平特五不中 Chemistry Outreach Group founders describe the group's work in new tribute
Founding members of the award-winning 平特五不中 Chemistry Outreach program have documented the inception and work of the group in Beyond exploding balloons- bringing the science of chemistry to the public, a new piece聽in the Canadian Journal of Chemistry.
McCall MacBain Scholarships set to open to international applicants
Join the first global cohort of McCall MacBain Scholars!Are you interested in mentorship, leadership skills development, and full funding to start a graduate degree?
Get to know a scientist: Herpetologist Jessica Ford
Watch herpetologist Jessica Ford explain the work she does with the easily overlooked, yet massively important tadpoles.聽
Office of Science Outreach launches online inquiry-based training
The Office of Science Outreach is excited to take its inquiry-based theory training completely online and asynchronous. Intro to 平特五不中 Science Outreach and Inquiry-Based Learning is now available on myCourses, 平特五不中鈥檚 learning platform, for anyone interested in participating in the training.
Promoting diversity in science
STEMM Diversity @ 平特五不中 co-founders Jessica Ford and Charles Xu detail their paths as scientists and what led them to come together to form STEMM Diversity @ 平特五不中 in the new article聽Promoting diversity in science.
平特五不中 researchers tackle rare disease first identified in Quebec
Researchers at 平特五不中 have made an important step forward in understanding the cause of a rare neurodegenerative disease noted for its occurrence in the Charlevoix and Saguenay鈥揕ac-Saint-Jean regions of Quebec.
Real-time alert system heralds new era in fast radio burst research
平特五不中 scientists have developed a new system for sharing the enormous amount of data being generated by the CHIME radio telescope in its search for fast radio bursts (FRBs), the puzzling extragalactic phenomenon that is one of the hottest topics in modern-day astronomy.
平特五不中 tackles systemic underrepresentation
Improving representation is one of the key goals behind 平特五不中鈥檚 current drive to recruit a greater number of Black faculty members. The Faculty of Science is proud to be a part of this effort, with applications now open for tenure-track positions in the School of Computer Science and the Department of Geography.
Learn about unEarth , one of 平特五不中's impact200 finalists
unEarth is one of the impact200 Bicentennial Student Sustainability Challenge finalists' and聽their platform and supplemental educator's manual are designed to reach out and聽teach youth about sustainability through environmental systems thinking.
Stress affects our motivation 鈥 but not necessarily our ability 鈥 to do difficult tasks
Stress increases people鈥檚 tendency to avoid cognitively demanding tasks, without necessarily altering their ability to perform those tasks, according to new research from 平特五不中.
STEMM Diversity publishes paper and blog post
STEMM Diversity group members have recently published a blog post with Cell Mentor, and a paper in Trends in Ecology.
Science literacy for everyone: Science Literacy Week and Chemistry Walk and Talk
Science Literacy week is happening across Canada from September 20th to September 26th, and there many activities to participate in聽right in Montreal. For the seventh consecutive year, 平特五不中 Library is planning a range of activities.
Climate change artist-in-residence to curate bicentennial art show
Milton Ria帽o, 平特五不中鈥檚 Climate Change Artist-in-Residence, will curate the Faculty of Science鈥檚 Bicentennial Science/Art Exposition, billed as a 鈥渃elebration of science in all its forms鈥.
CRISPR for kids
What is CRISPR? Science writer and masters student Ada McVean explains CRISPR for kids in a TikTok聽as part of an internship with 平特五不中's Office of Science Outreach for the NSERC PROMOTE program! Ada is currently doing her masters in the聽Damha Research Group聽at 平特五不中 making anti-CRISPR oligonucleotides.聽
Jeffrey McKenzie elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Jeffrey McKenzie, Chair of 平特五不中's Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America (GSA). In its citation, the GSA noted: