March 2, 2006
March 2, 2006 McGill University
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Marie-Eve Beaulieu (U4 education) launches a paper airplane at the Red Bull Paper Wings Championship held at the Currie Gym, March 10. Forty CEGEP and university students competed for one of the three Canadian spots at the world championship in Salzburg, Austria, May 5-6. Beaulieu's plane flew 10.4 metres, a good showing. The world record is 58.82 metres.
Owen Egan
Claudio Calligaris
Jennifer Heil flashes a winning smile and a little Olympic bling during a recent trip to Montreal. The management student's decision to take a sabbatical from her studies last year to prepare for the Turin Games paid off in spades - or, at least in gold plate.
Heil triggers medal avalanche
Management student Jennifer Heil wins Canada's first medal - a gold - of the
Turin Olympics, spurring the Canadian team to its best ever showing.
When memory lane takes a wrong turn:
Alleviating PTSD
McGill researchers discover way to reduce the effects of post traumatic
stress syndrome.
Sex, lies and vocal apes
This edition of McGill's media darlings includes Ian Shrier's take on sex and
sport, Jack Jedwab's opinion of Wayne Gretzky's gambling woes, and Athena
Vouloumanos' research on babies, parents and the soothing calls of rhesus
monkeys.
P.O.V.: Something to celebrate
Shree Mulay, director of the McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on
Women, offers her point of view of what International Women's Day means in
Canada.
In focus: Roberta Duckworth: Smooth
Operator
The voice of McGill for the past 16 years, telephone operator Roberta
Duckworth offers a rare inside glimpse into the thrills and chills of the
life of a switchboard operator.
Juno nominee goes for baroque
McGill grad and employee Mika Putterman's CD gets the nod for a Juno
nomination in the category "Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble."
Entre Nous with Peter Todd, Dean of
Management - Big bucks for broad-minded business
Peter Todd talks about the direction of the newly renamed Desautels Faculty
of Management, and his first job shovelling cement.
Back to school
Principal Heather Munroe-Blum walks for a day in the shoes of a student -
what's changed since the last time she was an undergrad?
Learning from diversity: New office
promotes equity
Veronica Amberg and Vincia Herbert plan to create an office that will reflect
the spirit of inclusiveness they'd like to see everywhere on campus.
Food for thought
The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada chews over food practice and
policy in their annual conference.
Arcadian adventures
The former house of humorist Stephen Leacock is up for sale. The
Reporter takes a tour with current owner Mary-Louise Engels and
her ferocious sidekick Fang.
Internationally speaking: MBA in
Tokyo
Tokyo-based freelancer meets with the management students and professors
involved in a McGill degree many, many miles from our Montreal campus.
McGill sports' golden era
Hot off the heels of McGill's successful Olympics participation, we take a
look at all of our winning-streak athletes. There's plenty of brain to go
with the brawn.
Senate: To the last drop
Tech transfer, liquor permits and library tenure.
Tel-Aide: Lend someone an ear
Elizabeth Martin, McGill volunteer for Montreal's premier help line, speaks
out on the need for more folks to lend an ear.
A new journalism
Communications professor Carrie Rentschler researches the changes in how a
kinder, gentler media covers victims of trauma.
Kudos
Warren Chippindale is recognized for his tireless fundraising work for the
MNI; ten researchers land new Killam Research Fellowship news; and three
professors receive Sloan Research Fellowships.
Around campus
Yet another cross-dressing Gilbert and Sullivan opera; the intricate folds
of Dr. Lang; managing P[h]assion shows; lunch with...Jan Wong; lecture
series on human rights.
A McGill graduate student demonstrates a cow brain to kids eager to learn about grey matter, during last year's Brain Awareness Week. Graduate students from Montreal's four universities will visit more than 340 elementary and high schools this year from March 13 to 19, reaching approximately 10,000 students. BAW also includes public lectures. For more info see www.sfn-montreal.ca/baw.
Courtesy of the Montreal Neurological Institute
