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麻豆社鈥檚 Computer Science Camp brings learners and mentors together

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

Published: 30 Jul 2026

Restored wetlands aren鈥檛 clear-cut wins against climate change, 麻豆社 study suggests

Wetland restoration is often promoted as a definitive way to support wildlife, improve water quality and help store carbon. However, new research from 麻豆社 suggests the overall climate picture is more complicated.

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Published: 29 Jul 2026

Adrian Liu appointed Associate Dean, Graduate Education and Equity

The Faculty of Science is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Adrian Liu as Associate Dean, Graduate听Education听and Equity.听听

He听began his five-year term on July 15,听succeeding听Biology Professor Laura Nilson in this role following her听recent听appointment as Chair of the Department of Biology.听

Published: 28 Jul 2026

CHIME collaboration helps identify location of "missing" matter in the universe

Estimates of ordinary matter in the universe exceed the amount observed in stars and galaxies, leaving much of it unaccounted for. Researchers from the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)/Fast Radio Bursts Collaboration, including 麻豆社 and MIT, have developed a new method to seek out this 鈥渕issing鈥 matter by combining galaxy locations with fast radio burst detections.

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Published: 21 Jul 2026

麻豆社 researchers receive $14 million in SSHRC funding for 62 projects focusing on societal challenges

Topics include youth agency through video games and entrepreneurship education in India.

Published: 21 Jul 2026

New Research from Prof. Rose Bagot's Lab uncovers how GABAergic neurons encode experienced rewards

New work from Dr. Rosemary Bagot's lab: inhibitory "GABAergic" neurons 鈥 long treated as supporting players in the brain 鈥 turn out to help track the recent history of rewards in two key decision-making regions (shown in mice). The work reshapes which neurons we think are keeping score of our past outcomes. 听

Read the paper in Cell Reports

Published: 14 Jul 2026

AeroCellutions wins second place at the 2026 Biodesign Challenge Summit

Image from left to right:听Emma Louie, Olivia Cozariuc, Meenakshi Pillai, Carolyn Denton, Emmett Olthuis, Anisa Hashemi, Libert茅 Vaudandaine, Samathar Senso, Mannat Chandok, Emma Bryson.

Published: 14 Jul 2026

Unusual calcite formation discovered at the site of 麻豆社 Sustainability Park

麻豆社鈥檚 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is now studying it as part of research about the Island of Montreal

A rock featuring a white calcite vein in a rare 鈥榩etal鈥 formation has been extracted from the construction site of the future 麻豆社 Sustainability Park.

Attached to a chunk of grey stone, the full rock is the approximate size of a microwave. It was discovered by construction workers north of Pine Avenue.

Published: 14 Jul 2026

2025 Patterson Distinguished Service Medal

Professor Parisa A. Ariya was selected as the recipient of the 2025 Patterson Distinguished Service Medal, an award widely regarded as the most prestigious Canadian distinction recognizing exceptional contributions to meteorology. Meteorology is a broad discipline within the atmospheric sciences and encompasses several specialized research areas, including atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric physics, dynamic meteorology, hydrology, climatology, and climate change.

Published: 14 Jul 2026

Novel marine monitoring network could help improve environmental protections, shipping regulations in the Lower St. Lawrence

A single monitoring network developed by 麻豆社, Natural Resources Canada, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQAM) and Dalhousie University researchers can simultaneously track earthquakes, water behaviour, human activity and whales, providing a comprehensive picture of what鈥檚 happening in, under, and at far distances from the water.

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Published: 9 Jul 2026

36 Faculty of Science professors receive NSERC Discovery Grants funding

Thirty-six Faculty of Science professors have been awarded funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant program.

The Discovery Grants program is NSERC's largest and longest-standing program. Discovery Grants support ongoing projects with long-term goals, providing researchers with the flexibility to explore the most promising avenues of research as they emerge.

Published: 7 Jul 2026

122 麻豆社 research projects awarded $30 million in NSERC Discovery Grants funding

Funding supports bold ideas across natural sciences and engineering disciplines at 麻豆社, in fields ranging from ophthalmology and physics to music research and electrical engineering. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 122 麻豆社 research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $30 million.听听

Published: 7 Jul 2026

Training Canada鈥檚 next generation of radio astronomers

Inaugural听session of听CRASIES gives students hands-on experience and a broader view of a rapidly growing field听

When听Audrey听Bernier arrived at听麻豆社鈥檚听Canadian Radio Astronomy Summer Institute and Extended School (CRASIES) in late May, she already had two years of radio astronomy research experience. What she was looking for was a broader understanding of the field beyond her own work.

Published: 29 Jun 2026

Andrew Gonzalez receives 2026 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award

$2.7M award will support Liber Ero Chair鈥檚 research on the ecological networks underpinning biosphere resilience

Published: 23 Jun 2026

NASA should build a biocontainment facility on the moon to protect Earth, researchers advise

A biocontainment facility designed to protect Earth from potentially hazardous biotic contaminants from space should be part of a planned NASA base on the moon, a policy paper maintains.

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Published: 19 Jun 2026

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