February 21, 2008
February 21, 2008 McGill University
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McGill goaltender Charline Labonté covers up during the QSSF regular season finale against Concordia, a 5-0 Martlets victory. McGill finished the season with a perfect 18-0 conference record. Read a profile of Labonté.
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Resounding applause
A $1.25-million gift from Dr. John Blachford highlights Applause 2008, a gala
showcasing McGill researchers.
Applauding McGill researchers
The Applause 2008 gala gathered many of McGill's best and brightest under one
roof.
McGill mourns with NIU
Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum expresses her deepest
sorrow regarding the deadly shootings at Northern Illinois University.
McGill duo cops coveted Killams
A pair of McGill profs are awarded two of 10 Killam Research Fellowships.
Headliners: From bald-faced lies to long-tailed
chickens
Smart kids lie sooner; organ selling thumbs down; and when dinosaurs first
flew the coop.
P.O.V.: A thank you from Brazil
A Management PhD candidate in Brazil, Marcos Bosquetti, writes an open letter
thanking McGill and CREPUQ for the chance to study here last fall.
Profile – Charline Labonté: McGill's golden
goalie
After backstopping Canada to Olympic gold in 2006, what's left for Martlet
goaltender Charline Labonté? Winning a national title, of course.
McGill Web Gems: Girl (culture) power and a month
full of Sundays
What do My Little Ponies and Sunday school have in common? Both can be found
on the websites of McGill University.
Green Corner: When the Energizer Bunny finally
gives up the ghost
Batteries are our friends, right? Not as soon as you toss them in the
garbage.
Entre Nous with Doug Sweet, Director, Media
Relations Office: "We've got great stories to tell here"
Now that the former automotive columnist for the Montreal Gazette is running
McGill's Media Relations, does that mean all interviews will now begin with
the question "So what's your ride these days?"
Air and Space Law students to get Boeing
boost
Boeing Areospace's $500,000 gift means the sky's the limit for Air and Space
Law students.
Kudos
Graham Bell is named as one of the finalists for the Gerhard Herzberg Canada
Gold Medal for Science and Engineering.
Research and Discovery: Sounds from our musical
future
McGill's Digital Orchestra is making beautiful music out of strange, strange
thingamabobs.
Around campus
Smoking, Hurricane Katrina, crumbling cities and Town Hall. Sweet.
Owen Egan
Innovation's Benefactor
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Dr. John Blachford, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum, Janet Blachford and Martin Grant, Dean of the Faculty of Science at the Applause 2008 gala following the announcement of Dr. Blachford’s $1.25 million gift to McGill.
