Brain area involved in addiction activated earlier than previously thought in recreational cocaine users

Published: 23 May 2017

Even among non-dependent cocaine users, cues associated with consumption of the drug lead to dopamine release in an area of the brain thought to promote compulsive use, according to researchers at...

How Montreal aims to become a world centre of artificial intelligence

Published: 23 May 2017

U de M and McGill University are the academic bedrocks on which Montreal’s AI sector has been built. About 150 AI researchers toil at the two institutions, making the city one of the world’s...

Is Canada’s carbon-pricing policy striking the right balance?

Published: 19 May 2017

The three of us agree that good climate policy needs to achieve all three objectives, and that doing so is certainly possible. But it requires political determination, attention to plenty of detail...

Materials and engineering: Rebuilding the world

Published: 18 May 2017

When Mahoutian started his PhD in civil engineering at McGill University in Montreal in 2011, his goal was to find a material that would sequester carbon, trapping it before it could get into the...

Surviving genocide: Storytelling and ritual help communities heal

Published: 17 May 2017

Four years after the attack, Shingali and his family have escaped grave bodily harm. But like thousands of other exiled Yezidis, they are still dealing with the psychological aftermath of a forced...

Brenda Milner, eminent brain scientist, is ‘still nosy’ at 98

Published: 16 May 2017

Dr. Milner, a professor of psychology in the department of neurology and neurosurgery at McGill University in Montreal, is best known for discovering the seat of memory in the brain, the...

Meet McGill University Honorary Doctorates 2017

Published: 15 May 2017

Each year McGill University proudly confers honorary degrees to highly talented and engaged individuals who serve as an inspiration for the community of students, professors, researchers and staff....

Aldo shoe empire founder donates $25-million to McGill

Published: 12 May 2017

In receiving one of its largest donations, McGill University announced plans Friday for a new retail management school with global ambitions through a $25-million gift from the family foundation of...

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