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Congratulations to Adrian Liu (Physics), who received the 2026 Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervis...
06/03/2026

Congratulations to Adrian Liu (Physics), who received the 2026 Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision! 🎉

The Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Supervision and Teaching, awarded by the Dean of McGill University - Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, acknowledges outstanding contributions to promoting graduate student excellence through supervision and teaching by a faculty member who has been supervising for 10 years or less.

Learn more ➡️ https://www.mcgill.ca/science/channels/news/adrian-liu-receives-2026-carrie-m-derick-award-graduate-teaching-and-supervision-373228

🎉 Congratulations to Jasmin Chahal (Microbiology and Immunology McGill) for winning the 2026 Leo Yaffe Award for Excelle...
06/03/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Jasmin Chahal (Microbiology and Immunology McGill) for winning the 2026 Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching!

Presented annually, the award celebrates a faculty member for superior teaching at the undergraduate level within the Faculty of Science.

Read more ➡️ https://www.mcgill.ca/science/channels/news/jasmin-chahal-receives-2026-leo-yaffe-award-excellence-teaching-373221
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Félicitations à Jasmin Chahal (microbiologie et immunologie) qui a remporté le Prix d’excellence en enseignement Leo Yaffe 2026 !

Décerné chaque année, ce prix reconnaît un membre du corps professoral pour l’excellence de son enseignement au premier cycle au sein de la Faculté des sciences.

Pour en savoir plus ➡️ https://www.mcgill.ca/science/fr/channels/news/jasmin-chahal-recoit-le-prix-dexcellence-en-enseignement-leo-yaffe-2026-373221

📸 by Owen Egan

🎉 Congratulations to Mette Bendixen (Geography) and Kai Wang (Physics), who were awarded the 2026 President’s Prize for ...
06/02/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Mette Bendixen (Geography) and Kai Wang (Physics), who were awarded the 2026 President’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at convocation ceremonies held on May 28 and May 29!

The annual prize recognizes early-career researchers who have distinguished themselves by their exceptional contributions to research.

Read more: https://www.mcgill.ca/science/channels/news/three-scholars-receive-presidents-prize-outstanding-emerging-researchers-373194
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Félicitations à Mette Bendixen (géographie) et Kai Wang (physique), qui ont reçu le Prix du recteur 2026 pour nouveaux chercheurs et nouvelles chercheuses d’exception lors des cérémonies de collation des grades tenues les 28 et 29 mai !

Ce prix annuel récompense des chercheurs en début de carrière qui se sont distingués par leurs contributions exceptionnelles à la recherche.

En savoir plus : https://www.mcgill.ca/science/fr/channels/news/trois-professeures-recoivent-le-prix-du-recteur-pour-nouveaux-chercheurs-et-nouvelles-chercheuses-373194

📸 by Owen Egan

06/01/2026

Guan Xi has made the most of her time at McGill as an Honours Computer Science and Biology student. 💻🔬

As a recent graduate, she reflects on the experiences that shaped her undergraduate years, from research, an internship in Japan, opportunities in science communication, student involvement, and the community she built along the way.

She also shares what’s next: a PhD at Cornell University.

Keep watching to hear more from her experience!
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Tout au long de ses études en informatique et en biologie à l’université McGill, Guan Xi s’est engagée dans ses études et ses expériences. 💻🔬

Fraîchement diplômée, elle revient sur les expériences qui ont marqué ses années d’études. Entre la recherche, un stage au Japon, des activités de communication scientifique, des engagements étudiants et une communauté qu’elle s’est faite au fil de son parcours.

Elle partage aussi la suite : un doctorat à l’université Cornell.

Restez jusqu’à la fin pour en savoir plus !

05/27/2026

Graduating student, a few final words from your professors and faculty lecturers 🎓✨
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Diplômées et diplômés, voici un petit mot de vos professeur.e.s et chargé.e.s d’enseignement 🎓✨
 

05/12/2026

What happens when data, computation, and convergent research come together?

Read on to explore the research of Daniele Malomo, Skyler Wang, Ross Otto, and Yaoyao Fiona Zhao (clockwise from top left), whose projects—supported through CDSI’s Convergent Research Themes (CRT) Program—span disaster mitigation, human choice behaviour, AI in mental health care, and vocal disorder diagnosis: https://mcgill.ca/x/5Py

05/12/2026

🦒 This is your sign to participate in the McGill East Africa Field Study Semester … Application deadline: May 20th, 2026

For more information, visit the link in our bio: McGill East Africa Field Study Semester

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🦒 Voici ton signe pour participer au programme d’études sur le terrain en Afrique de l’Est… Date limite de candidature : 20 mai 2026

Pour plus d’informations, consultez le lien dans notre bio : McGill East Africa Field Study Semester

05/06/2026
12/12/2025

This past summer, undergraduate student Aditya Sharma conducted research in Prof. Bettina Kemme’s Distributed Information Systems Lab as a Science Undergraduate Research Award (SURA) student, studying the energy consumption of Machine Learning models in Network Traffic Classification tasks.
 
Interested in undergraduate research opportunities? Applications for the 2026 SURAs and NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs) will open in the new year! Stay tuned for more updates.
 
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L’été dernier, Aditya Sharma, étudiant de premier cycle, a mené des recherches au sein du Distributed Information Systems Lab de la professeure Bettina Kemme dans le cadre du programme Science Undergraduate Research Award (SURA). Il a étudié la consommation énergétique des modèles d’apprentissage automatique dans les tâches de classification du trafic réseau.
 
Les opportunités de recherche de premier cycle vous intéressent? Les candidatures pour les bourses SURA 2026 et pour les bourses de recherche de premier cycle (BRPC) du CRSNG ouvriront au début de la nouvelle année! Restez à l’écoute pour plus d’informations.

11/26/2025

Ever wonder what a dean’s day looks like? We spent the day with Interim Dean Alanna Watt to find out what goes into leading the Faculty of Science.
 
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Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé à quoi ressemble la journée d’une doyenne? Nous avons passé la journée avec la doyenne par intérim Alanna Watt pour découvrir ce que signifie diriger la Faculté des sciences.

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