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Another McGillian who is factoring into a lot of best-of-the-year lists? Evan Goldberg, BA’05, the co-creator of The Studio, which has been listed by Time, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, the LA Times and Entertainment Weekly as among 2025’s best
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Another McGillian who is factoring into a lot of best-of-the-year lists? Evan Goldberg, BA’05, the co-creator of The Studio, which has been listed by Time, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, the LA Times and Entertainment Weekly as among 2025’s best
As stated here recently, a number of books by (or about) McGill grads have been appearing on best-of-year lists. Add to that, Who by Fire (Comme le feu), the most recent movie by Quebec filmmaker Philippe Lesage, BA’98, named one of the year’s best films by The New Yorker
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
As stated here recently, a number of books by (or about) McGill grads have been appearing on best-of-year lists. Add to that, Who by Fire (Comme le feu), the most recent movie by Quebec filmmaker Philippe Lesage, BA’98, named one of the year’s best films by The New Yorker
Each year, scientists around the world take part in the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition. Aman Chokshi, a postdoctoral fellow at McGill’s Trottier Space Institute, was the runner-up in astronomy for Between Auroras and Dawn – A South Pole Sunrise After the Longest Night on Earth
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Each year, scientists around the world take part in the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition. Aman Chokshi, a postdoctoral fellow at McGill’s Trottier Space Institute, was the runner-up in astronomy for Between Auroras and Dawn – A South Pole Sunrise After the Longest Night on Earth
Books by McGill grads appear on several best-of-the-year lists. 4 McGillians cracked the Globe and Mail’s Globe 100 list – Eric Andrew-Gee (The Mind Mappers), Ron Graham (editor of The Coutts Diaries), Susan Swan (Big Girls Don’t Cry) and Steven Pinker (When Everyone Knows What Everyone Knows…)
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Books by McGill grads appear on several best-of-the-year lists. 4 McGillians cracked the Globe and Mail’s Globe 100 list – Eric Andrew-Gee (The Mind Mappers), Ron Graham (editor of The Coutts Diaries), Susan Swan (Big Girls Don’t Cry) and Steven Pinker (When Everyone Knows What Everyone Knows…)
McGill’s Celeste Pedri-Spade: “[‘Pretendians’] become a kind of counterfeit currency, granting Canadians easy access to digestible versions of Indigenous identity and experience. But they are not ours, they are not us and they are not our stories” theconversation.com/thomas-king-...
Thomas King: As we learn another ‘hero’ is non-Indigenous, let’s not ignore a broader cultural problem
Indigenous people are more than stories. We deserve a future where our identities are not commodities, and accountability is measured by actions that build trust and repair harm.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
McGill’s Celeste Pedri-Spade: “[‘Pretendians’] become a kind of counterfeit currency, granting Canadians easy access to digestible versions of Indigenous identity and experience. But they are not ours, they are not us and they are not our stories” theconversation.com/thomas-king-...
McGill neuroscientist Udunna Anazodo and her team are the driving forces behind Imaging Without Borders, a pioneering effort that could transform global access to brain imaging. “About 70 to 80 per cent of the world does not have access to MRI systems” www.mcgill.ca/neuro/articl...
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
McGill neuroscientist Udunna Anazodo and her team are the driving forces behind Imaging Without Borders, a pioneering effort that could transform global access to brain imaging. “About 70 to 80 per cent of the world does not have access to MRI systems” www.mcgill.ca/neuro/articl...
Scrivener Creative Review, the McGill literary magazine that has featured work by everyone from Leonard Cohen to P.K. Page to Sheila Heti, returned in 2025 after a 5-year hiatus. “We received over 400 [submissions] for the upcoming Fall issue” reporter.mcgill.ca/scrivener-re...
Scrivener returns: McGill’s oldest literary magazine is back - McGill Reporter
Now in its fifth decade, iconic literary review has featured fledgling authors and big names alike
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November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Scrivener Creative Review, the McGill literary magazine that has featured work by everyone from Leonard Cohen to P.K. Page to Sheila Heti, returned in 2025 after a 5-year hiatus. “We received over 400 [submissions] for the upcoming Fall issue” reporter.mcgill.ca/scrivener-re...
Using a 3D printer, discarded pallets and other inexpensive materials, Morley Kert, BEng’19, designs and builds unique items and recreates high-end designer furniture. Millions of viewers on YouTube take pleasure in his ingenuity and enthusiasm mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/tinkering-on...
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Using a 3D printer, discarded pallets and other inexpensive materials, Morley Kert, BEng’19, designs and builds unique items and recreates high-end designer furniture. Millions of viewers on YouTube take pleasure in his ingenuity and enthusiasm mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/tinkering-on...
As the CEO of Partnership on AI, Rebecca Finlay, BA’88, works with a diverse array of entities – everyone from OpenAI to UNICEF to the BBC – to encourage the development of artificial intelligence in a way that is transparent and focused on the public good mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/fostering-a-...
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As the CEO of Partnership on AI, Rebecca Finlay, BA’88, works with a diverse array of entities – everyone from OpenAI to UNICEF to the BBC – to encourage the development of artificial intelligence in a way that is transparent and focused on the public good mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/fostering-a-...
Time Out’s list of the coolest streets in the world includes one street that will be VERY familiar to McGillians. www.timeout.com/travel/coole...
The 31 coolest streets in the world in 2025
Food, fun, culture and community – these streets have it all
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November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Time Out’s list of the coolest streets in the world includes one street that will be VERY familiar to McGillians. www.timeout.com/travel/coole...
How does McGill prepare its graduates for a challenging job market? “When you go to any employer, they look more broadly than just what your degree says about you, and McGill offers that” mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/future-ready...
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How does McGill prepare its graduates for a challenging job market? “When you go to any employer, they look more broadly than just what your degree says about you, and McGill offers that” mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/future-ready...
When a McGill research team struggled to make 3D printer nozzles narrow enough for their needs, they found a perfect model in nature -- mosquitos www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Mosquito proboscis repurposed as a fine nozzle for 3D printing
When engineers struggled to make 3D printer nozzles narrow enough for their needs, they turned to nature and found the proboscis of a female mosquito had exactly the properties they needed
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November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
When a McGill research team struggled to make 3D printer nozzles narrow enough for their needs, they found a perfect model in nature -- mosquitos www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
In a recent interview, economist Peter Howitt, BA’68, discussed his Nobel Prize-winning research, the AI revolution, and how his curiosity about the price of wool led him to McGill mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/head-over-he...
‘Head over heels in love with economics’
Thanks to his pioneering work on ‘creative destruction’, Peter Howitt, BA’68, recently won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In a recent interview, economist Peter Howitt, BA’68, discussed his Nobel Prize-winning research, the AI revolution, and how his curiosity about the price of wool led him to McGill mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/head-over-he...
When Mathieu Darche, BCom’00, the new general manager of the New York Islanders, was studying management at McGill and playing for the University’s hockey team, he couldn’t have imagined how those two sides of his life would end up being combined mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/his-new-job-...
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
When Mathieu Darche, BCom’00, the new general manager of the New York Islanders, was studying management at McGill and playing for the University’s hockey team, he couldn’t have imagined how those two sides of his life would end up being combined mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/his-new-job-...
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Angela Campbell appointed McGill's next Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic). Read more: https://mcgill.ca/x/i9m
Angela Campbell a été nommée provost et vice-rectrice principale aux études de l'Université McGill. En savoir plus : https://mcgill.ca/x/i9s
Angela Campbell a été nommée provost et vice-rectrice principale aux études de l'Université McGill. En savoir plus : https://mcgill.ca/x/i9s
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Angela Campbell appointed McGill's next Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic). Read more: https://mcgill.ca/x/i9m
Angela Campbell a été nommée provost et vice-rectrice principale aux études de l'Université McGill. En savoir plus : https://mcgill.ca/x/i9s
Angela Campbell a été nommée provost et vice-rectrice principale aux études de l'Université McGill. En savoir plus : https://mcgill.ca/x/i9s
Congratulations to McGill law professor René Provost, emeritus professor of French language & literature Yvon Rivard, and McGill alums Céline Galipeau and Clément Gosselin. They are among the winners of the 2025 Prix du Québec prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/prix-du-queb...
Les personnes lauréates des Prix du Québec
Découvrez les lauréates et les lauréats des Prix du Québec et apprenez-en plus sur leur parcours exceptionnel dans les domaines scientifique et culturel.
prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations to McGill law professor René Provost, emeritus professor of French language & literature Yvon Rivard, and McGill alums Céline Galipeau and Clément Gosselin. They are among the winners of the 2025 Prix du Québec prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/prix-du-queb...
During WWI, McGill pathology instructor John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields, “one of the most moving pieces of poetry about the horrors of trench warfare.” The McGill Library’s 4 handwritten copies of the poem recently received special recognition from UNESCO montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
Hanes: Handwritten copies of In Flanders Fields are artifacts of remembrance
McGill University's Osler Library holds four copies of John McCrae's poem, each one speaking volumes about how the human spirit overcame the horrors of war.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
During WWI, McGill pathology instructor John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields, “one of the most moving pieces of poetry about the horrors of trench warfare.” The McGill Library’s 4 handwritten copies of the poem recently received special recognition from UNESCO montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
“On May 8, 1945, McGill’s end-of-term examinations were disrupted by spontaneous celebrations” following the announcement of the end of the war in Europe. With the return of war veterans, enrolment at McGill more than doubled the following year reporter.mcgill.ca/80-years-ago...
80 years ago: Second World War’s end brings challenges and change to McGill - McGill Reporter
80 years ago: Second World War’s end brings challenges and change to McGill
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“On May 8, 1945, McGill’s end-of-term examinations were disrupted by spontaneous celebrations” following the announcement of the end of the war in Europe. With the return of war veterans, enrolment at McGill more than doubled the following year reporter.mcgill.ca/80-years-ago...
Congratulations to Katia Belkhodja, MA’12, for winning the Governor General’s Literary Award for French Fiction for her book Les déterrées
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Congratulations to Katia Belkhodja, MA’12, for winning the Governor General’s Literary Award for French Fiction for her book Les déterrées
A McGill pain researcher is teaming up with the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The goal is to help people dealing with chronic pain express what they’re feeling by using art and AI reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-resea...
McGill researcher teams up with U.S. art museum to enhance understanding of chronic pain - McGill Reporter
The PAin+ project uses open-access art and artificial intelligence to help people visualize the invisible, and better express what they are feeling
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November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A McGill pain researcher is teaming up with the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The goal is to help people dealing with chronic pain express what they’re feeling by using art and AI reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-resea...
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Sam Greene, BCom’20, MMgmt’21, studied analytics at McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management. As the assistant pitching coach for the Toronto Blue Jays, he has been using that expertise to help the pitchers on one of baseball’s best teams mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/fastball-cur...
Fastball? Curveball? Let’s see what the data says
Sam Greene, BCom’20, MMgmt’21, studied analytics at the Desautels Faculty of Management before becoming the assistant pitching coach for the Toronto Blue Jays,
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October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Professor Emerita Bartha Maria Knoppers recently received McGill’s highest academic honour. “It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Professor Knoppers’ landmark work in bioethics, the place where law and medicine meet” reporter.mcgill.ca/bartha-knopp...
Bartha Knoppers awarded McGill Medal for lifetime of pioneering work in bioethics - McGill Reporter
From literature to law to genetics, the founder of McGill’s Centre of Genomics and Policy built a career at the crossroads of science and ethics
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October 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Professor Emerita Bartha Maria Knoppers recently received McGill’s highest academic honour. “It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Professor Knoppers’ landmark work in bioethics, the place where law and medicine meet” reporter.mcgill.ca/bartha-knopp...
Food historian Nathalie Cooke sees menus as more than simply guides for ordering burgers or burritos. In her beautifully illustrated new book, she demonstrates how old menus offer invaluable clues about the dining cultures of past eras mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/a-journey-in...
A journey into the past – through menus
Food historian Nathalie Cooke explores a wide range of menus from different time periods in her new book.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Food historian Nathalie Cooke sees menus as more than simply guides for ordering burgers or burritos. In her beautifully illustrated new book, she demonstrates how old menus offer invaluable clues about the dining cultures of past eras mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/a-journey-in...