April 19, 2007
April 19, 2007 McGill University
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Computational origami pioneer Robert Lang creates the head of a giant origami Pteranodon, a Cretaceous flying reptile, in the Macdonald-Harrington Building. He began folding the 5-metre square paper on April 17 and will finish on April 20. He will deliver a lecture (“Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes”) at 7 p.m. on Thursday April 19 in the Redpath Museum Auditorium.
Owen Egan
McGill welcomes Universitas
On April 20, McGill will host a gathering of international development
experts and top academics who will look at the role of higher education in
combating poverty and health care problems in developing nations.
Our hearts go out
Principal Heather Munroe-Blum speaks for the McGill community in expressing
her deepest sorrow to the families of the victims of the Virginia Tech
murders.
Gros team IDs spina bifida
gene
McGill researchers link spina bifida to three mutations in the VANGL1 gene.
P.O.V.: Where was God during the
Holocaust?
In the wake of the recent Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day, or
Yom Hashoah, Eric Caplan, an associate professor in the Department of Jewish
Studies, outlines his own theological misgivings about the existence of God.
Headliners: From total recall to climate
free-fall
McGill experts let their voices be heard in the mainstream media on
everything from the airline industry, to memory, to affordable housing up
north.
Profile: Pearl of a sports
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Over the course of a career that has spanned three decades, sports
information officer Earl Zukerman has reported on McGill's greatest sports
moments.
Fighting the new F-word
The impetus behind PhD student Liz Meyer's study looking at gendered
harassment in high schools was born following her own wrongful dismissal as a
teacher for being gay.
Entre Nous with Dr. David Colman: Selling
science in the name of the brain
The Director of the MNI talks about his first foray into lobbying the Feds
for more research funding, future MNI programs and why his daughter likes
making baking soda volcanoes.
The groves of academe,
virtually
The McGill website just got greener with the addition of its virtual tour of
the university's trees.
Carleton's Love tapped for
Athletics
Drew Love comes over from Carleton to become the new Director of Athletics.
The business side of
dietetics
Second-year dietetics students got a healthy serving of practical experience
in cooking healthy meals for large groups of people.
Brian Little: Solving the goose bump
mystery
Popular personality psychology prof explores the differences between
introverts and extroverts, and discusses how the two aren't always that far
apart.
Summertime and the campin' is
easy
Did someone say summer camps? Ah, McGill's got some great ones.
Research & Discovery: At work in the world
of parasites
The stuff lurking in your cat's litter box is more ominous than you think.
McGill Web Gems
What's better than online biodiversity and dictionaries? Nothing.
Symposium bridges disciplines
What do you get when you gather together a bunch of young graduate
researchers? Nothing but good times.
Courting clerks
McGill ties its own record by having eight law students appointed as clerks
at the Supreme Court.
This issue's Around Campus section features Earth Day celebrations, a mental illness film series and, of course, the much-anticipated M-Forum. Oh, and how about taxidermy? Lots of taxidermy.
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The McGill mascot is flanked by Provost Tony Masi and student Julia Webster (U2 B.Sc). Recently, Masi and Webster took part in the Student Organization for Alumni Relations’ Trading Places initiative and swapped roles for part of a day. Of her four hours as Provost, Webster said, “From a student’s perspective, it’s incredible to see the actual job an administrator does. They really are dedicated to improving student life.” For his part, Masi said that sitting in on his first class in 30 years was “absolutely spectacular. I would love to see more McGill administrators taking part in Trading Places.”
Steve Campbell
Jessica Godin accepts the American Ambassador Prize given annually to McGill’s top North American Studies student from U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins (left) and Economics Professor Thom Velk.
Owen Egan
