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A trio of treats from the Redpath Museum and the Principal on ice.

Black Comedy, directed by Emma Tibaldo, November 12-15 and 19-22, 8 pm. Moyse Hall. Reservations: 398-6070, $10 adults, $5 students, seniors.

What's cooler than getting your very own commemorative stamp? Absolutely nothing. Mac campus joins the ranks of Elvis, Jimi Hendrix and Kermit the Frog to celebrate hitting the big 1-0-0.

Instructional Multimedia Services hosts their second annual Teaching and Technology Fair. There's no Ferris wheel, but there will be a slew of pedagogy programs and teaching tools on display.

As a mathematician, his tools of the trade were a pencil and paper. Now Denis Thérien makes all the big decisions about things like the genome centre and high-performance computers. How did the self-described math "freak" wind up in charge of all McGill's research?

Businessman, philanthropist and McGill Board of Governors member John Cleghorn given an honorary degree.

Rolando Del Maestro breaks the da Vinci code; Jody Heymann goes to bat for U.S. moms; McGill's Rare Books and Special Collections Division gets star treatment in France; and Chris Buddle takes on an army of grubs.

Matt Haimovitz, music professor and "Pizza parlour prodigy," is performing at the Yellow Door.

Clive Chang gets a prestigious nod for his volunteering and McGill's Centraide efforts earn special mention.

Civil engineering professor Patrick Selvadurai uses mathematical modelling to improve any number of complex engineering projects - for instance, how soil around pipelines freezes or how the disposal of nuclear waste will have an effect on the earth thousands of years from now.