Martha Crago, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation (VP-RI), is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Roman Szumski to the role of Special Advisor to the VP-RI in Public and Life Science Policy and Business Development. His appointment will commence on January 17, 2022 for a two-year term.
McGill University professor Nicole Basta and her team have created an interactive online COVID-19 vaccine tracker, that provides real-time updates on progress in developing a safe and effective vaccine.

School of Continuing Studies credit and non-credit programs, courses, and other academic information for 2019-20 are now available on McGill's eCalendar.

Programs, courses, and other academic information for the School of Continuing Studies has been updated to reflect new offerings for the 2018–19 academic year. Current and future students can see what's new on the eCalendar! Browse Continuing Studies' offerings in both English and French to find out more.

School of Continuing Studies credit and non-credit programs, courses, and other academic information for 2018-19 are now available on McGill's eCalendar.
Discovery provides new tool for understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases

Registration is now open for the CRBLM Inaugural Symposium on Music and Language, to be held in Montréal, Canada on Friday, May 3rd and Saturday May 4th 2013. A brief conference program is included below. Full details about the conference and registration information are available at www.crblm.ca/symposium/registration

Montreal researchers find that music lessons before age seven create stronger connections in the brain
If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers. Those lessons you dreaded – or loved – helped develop your brain. The younger you started music lessons, the stronger the connections in your brain.

In many pathologies of the nervous system, there is a common event - cells called microglia are activated from surveillant watchmen into fighters. Microglia are the immune cells of the nervous system, ingesting and destroying pathogens and damaged nerve cells. Until now little was known about the molecular mechanisms of microglia activation despite this being a critical process in the body.
