September 27, 2007
September 27, 2007 McGill University
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Dean Nicholas Kasirer of the Faculty of Law and former
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, during a question-and-answer
session with first-year law students that included both the Canadian and U.S.
Chief Justice (see Ladies and gentlemen, the
Supremes).
Claudio Calligaris
Community to kick off
campaign
McGill is set to launch its most ambitious fundraising campaign during
Homecoming Weekend.
Sparks to fly at Trottier
Symposium
Lorne Trottier's annual symposium always delivers a good scientific dust-up
and this year's event promises more of the same.
Le EMBA McGill-HEC Montréal est né
La Faculté de gestion Desautels de McGill et HEC Montréal unissent leurs
forces respectives pour offrir un tout nouveau programme EMBA conjoint aux
gestionnaires de haut niveau.
Headliners: From difficult divas to C.
difficile
Britney makes the Reporter two issues in a row!
P.O.V.: In the cycle of evil
Mesic, a Bosnian of Muslim and Jewish ancestry, writes about what it was like
to live during the terrifying reign of Slobodan Milosevic.
Profile - Ava-Ann Allman: Brain researcher leads
with her heart
What's it like for a PhD candidate to rub elbows with 18 Nobel Laureates?
Inspirational, but in a surprisingly different way.
McGill Web Gems
A maritime law website and free software—what could be better than that?
Book celebrates Sir William
Macdonald
Liliane Stewart, president of the Macdonald Stewart Foundation, helps launch
William Fong's new book, Sir William C. Macdonald: A Biography.
Entre Nous with Denis Thérien, Vice-Principal,
Research and International Relations
As a mathematician, his tools of the trade were a pencil and paper. Now Denis
Thérien makes all the big decisions about things like the genome centre and
high-performance computers. How did the self-described math "freak" wind up
in charge of all McGill's research?
Research and Discovery: In India, research helps
farms help themselves
Dr G.S. Vijaya Raghavan teaches farmers in India how to get more bang for
their agricultural buck.
Aviation conference soars
A rundown of the highs and highers of the McGill-hosted international
aviation conference.
Proud to be Canadian
McGill's Faculty of Law hosts a special ceremony during which 60 members of
the McGill community become Canadian citizens.
Fruits (and vegetables) of their
labour
Johnson, a bioresource engineering student, writes about the importance of
initiatives like McGill's Edible Garden.
Notes From the Field: Me and the unicorns of the
sea
A PhD candidate in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Marcoux
braves polar bears and sun-filled nights to study the mysterious narwhal.
T-PULSE at the heart of graduate
teaching
Thanks to generous donations by benefactors, grad students in the Faculties
of Science and Agricultural and Environmental Sciences are becoming better
teachers before they hit the classroom.
Homer's Physics lecture series simplifies
science
McGill's Department of Physics' award-winning "in-reach" program teaches
staff about the work being done by the people they support.
Ladies and gentlemen, the
Supremes
First-year law students are treated to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when
they share Moot Court with no fewer than six Supreme Court Justices from
Canada and the U.S.
Yellow Door turns 40
The headline says it all. Don't miss the two-day celebratory concert.
Around campus
What do Martians, Patti Smith and Tariq Ali all have in common? Why,
they'll all be headlining at events on campus, of course.
Dr Brian Alters gets all fired up demonstrating the new WOW Lab's fun take on science.
Owen Egan
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Champion hoop dancer Lisa Odjig perfoms during the First People's House Pow Wow 2007 on lower campus.
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CBIE honours biz luminary
McGill's John Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies, Henry Mintzberg, has
been awarded the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE)
Internationalization Leadership Award in recognition of his outstanding
leadership in the internationalization of Canadian education and the
international education profession. Considered among the world's foremost
minds in management and recognized for his expertise the world over, Prof.
Mintzberg is also one of the key founders of the innovative International
Masters Program in Practicing Management (IMPM), a consortium of five
business schools around the world including McGill.
