McGill researchers develop a cheaper, safer material for use in solar panels, sensors and optical devices
Using proteins from a common tobacco plant virus, McGill chemistry researchers have developed a simple, eco-friendly way to arrange gold nanoparticles into ultrathin sheets, strengthening the particles’ optical properties. The result: cheaper, safer materials for solar panels, sensors and advanced optical devices.
Congratulations to Siobhan Henderson for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation
Siobhan Henderson successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie 304 on December 4th, 2025.
The title of her thesis: "Understanding and Exploring Coaches’ Perspectives of Mental Health in Competitive Sport in Canada"
Oral Defence Comittee: Dr. Gordon Bloom (Supervisor), Dr. Shane Sweet, Dr. Bruno da Costa, Dr. Lindsay Duncan, Dr. Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, Dr. Krista Chandler
Professor Audrey Moores (Chemistry) awarded the Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology
Congratulations to Professor Audrey Moores (Chemistry), who has been awarded the Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology!
The Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology is an endowed chair created in 1984 to promote research in the field of biotechnology. The chair is awarded for a five-year term and rotates among McGill's Faculties of Medicine, Science and Agriculture.
Exoplanet is observed shedding its atmosphere in real time
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team led by McGill researcher Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy has observed a giant cloud of helium gas evaporating from a distant giant exoplanet called WASP-107b.
Career Opportunity: Assistant or Associate Professor & Director of Teacher Education
The Department of Integrated Studies in Education invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor & Director of Teacher Education (JR0000071849). The successful candidate will demonstrate research and teaching experience directly related to K-Higher Education in the Québec educational context and will work to build a renewed vision for teacher education at McGill.
24 McGill researchers identified in Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List
Twenty-four McGill researchers have been named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers™ list, a ranking prepared each year by Clarivate, an analytics company based in the US. The list assesses researchers in a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to environmental science. The number of McGill scholars on the list grew from 14 in 2024 to 24 in 2025.
McGill’s Bachelor of Arts and Science program celebrates 20 years of interdisciplinary scholarship
Happy 20th birthday, B.A. & Sc.!On Thursday, November 13, over 150 students, alumni, staff and faculty members gathered in the SSMU ballroom to celebrate the 20th anniversary of McGill’s Bachelor of Arts and Science (B.A.
Redpath Museum and Physics Outreach bring science to life at McGill's Bellairs Research Institute
This past September, St. James Parish in Barbados celebrated We Gatherin’, a year-long festival of Barbadian heritage, culture and community. As part of the festivities, McGill’s Bellairs Research Institute hosted a day-long Science Adventure for local schoolchildren featuring a visit from McGill’s Redpath Museum and the Physics Outreach Committee.
Professor Christian Genest recipient of the Acfas Urgel-Archambault prize (2025)
Professor Christian Genest is the winner of the 2025 Acfas Urgel-Archambault prize.
Le Prix Acfas Urgel-Archambault 2025 pour les sciences physiques, mathématiques, informatique et génie, est remis à Christian Genest, professeur titulaire au Département de mathématiques et de statistique de l'Université McGill.
Bringing environmental policymakers together to focus on the future sparks empathy for nature and later generations, McGill study finds
When environmental policymakers are invited to imagine the future together, they don’t just think differently, they feel differently, too.
Meghan Lai Winner of the 2025 Magna Charta Observatory Essay Competition
B.A.(Education); Major in Education in Global Contexts student, Meghan Lai, submitted her essay to Magna Charta Observatory (MCO) conducted their annual Essay Competition, responding to the question: "Drawing on your experience, how might your university engage more effectively with stakeholders both to improve both access to higher education for all and enhance the learning experience of students?
Adam Dubé on Decoder podcast, "How ChatGPT is fuelling an existential crisis in education"
Dr. Adam Dubé was a guest on The Verge podcast, Decoder. He spoke with the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Verge, Nilay Patel, about how GenAI is impacting education, how worried we should be about students cheating with GenAI, how students think GenAI "thinks", and how this impacts how they learn with GenAI.
How a McGill undergrad’s summer research project became a paper in a prestigious journal
When then-McGill undergraduate Maya Willard-Stepan cold-emailed a professor asking to help with their research, she didn’t expect the project to end up in the Nature-partner journal npj Urban Sustainability.
“I really wanted to get involved in research early,” said Willard-Stepan, who had come to McGill from a small town on Vancouver Island.
Youth Digital Compass Keeps Kids Cybersafe
Built upon years of research led by Professor Victoria Talwar from McGill’s Faculty of Education, Youth Digital Compass is an initiative dedicated to helping young people navigate online life safely, kindly, and confidently.
McGill researchers track boulders’ influence on snow melt, watersheds using unique combination of methods
Thanks to their use of a unique methodology, a McGill-led research team has obtained new insights into how boulders affect snow melt in mountainous northern environments, with implications for local water resources.
The team found that snow near boulders melts faster, not only because rocks radiate heat, but also due to subtle processes that reshape the snow’s surface. This information will help researchers understand how small-scale processes affect downstream water resources.