Owen Egan
Every spring McGill faces a crop of strange three-legged objects popping up all over campus, which soon spread up the mountain, surrounded by squinting students. Sounds like a plot summary from Day of the Triffids, but these are benevolent invaders, part of the coursework for the Civil Engineering course in surveying. Here, Étienne Devost and Patrick Lussier check out the angles on the mountain while Rita Menneh and Julia Makino do the same in the background.
New dean plans to engineer a bright
future
Dean elect of the Faculty of Engineering Christophe Pierre sees that the
profession of engineering is changing, and McGill's faculty is ideally
positioned to benefit.
Work rules change for int'l
students
Citizenship and Immigration Canada has relaxed the rules that prohibited
international students from getting off-campus jobs. Visa regulations were
changed as well.
AEISEC's practical idealism
The Canadian branches of the international science and commerce student
organization AIESEC held their national conference at McGill. On the table
were discussions about networking, internships and working with the corporate
world for international development.
Building to a crescendo
The first tenants of the new music building are only just moving in now, but
excitement is building for the facility that will add eight floors, a
200-seat recital hall, a new home for the Music Library and specialized
production and research labs.
Did you hear the one about the architecture
professor?
Leacock luncheons taking off across the country
Following in the funny footsteps of Stephen Leacock, Architecture professor
Derek Drummond is bringing the funny across the country.
Senate: Librarians and tenure
The last Senate meeting tackled academic amnesty, library staff and
introduced a new set of regulations to govern the tenure process.
In Focus
For Eric Champagne, McGill's first horticulturalist, campus is a giant garden and home to a staggering variety of different plant species. A recent symposium at the McGill School of Environment indicates that reports of the Green movement's demise may have been exaggerated.
Kudos
2005 Prix d'Excellence awards.
McGill Matters
Reminders for this summer.
Entre Nous with John Gruzleski
The Task Force on Campus Planning will help McGill shape its physical side.
Around campus
MNI hosts a talk to raise money for Doctors Without Borders, Rethink McGill wants your old and obsolete equipment, Urban Planning hosts a conference on making a tasty city, and the MSE meets with the UN on biodiversity.
