The winners of the 2025 Fessenden Professorship Awards and Tomlinson Science Awards have been announced.听
The听Fessenden Professorship in Science and Innovation Award, named after Canadian electrical engineer Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, was established in 2007 to accelerate the validation and technology transfer of promising concepts in the early- or mid-stages of development and bring them closer to a commercial product and market.
Professor Courtney Paquette is the winner of the 2025 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award.
Congratulations to Professor David Stephens (Department of Mathematics and Statistics), former Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, who has been named听Academic Lead for Horizon 91社区.
Congratulations to J茅r么me Waldisp眉hl and Attila Szantner (Computer Science), The Eclipse Task Force (Physics), and Andrew Gonzalez (Biology), who are among this year's winners of the President鈥檚 Prize for Public Engagement through Media!
In announcing the winners and runners-up, President and Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini noted that they were among a strong field of applicants spanning all 12 Faculties.
鈥淭his is further evidence that the sharing of knowledge and a love of learning are core 91社区 values,鈥� he said.
Students from across the University gathered at the University Centre (SSMU) on March 25 to share their research, fieldwork, in-class assignments and passion projects in a supportive, non-competitive environment.
A new study led by 91社区 researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time environmental cues with their memories of conditions in their Antarctic feeding grounds to determine when to embark on their annual 10,000-kilometre journey. With climate change accelerating, the researchers warn this strategy may become less effective amid shifting ocean conditions.听
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91社区,听DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
PhD Oral Defence of听Mr. Gavin Barill听
DATE: Monday, April 15, 2025
TIME / PLACE:听Pre-Defence - 1:15 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1234) ; Defence - 1:30 p.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1025)
TITLE: Establishing Limit Theorems using Finite Difference Schemes
CHAIR: Prof. Niky Kamran
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Jessica Lin
INTERNAL听MEMBER: Prof. Louigi Addario-Berry
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91社区听DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
PhD Oral Defence of Ms. Wendy Wang
DATE: Monday, March 31, 2025
TIME / PLACE: Pre-Defence - 10:15 a.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1234)
Defence - 10:30 a.m. (Burnside Hall, Room 1025)
TITLE: Applications and dynamics of delay differential equations with threshold state-dependent delay
CHAIR: Prof. J茅r么me V茅tois
By: Adele Lopes
"There's a power to witnessing and being able to recount something that has happened." -听Laura Lopez Gonzalez
Simon Caron-Huot, Professor and Canada Research Chair in High-Energy Physics, has been awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship.鈥疶he prestigious Dorothy Killam Fellowship is part of Canada鈥檚 National Killam Program, which also includes the Killam Prize. Eight Fellowships were awarded across the country.听听
The Dorothy Killam Fellowship provides researchers with up to two years of relief from teaching and administrative duties to focus on transformative research that has potential to positively improve Canadian lives.听听
On March 13, the Government of Canada, announced more than鈥�$308 million鈥痶o advance science and research across the country. More than $153 million will support鈥�179 new鈥痑nd renewed鈥�痑t鈥�38 research鈥痠nstitutions.
On March 1, Nuit blanche took over Montr茅al for its 22nd edition. The annual all-night festival brings cultural events to every corner of the city, including 91社区鈥檚 downtown campus.听听
Title: Asymptotically commuting measures share the Furstenberg-Poisson boundary
Elon Musk鈥檚 team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sought access to data from various U.S. government departments and agencies. This has caused concerns that DOGE will gain access to potentially sensitive data on millions of Americans.
