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"Canada should develop an intellectual property policy that lowers the cost to those conducting research and creation in Canada, making Canada an attractive location for investment in high technology industries," E. Richard Gold, director of McGill's Centre for Intellectual Property Policy, writes in the October issue of Policy Options.
Ram Jakhu, associate professor of law at McGill, says that the increasing number of satellites orbiting the planet is creating headaches for lawyers.
Professor Margaret Somerville suggests we slow down the pace of technological change to let ethics catch up. This profile of the McGill ethicist runs in advance of her cross-Canada Massey Lectures.
Stephen McAdams, CIRMMT director, fields the question as to whether it is possible for the human voice to shatter glass. He also tells us why marching soldiers get so out of synch as soon as they hit a bridge.
Remember when you were the talk of the block if your TV could get Gilligan's Island without manipulating the old rabbit ears for 20 minutes? Well, those days are long gone, as witnessed by the upgrading of McGill's wireless network. That explains the ear-to-ear grins on laptop users across the university.
A report by the Milken Institute indicates that McGill University ranked 14th in the world - ahead of all other Canadian universities as well as Yale and UCLA - in translating its biotech research into patents.
McGill's brand new Medical Simulation Centre means that the next generation of health care professionals will get hi-tech training in technical skills.
Only scientists know what the world owes to the lowly dung beetle...
How do you get 500 students to listen to a half-dozen mini presentations by profs? Why, offer free soup, of course.
McGill University is pleased to announce a $1-million gift from Petro-Canada for undergraduate scholarships in the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Science and the Desautels Faculty of Management.
McGill researcher charts evolution of giant rats and other oddities.
Giant tortoises, dwarf elephants and little people. All examples of species that became very large or very small when they colonized islands. For years, it was assumed that evolution must speed up to produce such variety so rapidly. Now, Virginie Millien of McGill has found that mammals on islands evolve around three times as fast as their continental counterparts.
Pour un Québec Lucide, one year later.
Global partners help unique McGill lab take (some of the) guesswork out of mining.
McGill and Montreal join approximately 1,500 cities worldwide in this event to raise awareness about the impact of transportation decisions on the health of both humans and the earth. LOWER CAMPUS WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL PARKING (except for disabled access). Circulation limited (as-needed basis).
