A person's posture appears to affect their emotions and decision-making ability more than they realize, according to new research from McGill University. Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/52Z

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Congrats to the recipients of the 2026 BMO Responsible AI Fellowships! Powered by BMO Financial Group and stewarded by McCAIS, the awards support outstanding grad students whose research advances the responsible development and application of AI mcgill.ca/x/5Bd

Wetland restoration is often promoted as a definitive way to support wildlife, improve water quality and help store carbon. However, new research from McGill University suggests the overall climate picture is more complicated. Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5Bp

Researchers from the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)/Fast Radio Bursts Collaboration, including McGill University and MIT, have developed a new method to seek out “missing” matter by combining galaxy locations with fast radio burst detections. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5Xi

A Medicine Wheel garden inspired by Indigenous teachings is now growing on McGill’s downtown campus, south of Burnside Hall. The idea for the garden came from Robin Boulet, a Bachelor of Arts and Science student. Full story on the McGill Reporter ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5X3

What brings together Quebec’s top superstars in mixed martial arts and evolutionary biology? Dinosaurs of course! 🦖 Watch as Georges St-Pierre visits Prof. Hans Larsson’s lab to get an exclusive look at a brand-new dinosaur species: youtu.be/rtOYC08318I

New Species of Dinosaur with Professor Hans Larsson

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A rock featuring a white calcite vein in a rare ‘petal’ formation has been extracted from the construction site of the future McGill Sustainability Park. McGill’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is now studying it as part of research about the Island of Montreal. More ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/58z

A new McGill-led study shows how a single marine monitoring network can capture underwater earthquakes, whale calls, ship noise, and tidal activity in the Lower St. Lawrence. The system could help improve environmental protections and inform future shipping regulations. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/587

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Congratulations to McGill’s incoming Schulich Leaders, recipients of Canada’s largest STEM scholarship: Danylo Berezovskyi, Salma Elzayat, Mateo Jarquin, Odysseas Stefanakis, Brent Suter, and Aljoscha Ziegler. Welcome to McGill University! ❤️ #2026SchulichLeaders

🎉 Congratulations to Andrew Gonzalez (@biomcgill.bsky.social), who is one of three recipients of the NOMIS Foundation’s 2026 Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award! Discover the project ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/574

A biocontainment facility designed to protect Earth from potentially hazardous biotic contaminants from space should be part of a planned NASA base on the moon, a policy paper maintains. Read the full article ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5hX 📷by Getty Images/NASA

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McGill Department of Geography@mcgillgeography.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to Dr. Knox on receiving the Canadian Geophysical Union's Early Career Scientist Award! This competitive honour recognizes outstanding research contributions by an early career CGU member. We are proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition. www.mcgill.ca/geography/ch...

In Canada, there were only a handful of cases only a decade ago,” McGill University biologist Virginie Millien. “It’s not a linear relationship, it’s exponential when a disease emerges. It’s not going to stop anytime soon because it’s really driven by climate warming.” www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

Researcher finds 13 ticks in one hour as Canada deals with early cases

A researcher was able to find 13 ticks in just one hour, highlighting a growing public health concern in many parts of North America.

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People who have a weaker sense of self are also more likely to have less bodily awareness, McGill researchers have found. The study supports the idea that people’s perceptions of themselves and how they experience their own bodies are deeply connected. Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5nh

Pressed plant specimens collected centuries ago and stored in herbaria around the world could play a key role in facilitating the tracking of genetic change and extinction risk in plants, a McGill University-led study indicates. Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5eB

We are pleased to announce the appointment of four department chairs, who began their terms on June 1. Find out who they are ➡️ www.mcgill.ca/science/chan...

Congratulations to Adrian Liu (Physics), who received the 2026 Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision! Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5eo

🎉 Congratulations to Jasmin Chahal (Microbiology and Immunology) for winning the 2026 Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching! Presented annually, the award celebrates a faculty member for superior teaching at the undergraduate level within the Faculty of Science. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5sy

🎉 Congratulations to Mette Bendixen (Geography) and Kai Wang (Physics) who were awarded the 2026 President’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at convocation ceremonies held on May 28 and May 29! Read more: mcgill.ca/x/5su

Learning to speak a new language, or regaining speech, depends more on areas of the brain that process sound and physical sensation than on the parts of the brain that govern motor control, according to a new study by researchers at McGill University and the Yale School of Medicine. mcgill.ca/x/5sX

Congratulations to McGill Professor Adrian Liu who was awarded the 2026 CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Physics Award 🇨🇦 👏 🔗 Read more about his research & this award: mcgill.ca/x/5s3

Congratulations to six professors from the Faculty of Science who have been recognized by Angela Campbell, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), for their exceptional research achievements! 🎉

McGill Research + Innovation@mcgill-research.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Congratulations to the 31 #McGill professors who have been recently named Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors, or William Dawson Scholars, in recognition of their exceptional research achievements.👏 🎉 mcgill.ca/x/5Wh

Congratulations to Brigitte Vachon, James McGill Professor in the Department of Physics, newly appointed Canada Research Chair in Experimental Subatomic Physics, who is tackling two of the biggest unanswered questions in modern physics: the nature of the Higgs boson and the identity of dark matter.

McGill Research + Innovation@mcgill-research.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#McGill has been awarded $18.1M in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) – six new and 10 renewed 👏 🇨🇦 Read to learn more about McGill’s new and renewed CRC recipients who are advancing discovery across disciplines ⬇️ reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-award...

Congratulations to Marc-André Légaré (Chemistry) and Janine Mauzeroll (Chemistry) on receiving this funding for their research: A Circular Energy System Based on the Combustion of Metals through their Recycling using Carbenes 🎉

McGill Research + Innovation@mcgill-research.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#McGill receives $1.25M from the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) in support of 5 research teams who are working on transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, & medicine 🎉👏 Learn more about the recipients ⤵️ www.mcgill.ca/research/art...

What happens when data, computation, and convergent research come together? Our latest feature takes a closer look at research supported through our CRT Program—spanning disaster mitigation, human decision‑making, and AI‑enabled health research. mcgill.ca/x/5Py

CRT Program: catalyzing interdisciplinary, data-driven research

McGill researchers are tackling some of today’s most complex challenges that increasingly demand bold thinking that crosses conventionally recognized disciplinary boundaries. That’s exactly

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Congratulations to #McGill Assistant Professor Mallik Mahmud, who received the MEOPAR 2026 Early Career Researcher Award for his work in #Arctic sea ice monitoring🌊👏 Read more about Prof. Mahmud's award-winning research❄️➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5Wd

Geography Professor Mallik Mahmud receives MEOPAR 2026 Early Career Researcher Award

Mallik Mahmud, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, is one of nine early-career ocean researchers across Canada awarded the 2026 Early Career Researcher Award by the Marine Environmenta...

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Congratulations to Amanda Cook, a Banting postdoctoral fellow and member of the CHIME/FRB Collaboration, for winning the President’s Prize for Public Engagement Through Media, under the Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows category. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5Pb

Today we celebrate the achievements of #McGill's distinguished researchers, who continue to advance discovery & innovation in Quebec, Canada & beyond 👏🏆🎉 View the list of researchers who have won prestigious research prizes & awards in 2025: mcgill.ca/x/5PG

Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at extremely cold temperatures. The technology could be used to create phonon lasers, with possible applications in communications and medical diagnostics. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5do

It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Professor Alanna Watt, of the Department of Biology, as Dean of the Faculty of Science at McGill University. Her five-year renewable term will begin on May 1. Read the full announcement ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5AH