/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1059/all en /newsroom/channels/news/13-million-gifts-will-help-transform-mcgills-leacock-building-support-indigenous-research-and-335176 <p>Donations totalling $13 million from 平特五不中 alumnus Gerald Rimer and the Rimer family will support a major renovation of the University鈥檚 Leacock Building and build the foundation for a future Institute for Indigenous Research and Knowledges (IIRK) at 平特五不中.</p> Thu, 25 Nov 2021 20:23:47 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 283661 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/landmark-gift-mcgills-faculty-engineering-deepens-support-doctoral-students-and-graduate-research-293307 <p>A landmark $15-million gift from 平特五不中 alumnus Les Vadasz, a founding member of Intel Corporation, and his wife Judy Vadasz, will enhance the prestigious doctoral fellowship program that bears their name in 平特五不中鈥檚 Faculty of Engineering, deepening their support for outstanding PhD students who pursue innovative research at 平特五不中.</p> <p>Their gift also aims to strengthen Montreal as an engineering and technology hub by attracting more top talent to 平特五不中.</p> Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:02:02 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 132756 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/35-million-gift-mcgill-aims-level-playing-field-female-athletes-289865 <p>平特五不中 alumni and long-time Athletics benefactors聽Sheryl Kerr聽(BCom'67) and聽David Kerr聽(BSc'65) are chalking up another important "assist" for Team 平特五不中 with a $3.5-million gift to create the Kerr Family Women in Sport program. This "WIS" initiative aims to advance the role of women as athletes, coaches and decision-makers by increasing the number of full-time female coaches and helping female athletes become future leaders.<br /> <br /></p> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:22:29 +0000 jessica.goodsell@mcgill.ca 84222 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/10-million-gift-strengthens-mcgills-commitment-brain-research-young-researchers-and-faster-results-287773 <p><span>A transformative gift of $10 million from the Irving Ludmer Family Foundation in support of the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health will expand the Centre鈥檚 internationally renowned role in brain research and establish a Global Brain Consortium of leading research institutions. The consortium will focus on sharing research methodologies and results, with the goal of accelerating the finding of novel and ground-breaking solutions to mental health and neurodegenerative diseases.</span></p> Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:36:37 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 46649 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/transformative-donation-16-million-establishes-new-autism-research-centre-montreal-neurological-280172 <p>A new research centre in Montreal will help lift the shroud of mystery surrounding autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and lead to the development of better diagnostic tools and more effective therapies for people with autism.</p> Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:49:47 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32613 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/elizabeth-wirth-gives-75m-schulich-school-music-249239 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:17:10 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 22511 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/bell-let%E2%80%99s-talk-donates-1m-u-de-m-mcgill-239376 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:27:56 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 21220 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/3-million-gift-pharmacoepidemiology-239312 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:53:08 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21194 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/5-million-gift-strengthens-interfaith-scholarship-226141 Wed, 01 May 2013 17:17:00 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 18598 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/transformative-investment-signals-start-new-era-218017 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:26:35 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 11788 at /newsroom