Broadcast -- McGill Making Headway--Episode 1

Research magazine profiling of McGill University’s top investigators. Learn about cutting-edge research that tackles some of the world’s most pressing problems. The series is written and hosted by Jacquie Rourke.

Through her award-winning research, Vicky Kaspi, a world-renowned McGill astrophysicist and pulsar expert,  makes stars out of her students and headlines around the world.

Also learn how can 20th-century fibre optics handle the connectivity needs of the 21st-century?  David Plant’s lab in McGill’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is in a global race to meet the demands of high-definition video.

And meet legendary neuropsychologist Dr. Brenda Milner, credited with many landmark discoveries in the study of human memory and the temporal lobes.