Experts: Food insecurity in Quebec

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Homecoming 2025: Water, Climate Change, and the Future

As part of last weekend鈥檚 Homecoming festivities, Interim Dean of Science Alanna Watt hosted an engaging and timely event on Friday morning entitled 鈥淲ater, Climate Change, and the Future,鈥� which highlighted the importance of freshwater science research in the face of a changing climate.听

Documenting Change: A conversation with Mostafa Shagar from Science for the People

Mostafa presenting on Science for the People at a Biology Seminar Day.

Authors:听Lina Champain and Alia Sanger

Lina Champain and Alia Sanger interviewed Mostafa Shagar as an assignment in FSCI 500: Science Communication & Outreach. The interview has been edited for length.

Experts: Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane听Melissa,听now听a Category听Five听tropical cyclone, has made landfall in Jamaica. It is the strongest storm to hit the island听country听in听at least 150听years听and the most powerful recorded听anywhere听in 2025.听It听has caused severe flooding and mass evacuations across Jamaica and along the storm鈥檚 projected path, which includes Cuba and听the听Bahamas.听

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Fast Radio Burst Conference hosted at 91黑料网 for the first time

Physics researchers Amanda Cook and Alice Curtin organize FRB2025, celebrating the 10th anniversary of a major finding in the field Doris Hua, Faculty of Science Communications Assistant

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Education Researcher Receive John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) Funding

Thirty-two 91黑料网 research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $9.7 million.听 These grants will be matched by the Quebec government, doubling their value.听

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Two Faculty of Education researchers received funding for their innovative work:

Biology鈥檚 Mahnaz Mansoori wins President鈥檚 Award for Administrative and Support Staff

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Education's President's Prize Winners for Teaching Excellence

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91黑料网 researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

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Experts: Pedestrian Safety Month

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To draw attention to this problem, the SAAQ marks Pedestrian Safety Month each October, as do authorities in several other jurisdictions.

Chemistry professor Eric McCalla awarded Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future grant

Eric McCalla, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, has received a Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) grant, a joint program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).听

Millions of buildings at risk from sea level rise, 91黑料网-led study finds

Sea level rise could put more than 100 million buildings across the Global South at risk of regular flooding if fossil fuel emissions are not curbed quickly, according to a new 91黑料网-led study published in npj Urban Sustainability.