BioConnect summit

McGill held its second annual interdisciplinary biotechnology symposium last Tuesday. The symposium, held at New Residence Hall, focused on bridging the gap between industry and academia. and included presentations by speakers from both fields, a student poster competition, and a networking session. The event was organized by the BioConnect 2011[Read More…]

In support of course lecturer UDrive

McGill Tribune This week, 26 McGill professors signed an open letter expressing support for the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM)’s “UDrive” to unionize course lecturers, or contract academic staff, at McGill. On Thursday, the McGill Daily expressed its support for the drive and called for “university-wide solidarity.”[Read More…]

Lunchtime science

For McGill students, Midnight Kitchen is usually the best bet for snagging a free lunch on campus. But for one week at the beginning of each semester, Soup and Science edges out the vegan cooperative, offering free soup, sandwiches, and lectures by some of McGill’s brightest young professors.

In Switzerland, accelerator begins smashing protons at full speed

At 12:58 p.m. local time last Tuesday, the Large Hadron Collider, a mammoth particle accelerator buried 100 metres beneath Geneva, Switzerland, finally began smashing subatomic particles together at record-high speeds. Though the LHC’s first successful particle collisions occurred in November, on Tuesday physicists at the accelerator recorded the first collisions at the energy level – about seven trillion electron volts (TeV) – at which the collider will operate for about the next year and a half.

CAMPUS: Web site offers alternative to traditional text

Going back to school may be becoming less painful on your wallet with the introduction of free online books. Freeload Press Company is offering online versions of textbooks, workbooks and study guides in the popular PDF format at no cost. The catch? The pages also contain advertisements, making textbooks appear more like magazines and causing controversy within the academic world.

EDITORIAL: Quebec should leave religious paranoia to the French

There are many areas in which France is worth emulating. The French have impressive universal health care, a generous day care system, and they enjoy a high standard of living. But unfortunately, the Parti Québécois and certain elements of Quebec society seem hell-bent on copying one of the worst aspects of French culture: religious paranoia.

Opening the Black Box

Shining light on McGill’s Palestinian students stuck in Gaza, and the bureaucratic blockades that keep them there Part 1: Introducing the Black Box of bureaucratic violence and immigration restriction   “Our academic aspirations are within sight, and we wish to contribute to the world through our studies. With the goodwill and[Read More…]

Independent Jewish Voices celebrates Sukkot while standing in solidarity with Palestine

The McGill chapter of Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), a grassroots, anti-Zionist, Jewish organization, held an event on Oct. 6 on McGill’s Lower Field to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and show their solidarity with Palestinians enduring Israel’s ongoing genocide. Sukkot is a seven-day festival of thanksgiving for the fall[Read More…]

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