Holiday cheer, delivered on four paws, spreading joy along the way 🐾✨ Warm wishes for a restful holiday season and a happy New Year.

As the exam period comes to a close, a well-earned break begins. Wishing our students a restful holiday. ✨

McGill is recruiting top-tier researchers working abroad through the federally funded Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program, addressing global and national challenges. The first round is due in early 2026. Learn more and submit your candidacy: https://mcgill.ca/x/5Zh

Meet McGill’s e-soccer champion! 🎮⚽ By day, Mohamed Diop is working toward a master’s degree at McGill's Max Bell School of Public Policy. In his spare time, he’s living the dream as a professional gamer. 🔗 Read his story in the McGill Reporter: https://mcgill.ca/x/5Zf

Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie, Assistant Professor in Bioresource Engineering at McGill’s Macdonald Campus, has been awarded one of the eight science diplomacy chairs newly created by the @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social. 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/5Zp

New evidence challenges understanding of Parkinson’s disease, helping explain why current treatments work and how they could be improved 🧠 @douglasresearch.bsky.social | @healthsciences.mcgill.ca | @mcgill.ca | @nature.com

Snow days, circa 2000. ❄️ 📷 McGill University Archives 🔗 Explore digitized yearbooks at yearbooks.mcgill.ca

A new McGill study links exposure to fine air pollution particles with immune system changes that often precede autoimmune diseases, adding to evidence that air pollution affects more than heart and lung health. 🫁 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/5kR | @healthsciences.mcgill.ca | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

A new international study led by McGill University shows that supplementing dairy cow diets with microencapsulated B-vitamins can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while increasing milk yield and quality. 🔗 mcgill.ca/x/5kE | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

🏅 Congratulations to the McGill students awarded the 2025 McCall MacBain International Fellowships. The award supports a year of living, studying and working abroad, recognizing academic excellence, leadership and community engagement. Meet the Fellows: https://mcgill.ca/x/5k6

Une équipe de recherche de @mcgill.ca a mis en évidence une fonction cérébrale qui aide à comprendre pourquoi le stress vécu pendant l’enfance accroît le risque de troubles métaboliques chez certaines femmes 🧠 🔗 www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/fr/...

Apply now for the President’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media. 📣 The award honours McGill community members who share their knowledge with the media and the public, supporting McGill’s commitment to community engagement. Deadline: Dec 31. 🔗 mcgill.ca/x/iyC

McGill chemistry researchers have developed a cheaper, safer material for use in solar panels, sensors and optical devices. 💡 🔗https://mcgill.ca/x/iv8

The McGill community honoured the fourteen young women lost at @polymtl.bsky.social🤍 On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we echo Dean Yargeau: “We must remember them, and their legacy should shape us.” https://mcgill.ca/x/itL

The University Flag will be lowered from December 5 until the morning of December 8 in honour of the 14 women murdered at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989, and in solemn commemoration of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (December 6).

Women who report high levels of psychosocial stress, such as from caregiving and lack of emotional support, show signs of early heart tissue changes associated with cardiovascular disease – an association not observed in men, a new study reveals. 🔗https://mcgill.ca/x/itG

Single people who date without a clear understanding of what they are looking for in a relationship experience more loneliness and decreased life satisfaction, McGill researchers have found. 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/itU

The University flag will be lowered today, Dec. 3, in honour of Prof. Emeritus Balfour Mount (Palliative Care, Medicine and Health Sciences) The Hon. Prof. Kelvin K. Ogilvie (Chemistry, Science), and Prof. Ante L. Padjen (Pharmacology, Medicine and Health Sciences).

Exoplanet is observed shedding its atmosphere in real time 🔭 McGill-led research using the James Webb Space Telescope sheds new light on how planetary atmospheres evolve. Learn more: https://mcgill.ca/x/iFV 📷 : Artist's representation of WASP-107b. NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

🤔 Think you know the answer? Take our Giving Tuesday quiz and test your knowledge of the legends, landmarks and legacies that make McGill University one of a kind. You might even learn something new! 👉 www.alumni.mcgill.ca/quiz?utm_sou... #GivingTuesday #McGillTriviaChallenge

Created to honour the lives lost at @polymtl.bsky.social on Dec. 6, 1989, the Order of the White Rose supports the next generation of women in engineering. McGill’s Angela Wang is among this year’s recipients for her work in assistive communication technologies. 🤍🌹

McGill welcomes Dr. Grant Bruno on Dec. 3 for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The University of Alberta researcher and Samson Cree Nation member advocates for relational and culturally grounded approaches to supporting neurodivergent children. Learn more: https://mcgill.ca/x/iy9

McGill researchers have developed a stretchable, eco-friendly battery for wearable and implantable devices. Made with citric or lactic acid and gelatin, it performs without toxic materials, helping cut electronic waste. 🔋 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/iFk | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

The President’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media celebrates outstanding public outreach and knowledge-sharing by members of the McGill community. Applications for the 2026 edition are open: https://mcgill.ca/x/iyC 🔗 Meet the 2025 winners: https://mcgill.ca/x/iS6

70-80% of the world has no access to MRI. At The Neuro, neuroscientist Udunna Anazodo is leading Imaging Without Borders (IMAGINE). An Open Science initiative developing low-cost, portable MRI systems using 3D-printing. 🔗 Learn more: www.mcgill.ca/neuro/articl... @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

McGill Professor Myriam Denov has received the Gold Medal from the SSHRC, the Council’s highest honour. 🏅 The award recognizes her decades of work with children and families affected by war and genocide and includes $100,000 for future research. 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/iy8

Christian Genest receives the 2025 Acfas Urgel-Archambault Prize ✨ Awarded annually to leading researchers in physical sciences, math, computer science or engineering, the prize recognizes Genest’s impactful work in statistics. 🔗 Read more in the McGill Reporter: https://mcgill.ca/x/iy7

McGill joins Hydro-Québec alliance promoting energy efficient buildings.⚡ Chosen as one of 20 exemplary organizations in Quebec, the University is being recognized for its innovative work on smart energy grids. 🔗 Read more: https://mcgill.ca/x/iCD

COP30: Quebec universities more united than ever for the climate 🌎 As the conference unfolds in Belém, Brazil, eighteen institutions are reaffirming the climate emergency and the need to combine their efforts and expertise to meet this global challenge. https://mcgill.ca/x/iCn

McGill breaks into the global Top 10 for sustainability! 🌱 Ranked #9 worldwide in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026, this recognition reflects our community’s commitment to research, innovation and collective action for a more sustainable world. 🔗 Read more: mcgill.ca/x/iC5

A McGill University-led research team has demonstrated a sustainable, cost-effective way to desalinate seawater using thermally driven reverse osmosis (TDRO), a piston-based system powered by low-grade heat from renewable sources. 🌊 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/iCk | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

Meet Maya — a McGill undergrad whose summer project became a published paper. ✨ Alongside a team of McGill researchers, she mapped coastal buildings at risk from long-term sea-level rise. 🔗 Learn more about her inspiring journey at mcgill.ca

On National Philanthropy Day, we want to celebrate you and the incredible impact of your giving to @mcgill.ca ❤️ Find out more about the impact of giving: alumni.mcgill.ca/npd/thank-yo...

Angela Campbell appointed McGill's next Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic). Read more: https://mcgill.ca/x/i9m Angela Campbell a été nommée provost et vice-rectrice principale aux études de l'Université McGill. En savoir plus : https://mcgill.ca/x/i9s

The University Flag will be lowered today, Thursday, November 13, 2025, in honour of Alison Verkade, former Director of Shared Services.

René Provost, professeur de droit à McGill, reçoit le Prix Léon-Gérin aux Prix du Québec 2025. ⭐ Il fait partie des quatre membres de la communauté de McGill honorés cette année — une reconnaissance du rayonnement et de l’excellence de la recherche. 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/i9M

Researchers at McGill University and collaborating institutions have mapped the atmospheric features of a planetary-mass brown dwarf, a type of space object that is neither a star nor a planet, existing in a category in-between. 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/ijy | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

McGill researchers at @douglasresearch.bsky.social found that people with the lesser-known eating disorder OSFED experience symptoms just as severe as those with anorexia or bulimia—underscoring the need for equal recognition and care. 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/ijj | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

The University flag will be lowered today, Nov. 12, in honour of Prof. Emerita Erika Grisel (Physical & Occupational Therapy, Medicine & Health Sciences), Tatiana Bedjanian (Humanities & Social Sciences Library), and Prof. Deborah Danoff (Health Sciences Education, Medicine & Health Sciences).

A McGill-led team found that snow near boulders melts faster—not only because rocks radiate heat, but because they subtly reshape the snow’s surface, affecting how mountain snowmelt influences local water supplies. 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/ijR

All Flags on Campus will be lowered today, November 11, 2025, in solemn commemoration of Remembrance Day. 🇨🇦

Climate change could result in contaminant spread in the High Arctic, McGill study finds. Increased discharge of groundwater contributes to further thawing, creating a feedback loop that transports pollutants. 🌎 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/iVG | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

McGill study reveals knowledge gap about psychedelic therapies in adolescents. 🧠 Researchers call for inclusion of adolescent minors in future clinical trials, with appropriate safeguards. 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/iHy | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

McGill PhD student Hannah Derue is using digitized artworks from the National Gallery of Art to develop PAin+, an AI-driven platform that helps people visualize and communicate chronic pain. 🧠 🎨 🔗 Learn more in the McGill Reporter: https://mcgill.ca/x/iHt

When McGill PhD candidate Sam McNichol boarded the Atlantis this spring, he expected to spend a month collecting deep-sea samples in the mid-Pacific. He didn't anticipate that two of his shipmates would witness a rare volcanic eruption on one of their last days at sea. ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/iKr

A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered 150 years ago in Nunavut offers new clues about Ice Age giants. A McGill-led study has reclassified the 1878 discovery as a cold-adapted woolly mammoth — the most northeasterly in North America. 🦣 🔗 mcgill.ca/x/iH9 | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

McGill researchers have identified bacteria that could provide an early warning of blue-green algae toxicity. 🦠 🔗 mcgill.ca/x/iHV | @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

Join McGill President and Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini next week for a special McGill News alumni webcast, as he shares his four priorities for the future of McGill University. 🗓️ Monday, November 10 🕛 12PM EST Register for free 👇 www.alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...

The colours of campus, at their best. 🍂

McGill’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives welcomed representatives from nearby Indigenous communities to inaugurate the new mosaic at the redesigned Y-intersection, which aims to infuse the downtown campus with symbols of Indigenous wisdom and presence. Read more: https://mcgill.ca/x/irA