Join us at our inaugural symposium on Music and Language, with a focus this year on Development – May 3-4

Registration is now open for the CRBLM Inaugural Symposium on Music and Language, to be held in Montréal, Canada on Friday, May 3rd...
February 26, 2013

Save the Date! Faculty Council & Town Hall Meeting – March 6

  SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Faculty Council & Town Hall Meeting including special guests Prof. Anthony Masi, Provost and Prof....
February 25, 2013

Appointment of Joanne Leebosh as Managing Director of Development, Faculty of Medicine

Colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Joanne Leebosh has been appointed to the position of Managing Director of Development for the Faculty...
February 25, 2013

JGH Mini-Med 2013 – Dr Michael Malus : Some Tips on Avoiding Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Dementia – May 22

Presentation: Some Tips on Avoiding Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Dementia Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Dr. Michael Malus is the JGH Chief of Family...
February 21, 2013

Message from Principal Heather Munroe-Blum

Dear members of the McGill community, I write to update you on our ongoing assessment of the serious impact that the government-imposed cuts...
February 20, 2013

Universities underfunded say CREPUQ, PGSS

Summit countdown: T-minus 8 days  By McGill Reporter Staff Government-imposed cuts to universities’ operating budgets will have a profoundly detrimental impact on an...
February 20, 2013

Call for Applications: Max-Planck Hebrew University Junior Fellows Program in Brain Research

  The  Max  Planck  Society  and  the  Hebrew  University  have  established  a  new  Center  for Sensory Processing of the Brain in Action, which...
February 20, 2013

The mystery of memory

Kate Lunau’s latest dispatch from the AAAS Meeting on the most famous neurological patient in history. In 1953, at the age of 27,...
February 19, 2013

Concussion statistics dizzying

A Statistics Canada survey found there are approximately 30,000 concussions or related head injuries reported annually among the 12-to-19-year-old age group. Sixty six...
February 19, 2013

Really? Probiotic supplements can lower cholesterol

Probiotics, the live bacteria found in yogurt and other foods, are known to improve digestive health. But cholesterol levels? Some believe that the...
February 19, 2013

$21.1 million investment in personalized medicine for cancer patients

Public-private partnership will develop and implement clinical biomarkers and other personalized healthcare solutions to improve outcomes for cancer patients. $21.1 million is being...
February 15, 2013