January 22, 2004
January 22, 2004 McGill University
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Might we recommend cleats? It's hard to tell if the Habs fan on the left is playing hockey, or working on his floor routine for gymnastics. Either way, these students took advantage of the ice surface on Lower Field to get in a little match of broomball.
Owen Egan
Faculty mixer
Undergraduates will be able to put a little Bio into their Byron with a new
degree that will start accepting students in September. The BASC blends
courses from the Arts and Sciences to provide a flexible interdisciplinary
learning experience.
Energy week
Turn off the lights on your way out! McGilll marks its first Energy Week,
where conservation is the name of the game.
Muscles and space missions
If we're going to put a man on Mars we have to be ready for the effect of
prolonged weightlessness on the human body — a subject Douglas Watt, director
of the Aerospace Medical Research Unit has been studying for a long time.
Big dreams, small screens
They're the new kid on the block of campus media, but TV McGill is a student
club that is growing in confidence and reach.
McGill's Paralympians
Men's volleyball coach Jose Rebelo and graduate Karolina Wisniewska are
accomplished athletes in their fields. Both are Paralympians, but it is their
athleticism, not their disabilities that define them.
Putting the teacher in T.A.
The Tomlinson Science Teaching Development Workshop offered graduate students
the chance to gain concrete strategies and tools they can use in the
classroom as TAs.
Interdisciplinary science training
This fall, about a dozen top graduate students will become the first cohort
of a new regime to train scientists. The McGill Behavioural Neuroscience
Training Program prepares young scientists for the competitive world of
neuroscience research.
Project Collaboration: experiment in
education
Teachers, scientists and university professors put their heads together to
design new ways to teach science in the Quebec educational system. In the
end, it was a learning experience for everyone.
Improving info-lit
A recent CREPUQ survey revealed that incoming undergraduate students to
Quebec universities are woefully unprepared for the modern research library.
Library studies professor Diane Mittermeyer talks about the results, and
where we go from here.
Find It McGill links resources
A new library software program makes one-stop research possible. Find It
McGill links databases, electronic journals, and the online catalogue.
Help for Arts internships
The Faculty of Arts has set up a dedicated internship office to assist
students in finding work experience in their field.
Award winning teachers
Fifteen McGill teachers have been recognized by the departments, faculties
and students as outstanding pedagogues in their fields. They share their
motivations, favourite memories, and on-screen and real life inspirations.
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Kudos
In Focus
Cath Mortin has lived all over the world, and everywhere she's gone she has made herself at home. The biomedical engineering student is a compulsive volunteer, working in everything from homeless shelters in Virginia or coaching kids in China. NSERC recently celebrated 25 years with a lecture on extreme weather from the most recent NSERC chair and a reception for NSERC grant holders.
On Campus
Get up close and personal with Mars, get a behind the scenes (and scenography) look at the Cirque du Soleil, learn about Cambodia from a Sauvé scholar or dodge woodchips at the Woodsmen competition at Macdonald campus.
Off Campus
Eyal Baruch's wind-tunnel navigating abilities recently won him a trip to Vegas. He gives the dirt on how to survive on the cheap in Sin City. Sweet treats at Nocochi, and Hanging around by design at UQAM.
