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How does one species become many?

Published: 9 January 2024

Evolutionary biologists have long suspected that the diversification of a single species into multiple descendent species – that is, an “adaptive radiation” – is the result of each species adapting...

McGill launches Canada Award to offset tuition increase for Canadian undergraduate students

Published: 20 December 2023

McGill University is launching a $3,000 Canada Award to offset tuition increases for Canadian undergraduate students from outside Quebec in certain disciplines. Approximately 80% of new Canadian...

McGill launches Collaborative for AI and Society

Published: 20 December 2023

New efforts to mobilize around the challenges and opportunities of AI are taking shape at McGill. On December 4, a new McGill Collaborative for AI & Society (McCAIS) held an internal launch...

Interview with Physics Professor Victoria Kaspi in Nature

Published: 18 December 2023

In a new interview with Nature, Physics Professor and Shaw laureate Victoria Kaspi reflects on the inaugural Hong Kong Laureate Forum and how researchers can foster communication across different...

Fighting disinformation in Quebec

Published: 15 December 2023

Until now, most disinformation research, datasets, and tools to protect users like bot detectors, have only included English-language social media. This lack of linguistic diversity leaves...

Global Undergraduate Awards- Glen Loo

Published: 15 December 2023

Recently, Glen Loo from the Lumb Group received an award from the Global Undergraduate Awards (GUA) for the work he did during a 5-month research internship. Glen had come to McGill from Nanyang...

Stuck in traffic: Researchers identify cellular traffic jams in a rare disease

Published: 12 December 2023

Researchers zero in on spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, a disease that disrupts brain function...

Pallavi Sirjoosingh: Winner, Principal’s Prize for Teaching Excellence (Faculty Lecturer)

Published: 7 December 2023

A packed Leacock 132 can be an intimidating place when you’re down in front and looking back up at more than 600 undergrads about to study university-level chemistry for the first time....

What skin piercings can teach us about environmental change

Published: 5 December 2023

In a new study from McGill University, researchers bring science into an unexpected setting: a tattoo parlor. In this first characterization of the human piercing microbiome, the uniquely human...

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