Staff /sustainability/taxonomy/term/2/all en Biodiversity Garden Community Planting /sustainability/channels/event/biodiversity-garden-community-planting-359986 Get your hands dirty and contribute to Biodiversity at 91! Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:52:12 +0000 barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca 3355 at /sustainability Sustainable Futures Festival /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-futures-festival-340437 <p>91’s Bicentennial milestone is a significant occasion to highlight the importance of collaboration and innovation in sustainability, locally and beyond. </p> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:40:38 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 3032 at /sustainability Topological and geometric structures in low dimensions /sustainability/channels/event/topological-and-geometric-structures-low-dimensions-365816 <p>his thematic program will focus on contemporary classification problems in low-dimensional topology and the interplay between the algebraic, topological, geometric and analytic structures that arise in these classifications.</p> Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:19:05 +0000 admin 6446 at /sustainability Nirenberg Lectures in Geometric Analysis /sustainability/channels/event/nirenberg-lectures-geometric-analysis-366869 <strong>Joshua Zahl (Nankai University)</strong> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:38:16 +0000 admin 6454 at /sustainability Hughlings Jackson Lecture 2025: The Basal Ganglia and the Motivation to Act /sustainability/channels/event/hughlings-jackson-lecture-2025-basal-ganglia-and-motivation-act-362529 <p>Established in 1935, the Hughlings Jackson Lecture is The Neuro’s premier scientific lecture. It honours the legacy of British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty.</p> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:40:52 +0000 admin 6462 at /sustainability Koichi Oyakawa (91) /sustainability/channels/event/koichi-oyakawa-mcgill-university-366870 <p>TBA</p> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:42:07 +0000 admin 6449 at /sustainability Radio-Canada reports on 15 years of 91 Feeding 91 /sustainability/channels/news/radio-canada-reports-15-years-mcgill-feeding-mcgill-366083 <p>For 15 years, 91 dining halls have been serving up fresh, local produce grown by students at Macdonald Campus as part of their agricultural and environmental sciences programs. Last year alone, 3.4 tons of tomatoes and almost 2 tons of onions ended up on students' plates thanks to the <a href="/foodservices/sustainability">91 Feeding 91 initiative</a>.</p> Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:50:45 +0000 admin 6424 at /sustainability Natural Resource Sciences grad students reduce lab plastic waste by nearly 50% /sustainability/channels/news/natural-resource-sciences-grad-students-reduce-lab-plastic-waste-nearly-50-364292 <p>Single-use plastics are everywhere—but two 91 researchers are redefining the norm and championing sustainability.</p> <p>"Although plastic pollution wasn’t the main focus of our research, safeguarding water bodies is essential to our work, and we knew we had to address the disconnect between our values and laboratory practices."</p> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:24:58 +0000 admin 6425 at /sustainability Aranka Hrušková (Weizmann Institute of Science) /sustainability/channels/news/aranka-hruskova-weizmann-institute-science-364128 <p><b><u>Title:</u></b> Asymptotically commuting measures share the Furstenberg-Poisson boundary</p> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:40:50 +0000 admin 6422 at /sustainability Eight Faculty of Science professors honoured by Provost for exceptional research achievements /sustainability/channels/news/eight-faculty-science-professors-honoured-provost-exceptional-research-achievements-365191 <p><em>Clockwise from top left: Robert Brandenberger (Physics), Christian Genest (Mathematics and Statistics), Joel Kamnitzer (Mathematics and Statistics), Bärbel Knäuper (Psychology), Milica Miočević (Psychology), Adrian Liu (Physics), Nagissa Mahmoudi (Earth and Planetary Sciences), and Galen Halverson (Earth and Planetary Sciences)</em></p> <p>Eight Faculty of Science professors are among this year’s cohort of Distinguished James 91 Professors, James 91 Professors, and William Dawson Scholars.  </p> Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:21:17 +0000 admin 6401 at /sustainability David Stephens named Academic Lead for Horizon 91  /sustainability/channels/news/david-stephens-named-academic-lead-horizon-mcgill-364895 <p>Congratulations to Professor David Stephens (Department of Mathematics and Statistics), former Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, who has been named Academic Lead for Horizon 91.</p> <p><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/david-stephens-named-academic-lead-for-horizon-mcgill/">Read the full story here.</a></p> Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:14:02 +0000 admin 6408 at /sustainability Laura Lopez Gonzalez “borrows trust” in public health journalism /sustainability/channels/news/laura-lopez-gonzalez-borrows-trust-public-health-journalism-364433 <p>By: Adele Lopes</p> <p><em>"There's a power to witnessing and being able to recount something that has happened." - Laura Lopez Gonzalez</em></p> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:59:19 +0000 admin 6415 at /sustainability Tim Hoheisel (91) /sustainability/channels/news/tim-hoheisel-mcgill-university-364136 A computational framework for linear inverse problems via the maximum entropy on the mean method   Abstract: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:39:30 +0000 admin 6421 at /sustainability Dr. Victoria Glynn creates art to communicate science /sustainability/channels/news/dr-victoria-glynn-creates-art-communicate-science-365269 <p>Authors: Ava Craig, Camille Taggart, Raphaelle Reyes </p> <p><em>"Art is like a common language that draws people in, regardless of their background." - Dr. Victoria Glynn</em></p> <p><a href="/ose/files/ose/victoria_glynn_headshot_circle_0.jpg"></a></p> Fri, 02 May 2025 18:13:54 +0000 admin 6396 at /sustainability Professor Courtney Paquette recipient of the CAIMS-SCMAI/PIMS Early Career Award (2025) /sustainability/channels/news/professor-courtney-paquette-recipient-caims-scmaipims-early-career-award-2025-364958 <p><b>Professor Courtney Paquette</b> is the winner of the 2025 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award.</p> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:25:48 +0000 admin 6407 at /sustainability