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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

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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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

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...

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.

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...

Celebrating McGill’s Morgan Arboretum McGill’s Morgan Arboretum, celebrating its 80th anniversary, is a beloved urban ecological space.

McGill’s Morgan Arboretum, a beloved urban ecological space on the West Island, will be marking its 80th anniversary during Homecoming later this month with a flurry of activities on Macdonald Campus mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/celebrating-...

From the printed page to the big screen McGill professor Alain Farah recently collaborated with filmmaker Philippe Falardeau on a new movie based on one of Farah’s books.

McGill professor Alain Farah’s award-winning novel Mille secrets mille dangers prompted an unexpected offer from celebrated filmmaker Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar) – to work together to transform the novel into a movie mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/from-the-pri...

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth" with one half to Joel Mokyr "for having identified ...

Peter Howitt, BA’68, receives the Nobel for co-constructing “a mathematical model for what is called creative destruction: when a new and better product enters the market, the companies selling the older products lose out” www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...

Canadian Peter Howitt among 3 Nobel winners in economics | CBC News Canadian economist Peter Howitt is among a group of three researchers who won the Nobel memorial prize in economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday.

Congratulations to McGill grad Peter Howitt, the co-recipient of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (aka the Nobel Prize in Economics)! www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...

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,

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...

"It's been a long journey," Jane Goodall tells Beatty Lecture audience - McGill Reporter Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall captivates Beatty Memorial Lecture audience with life story tracing her journey from secretary to game-changing researcher to tireless activist

Jane Goodall has passed away. Remembering her Beatty Lecture at McGill in 2019. “It is bizarre how the most intellectual creature that ever walked the planet is destroying its only home” reporter.mcgill.ca/its-been-a-l...

Letter from the Chair: In Memory of Dr. Balfour Mount On Thursday evening, at approximately 10 PM, Dr. Balfour Mount died in the Palliative Care Unit that bears his name at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre. He led a rema...

RIP Balfour Mount. The McGill medical pioneer known as the “father” of palliative care, passed away in the Palliative Care Unit that bears his name at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre www.mcgill.ca/palliativeca...

What impact does a warming planet have on public health? How much progress are we making in our understanding of cancer? McGill experts tackle some of the most important questions of our times on Mark my words, a new podcast mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/tag/podcasts/

AI for good: Using the power of machine learning for climate action David Rolnick is quick to point out that AI isn’t a panacea for solving the climate crisis. But the research he leads at McGill’s School of Computer Science provides a fascinating window into efforts ...

The research that David Rolnick leads at McGill’s School of Computer Science provides a window into the possibilities that AI might offer for helping efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/ai-for-good-...

Congratulations to former McGill law professor David Lametti, BCL’89, LLB’89, on becoming Canada’s next ambassador to the United Nations

A flag-hungry nation is turning to this McGillian As “51st state” rhetoric drove Canadian patriotism to a fever pitch this year, Brian Naish, BSc’93, unexpectedly found himself playing a pivotal role at an historic moment – as the country’s biggest f...

As “51st state” rhetoric drove Canadian patriotism to a fever pitch this year, Brian Naish, BSc’93, unexpectedly found himself playing a pivotal role at an historic moment – as the country’s biggest flag maker mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/a-flag-hungr...

The denim disruptor Brandon Svarc’s family has been in the jeans business for three generations, but the Naked & Famous Denim founder brings his own unique sensibility to clothing, one that has earned him accolades. Jame...

Naked & Famous Denim founder Brandon Svarc, BCom’04, has a very distinct approach to jeans, one that has earned him plenty of attention. Even James Bond has been spotted in his jeans (but not the glow-in-the-dark ones) mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/the-denim-di...

Congratulations to Evan Goldberg, BA’05, for winning 3 Emmy Awards last night for his work on The Studio. He earned Emmys for writing, directing and producing the show

This is my go-to place in Montreal. I think I may have single-handedly paid for Adrian’s eventual retirement with the number of books I’ve bought from The Word over the last 30 years.

A little bookstore that’s had a big impact For generations of McGill students, The Word Bookstore on Milton Street has been almost as familiar a landmark as the Roddick Gates or the Redpath Museum. As The Word marks its 50th anniversary, Adria...

For generations of McGill students, The Word Bookstore on Milton Street has been almost as familiar a landmark as the Roddick Gates or the Redpath Museum. Adrian King-Edwards, BA’71, the bookshop’s co-founder and owner, shares some memories mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/a-little-boo...

Artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong, BEng’08, turns plastic waste into spectacular constructions in an attempt to compel people to think about the dangers of climate change www.euronews.com/culture/2025...

A bookish McGill law student who led hockey’s most fabled team to the Stanley Cup when he wasn’t busy writing exams. It sounds too crazy to be true - but it actually happened. Ken Dryden, LLB’73, LLD’18. What an incredible life RIP

Reimagining how to train engineers The new Global Engineering Program is a unique partnership between McGill and one of France’s top engineering schools. It takes elements from both the European and North American approaches to trainin...

After spending the last 2 years in France, the first cohort of students in the Global Engineering Program, a unique partnership between McGill’s Faculty of Engineering and France’s CentraleSupélec, are now at McGill mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/reimagining-...

Caroline Quach-Thanh to replace Luc Boileau as Quebec’s new public health director Premier François Legault thanked Boileau on social media for his “tremendous work and valuable advice, especially during the pandemic.”

Congratulations to Caroline Quach-Thanh, MSc’03, an adjunct professor at McGill and an infectious disease specialist at CHU Sainte-Justine. She has been named as Quebec’s new director of public health www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...

The latest film by Philippe Falardeau (he directed the Oscar-nominated Monsieur Lazhar) will be premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. Mille secrets mille dangers is based on the award-winning novel by McGill professor Alain Farah

Honouring an MUHC builder and community leader: Alexander Kennedy Paterson, O.C., O.Q., Q.C., Ad.E. – 1932-2025 | McGill University Health Centre On August 6, at the age of 93, Alexander K. Paterson passed away peacefully.

Alex Paterson, BCL'56, LLD'94, had a remarkable career -- everything from serving as the lead negotiator for the Quebec government during the Oka crisis to representing a Russian defector during the Montreal Olympics. RIP to one of the great champions of McGill and the MUHC muhc.ca/news-and-pat...

100 years of the McGill News Over the course of two world wars, a Cold War, a space race, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the internet and 11 McGill principals, the McGill News has been turning up in the mail boxes (and ...

Sad to learn that former McGill News editor Janice Paskey has passed away. Janice and her McGill News colleagues won several awards in the 1990s for their work. When the News marked its 100th anniversary, she shared some memories mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/100-years-of...

Creating a space for sustainability in the curriculum McGill’s Sustainability Education Fellows program offers professors the support they need to reshape their courses.

Meet the people creating space for sustainability in the curriculum 🌱

“We want our students to become passionate, not just about the content, but about the issues and the impact of the work they do.”

Get the full story in the McGill News ⤵️ mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/creating-a-s...

Former Facebook VP champions Canadian digital sovereignty   - University Affairs CIFAR AI Chair Joelle Pineau believes ethics and the common good must guide technological development.

McGill’s Joelle Pineau on the work she did as the VP of AI research at Meta, why Canada needs to plan for its digital sovereignty, and why she has little patience for “sensational claims” about how “we’re in imminent peril of a technological apocalypse” universityaffairs.ca/features/for...

Francesco Bellini (1947–2025)  - McGill Reporter Pioneering scientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist leaves a lasting legacy at McGill and around the world

RIP Francesco Bellini, the biotech innovator whose major gift to McGill led to the creation of the Bellini Life Sciences Complex. “His generosity quite literally ‘made space’ for outstanding discovery science” reporter.mcgill.ca/francesco-be...

Both shows earned a pile of Emmy nominations – 23 for each (Goldberg picked up nominations for his writing and directing contributions to the show)