о News - Faculty of Science /channels/news_feeds/all/term/science_fac/rss en Science Showcase helps students build communication skills /channels/channels/news/science-showcase-helps-students-build-communication-skills-364583 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Students from across the University gathered at the University Centre (SSMU) on March 25 to share their research, fieldwork, in-class assignments and passion projects in a supportive, non-competitive environment.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/screenshot_2025-03-28_at_9.43.12_am.png?itok=wdjoC4D9" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:45:58 +0000 webfull 208352 at /channels Humpback whales’ use of memory to time their migration could prove less effective amid climate change /channels/channels/news/humpback-whales-use-memory-time-their-migration-could-prove-less-effective-amid-climate-change-364556 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A new study led by о researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time environmental cues with their memories of conditions in their Antarctic feeding grounds to determine when to embark on their annual 10,000-kilometre journey. With climate change accelerating, the researchers warn this strategy may become less effective amid shifting ocean conditions. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-623589412.jpg?itok=JZzH0l-w" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:09:16 +0000 webfull 208318 at /channels PhD Oral Defence: Mr. Gavin Barill /channels/channels/news/phd-oral-defence-mr-gavin-barill-364446 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p><b>о, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS</b></p> <b>PhD Oral Defence<b> </b>of Mr. Gavin Barill</b> <p align="center"> </p> <p><b>DATE:</b> Monday, April 15, 2025</p> <p><b>TIME / PLACE: </b>Pre-Defence - 1:15 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1234) ; Defence - 1:30 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1025)</p> <p><b>TITLE:</b><b> </b>Establishing Limit Theorems using Finite Difference Schemes</p> <p><b>CHAIR</b><b>: </b>Prof. Niky Kamran</p> <p><b>SUPERVISOR</b><b>:</b> Prof. Jessica Lin</p> <p><b>INTERNAL MEMBER</b><b>: </b>Prof. Louigi Addario-Berry</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:31:48 +0000 webfull 208186 at /channels PhD Oral Defence of Ms. Wendy Wang /channels/channels/news/phd-oral-defence-ms-wendy-wang-364445 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p><a name="_Hlk146115370" id="_Hlk146115370"><b>о </b></a><b>DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS </b></p> <p><b>PhD Oral Defence<b> </b>of Ms. Wendy Wang</b></p> <p><b>DATE:</b> Monday, March 31, 2025</p> <p><b>TIME / PLACE:</b> <a name="_Hlk169508292" id="_Hlk169508292">Pre-Defence - 10:15 a.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1234)</a></p> <p>Defence - 10:30 a.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1025)</p> <p><b>TITLE:</b><b> </b>Applications and dynamics of delay differential equations with threshold state-dependent delay</p> <p><b>CHAIR</b><b>: </b>Prof. Jérôme Vétois</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:23:46 +0000 webfull 208185 at /channels Laura Lopez Gonzalez “borrows trust” in public health journalism /channels/channels/news/laura-lopez-gonzalez-borrows-trust-public-health-journalism-364433 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><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></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:59:19 +0000 webfull 208170 at /channels о Professor Simon Caron-Huot awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship /channels/channels/news/mcgill-professor-simon-caron-huot-awarded-2025-dorothy-killam-fellowship-364355 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Simon Caron-Huot, Professor and Canada Research Chair in High-Energy Physics, has been awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship. The prestigious Dorothy Killam Fellowship is part of Canada’s National Killam Program, which also includes the Killam Prize. Eight Fellowships were awarded across the country.  </p> <p>The Dorothy Killam Fellowship provides researchers with up to two years of relief from teaching and administrative duties to focus on transformative research that has potential to positively improve Canadian lives.  </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/simon_caron_huot_-_screenshot.png?itok=cy-fGs5M" width="160" height="85" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:40:33 +0000 webfull 208056 at /channels Eleven new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to о /channels/channels/news/eleven-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-364279 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On March 13, the Government of Canada, announced more than $308 million to advance science and research across the country. More than $153 million will support 179 new and renewed <a href="https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.aspx" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Canada Research Chairs</a> at 38 research institutions.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/crc_pin.png?itok=Npek4W_s" width="160" height="84" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:08:29 +0000 webfull 207941 at /channels Nuit Blanche returns to the Redpath Museum /channels/channels/news/nuit-blanche-returns-redpath-museum-364138 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <div> <p><span><span>On March 1, <span>Nuit blanche t<span>ook over<span> Montréal for its 22<span><span>nd<span><span> edition. The<span> annual <span>all-night <span>festival brings <span>cultural events <span>to every corner of the city, including о’s downtown campus. <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/nuit_blanche.jpg?itok=dqErP5zU" width="160" height="121" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:47:55 +0000 webfull 207766 at /channels Tim Hoheisel (о) /channels/channels/news/tim-hoheisel-mcgill-university-364136 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>A computational framework for linear inverse problems via the maximum entropy on the mean method</h2> <h3> </h3> <h2>Abstract:</h2> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:39:30 +0000 webfull 207764 at /channels Aranka Hrušková (Weizmann Institute of Science) /channels/channels/news/aranka-hruskova-weizmann-institute-science-364128 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><b><u>Title:</u></b> Asymptotically commuting measures share the Furstenberg-Poisson boundary</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:40:50 +0000 webfull 207757 at /channels