000 admin 10120 at /oss /oss/channels/event/chemistry-outreach-group-10th-anniversary-mcgill-open-house-360512 <p>The Department of Chemistry will be open to the public for ���ϲ����� Open House on Sunday October 27<sup>th</sup> from 10AM to 3PM.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:05:59 +0000 admin 10116 at /oss /oss/channels/event/experience-shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing-morgan-arboretum-360463 <p>Join guide Jacky Farrell (<a href="/science/outreach">���ϲ����� Science Outreach</a>), for a bilingual Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) walk in the Morgan Arboretum.</p> Tue, 15 Oct 2024 21:11:21 +0000 admin 10113 at /oss /oss/channels/news/soup-science-event-opens-research-opportunities-undergraduate-students-360449 <p><span><span><span>Twenty-two speakers <span><span><span>from the faculties of Arts, Science and Engineering <span><span><span>presented their research in “lightning talks” <span><span><span>to <span><span><span>more than 480 undergraduate <span><span><span>students <span><span><span>at <span><span><span>Soup <span><span><span>&<span><span><span> Science, <span><span><span>a <span><span><span>biannual event.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:48:23 +0000 admin 10112 at /oss /oss/channels/event/au-coeur-de-griffintown-linclusion-territoriale-du-projet-mr-63-lecture-french-360279 &������;����;��&������;����;��&������;����;/��&������;����; Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:50:43 +0000 admin 10106 at /oss /oss/channels/news/thomas-c-preston-awarded-grant-alfred-p-sloan-foundation-360110 <p><i>Funding to support research on atmospheric aerosol particles and the emergence of life on Earth</i></p> &������;����;��&������;����;��&������;����;/��&������;����; <p>Professor Thomas C. Preston -- jointly appointed to the departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Chemistry -- has been awarded a grant of USD$800,000 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The grant will support Professor Preston’s research on atmospheric aerosol particles, with the goal of advancing understanding of the origin of life's building blocks on early Earth.</p> Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:20:42 +0000 admin 10097 at /oss /oss/channels/news/new-sustainable-catalyst-fast-selective-reductive-conversion-co2-359916 <p>Anthropogenic climate change drastically affects our planet, with CO<sub>2</sub> being the most critical gaseous driver. Here, we present a fast, effective, and sustainable route for coupling diverse alcohols, amines and amides with CO<sub>2</sub> via heterogenization of a natural metal-based homogeneous catalyst through decorating on functionalized graphene oxide. Combined synthetic, experimental, and theoretical studies unravel mechanistic routes to convergent 4‑electron reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> under mild conditions.</p> Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:48:36 +0000 admin 10094 at /oss /oss/channels/event/governments-role-freeing-markets-challenging-corporate-red-tape-359843 <p>Authors and competition policy experts <strong><strong>Denise Hearn</strong></strong><strong><strong> </strong></strong><strong><strong>a</strong></strong>nd <strong><strong>Vass Bednar</strong></strong> draw on their new book, <a href="https://su</body></html>"></a></p> Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:19:27 +0000 admin 10086 at /oss /oss/channels/event/big-fix-how-companies-remake-markets-cash-and-keep-it-hidden-and-what-do-about-it-359844 <p>In the third and final lecture of the 2024 ���ϲ����� Max Bell Lectures series, <strong><strong>Vass Bednar </strong></strong>and <strong><strong>Denise Hearn</strong></strong> draw on their new book, <a href="https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/</body></html>"></a></p> Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:22:05 +0000 admin 10087 at /oss /oss/channels/news/mark-your-calendars-family-science-day-september-28th-359770 <p><b>On September 28<sup>th</sup> between 9 am and 4 pm</b>, join ���ϲ�����’s Office of Science Outreach, STEMM Diversity @ ���ϲ�����, the Trottier Space Institute and ���ϲ����� Physics Outreach, for free science activities for families. Activities will be held both indoors and outdoors at the downtown campus and are intended for children ages 6 and up.</p> <p>Registration is required for some activities.</p> <p>For more details and the full schedule, <a href="/science/outreach/upcoming-events">visit this link</a>.</p> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:46:10 +0000 admin 10080 at /oss /oss/channels/news/scholarship-truly-life-changing-mcgills-2024-schulich-leaders-359568 <p>Daniel Valentini couldn’t believe his eyes when he read the letter informing him of his Schulich Leader Scholarship. </p> <p>“I called ���ϲ����� to confirm, and they told me it was real. I think I was in shock,” says Valentini, a graduate of Dawson College in Montreal who is entering ���ϲ�����’s Faculty of Science.</p> Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:54:28 +0000 admin 10075 at /oss /oss/channels/news/highly-functionalized-all-cellulose-nanocomposites-bacteria-enabled-situ-modifications-359562 <p>Dr. Seyed Mohammad Amin Ojagh, from Prof. van de Ven's research group and his colleagues, introduced a novel class of highly functionalized nanocellulose-based materials for diverse applications, recently published in the Chemical Engineering Journal. This study involved the in-situ modification of bacterial cellulose (BC) with hairy nanocellulose (HNC), resulting in nanocomposites with enhanced physicochemical properties compared to BC alone.</p> Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:28:23 +0000 admin 10074 at /oss /oss/channels/news/mcgills-computer-science-camp-inspires-next-generation-coders-359448 <p>After a hiatus of about a decade, the <a href="https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~summcamp/english/Home.html">���ϲ����� Computer Science Summer Camp</a> once again welcomed students from Montreal high schools and CEGEPs to the downtown campus this summer. The camp was a group effort organized by students, staff and faculty across the computer science community. Students participated in four packed days of talks, hands-on activities and coding sessions, to learn about computer science.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:33:26 +0000 admin 10067 at /oss /oss/channels/news/twelve-mcgill-professors-honoured-royal-society-canada-359276 <p>Ten ���ϲ����� professors researching in such areas as child trauma, memory and cardiovascular diseases are among the Royal Society of Canada’s (RSC) newest Fellows. Another two early-career professors at the University have been named Members of the RSC’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.</p> <p>They are among 104 new Fellows and 56 Members from across the country announced by the RSC on September 3, 2024.</p> Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:29:42 +0000 admin 10057 at /oss /oss/channels/news/frederic-bertley-receives-honorary-doctorate-degree-his-astounding-work-science-education-359098 <p>Frederic Bertley was amongst a group of leaders to receive an honorary degree from ���ϲ����� this spring. For the past eight years, Bertley has served as the President and CEO of the <a href="https://cosi.org/">Center of Science and Industry</a> (COSI), which features the largest science outreach program in North America.</p> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:45:39 +0000 admin 10052 at /oss