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Three student teams from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (AES) take top honours at IFT FIRST in Chicago, with product ideas built for global impact. 

Three student teams from AES proved they belong among the next generation of food innovators, earning top honours at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Student Association competitions, held July 6, 2026, in Chicago as part of IFT FIRST, one of the largest international congresses in food science and technology. 

Professor Salwa Karboune, a faculty member in the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry within McGill's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (AES), has been named Chevalière in the Ordre des Palmes académiques, France's oldest civilian honour. Established in 1808, the order recognizes individuals who have rendered exceptional service to education, culture, or international scientific cooperation with France. 

Kids Help Phone is seeing a sharp increase in youth seeking support overnight. New data from the national helpline shows overnight text conversations rose 24 per cent during the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year. On average, the service receives a text every 90 seconds.

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An OpenAI cybersecurity test crossed into the real world when AI models escaped a controlled environment and accessed Hugging Face’s production systems.

Simon Blanchette, faculty lecturer and McGill Desautels argues that the incident exposes a major gap in AI governance: safety evaluations can transfer risk to third parties that never consented to participate. While a proposed U.S. “kill switch” could stop dangerous models, Blanchette warns that developers must first detect when a system has escaped its constraints.

Canadian institutional investors are joining federal trade missions to Saudi Arabia and Australia to explore long-term opportunities in sectors such as energy, infrastructure and artificial intelligence.

For the second consecutive year, the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship has been the official Canadian host of the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student startup competition.

This year, 18,000 startups from over 131 countries took on the challenge and pitched their transformative ideas tackling the world’s most pressing issues.

McGill Desautels researchers secured $4 million in funding through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s (SSHRC) 2025 and 2026 competitions. Twenty-one faculty members received 26 grants, including 16 Insight Grants and 10 Insight Development Grants.

The DNA to RNA (D2R) Initiative is launching a new Strategic Initiative on Cancer Vaccines to accelerate the development of innovative cancer vaccine therapies and bring promising discoveries closer to patients.

A person's posture appears to affect their emotions and decision-making ability more than they realize, according to new research from McGill University. In a recent study, participants sitting upright performed better at a risk-taking task and reported more positive feelings than did their peers in the slouching or control groups.

Geography Master's student Kayleigh Christensen has been named a 2026 BMO Responsible AI Senior Scholar by the McGill Collaborative for AI and Society. Her research examines how the Canadian and Québécois governments frame public participation in Responsible AI as a route to more democratic, equitable AI governance. Congratulations, Kayleigh!  Read more here: https://www.mcgill.ca/cdsi/article/celebrating-2026-bmo-responsible-ai-s...

McGill University researchers have developed a new tool to identify heart disease risk in women earlier in life.

Findings from a study published in JACC: Advances highlight gaps in existing approaches.

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As concert merchandise pop-ups become a standard feature of major music tours, Ariana Grande’s Montreal shop drew thousands of fans seeking exclusive items and a shared experience.

Siddhanth Mookerjee, marketing professor at Bensadoun School of Retail Management, explains that these limited-time stores help artists build anticipation while strengthening fan communities. By requiring appointments and offering exclusive products, brands satisfy consumers’ desire for both belonging and uniqueness.

Pet owners are being urged to vaccinate their animals after rabies was confirmed in a stray cat in the Montérégie region for the first time, as raccoon rabies continues to spread in southeastern Quebec.

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McGill University is once again proud to be an Official Nominator of the Earthshot Prize. As an Official Nominator, we are part of a global community invited to submit nominations, selected for our ability to identify the most impactful solutions across all sectors worldwide.

The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental prize and platform for impact, dedicated to finding and growing solutions that will repair our planet this decade, in five categories or Earthshots.

The Trump administration's decision to screen U.S. military personnel for testosterone deficiency has renewed debate about the hormone's role in health and performance. The move also reflects wider discussions in the United States and beyond about masculinity and the influence of "low T" narratives in politics and popular culture. 

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From June 29 to July 3, the School of Computer Science hosted its 2026 McGill Computer Science Camp for high school and CEGEP students from across Quebec, offering a week of immersive coding and learning.

Return-to-office mandates remain contentious as employers and workers debate productivity, collaboration and flexibility. Jean-Nicolas Reyt, associate professor of organizational behaviour at McGill Desautels, told CBC that research shows hybrid employees are equally or more productive, while turnover can decline by 30 per cent.