/nursing/taxonomy/term/4/all en /nursing/channels/event/winter-2025-application-deadline-music-practical-examinations-354799 <p>Application deadline for Winter practical examinations in Music (B.Mus./L.Mus.).</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:19:53 +0000 admin 33299 at /nursing /nursing/channels/event/january-fee-payment-deadline-352911 <p>January fee payment deadline. For more information, visit the website <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/your-account/deadlines-and-penalties/">http://www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/your-account/deadlines-and-penalties/</a>.</p> Wed, 22 Nov 2023 20:20:26 +0000 admin 33296 at /nursing /nursing/channels/news/lab-grown-brain-cells-help-uncover-new-targets-parkinsons-treatments-361562 <p>Scientists have uncovered a new link between the immune system and the development of Parkinson’s disease.</p> <p>Researchers at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) at 91ÉçÇø have discovered that an immune response plays a key role in how toxic protein clumps, known as Lewy bodies, form in brain cells and contribute to disease.</p> <p>This suggests factors that trigger the immune system, such as chronic inflammation, exposure to toxins, or prolonged stress may not only correlate with Parkinson’s, as previous research has found, but drive its development.</p> Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:09:57 +0000 admin 33295 at /nursing /nursing/channels/event/winter-2025-course-change-adddrop-deadline-farm-358317 <p>Course Change (add/drop) deadline for Winter term courses starting in January 2025 for Farm Management Technology.</p> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:28:14 +0000 admin 33293 at /nursing /nursing/channels/event/tentative-date-target-date-sending-preliminary-selections-mdcm-program-354798 <p>(Tentative Date) Target date for sending of preliminary selections (invitations to interviews) for the Faculty of Medicine's Fall 2025 MDCM program.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:19:53 +0000 admin 33294 at /nursing /nursing/channels/news/mcgill-linked-axis-mission-one-two-finalists-nasa-selection-process-361498 <p>NASA has selected the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) mission, co-led by 91ÉçÇø Professor Darryl Haggard, to advance to the next stage of its $1 billion <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-establishes-new-class-of-astrophysics-missions-selects-studies/">space probe competition</a>.</p> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:15:15 +0000 admin 33292 at /nursing /nursing/channels/news/satisfaction-among-rem-users-after-one-year-operation-mcgill-study-finds-361380 <p>User satisfaction with the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) has increased since its first line opened in the summer of 2023, preliminary results from a survey by Transportation Research at 91ÉçÇø (TRAM) indicate.  </p> <p>Since 2019, TRAM has been conducting a longitudinal study on the REM. Preliminary results indicate that among the close to 1,700 REM users who participated in the survey this fall: </p> <ul> <li> <p>Satisfaction with the service increased to 79 per cent from 75 per cent in 2023; </p></li></ul> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:46:30 +0000 admin 33290 at /nursing /nursing/channels/event/tentative-dates-entrance-auditions-all-mmus-performance-and-dmus-performance-applicants-354797 <p>(Tentative Dates) Entrance auditions for all M.Mus. (Performance) and D.Mus. (Performance) applicants. Refer to the Schulich School of Music Admissions site (see below) for information about specific instrument dates.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:19:52 +0000 admin 33288 at /nursing /nursing/channels/event/fall-2024-application-deadline-supplemental-examinations-fall-term-courses-354795 <p>Application deadline for supplemental examinations in Fall term courses and N1/N2 courses from the Fall 2024 term for Arts (including Social Work & Religious Studies), Education, Law, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Science</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:19:51 +0000 admin 33287 at /nursing /nursing/channels/news/cannabis-disrupts-brain-activity-young-adults-prone-psychosis-study-361318 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html --></p> <p>Young adults at risk of psychosis show reduced brain connectivity, a deficit that cannabis use appears to worsen, a new study has found. The breakthrough paves the way for psychosis treatments targeting symptoms that current medications miss.</p> <p>In the first-of-its-kind study, 91ÉçÇø researchers detected a marked decrease in synaptic density—the connections between neurons that enable brain communication—in individuals at risk of psychosis, compared to a healthy control group.</p> Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:37:10 +0000 admin 33286 at /nursing /nursing/channels/news/saskatchewans-first-centrosaurus-and-citipes-elegans-fossils-discovered-mcgill-researchers-361239 <p>Paleontologists and students from 91ÉçÇø have documented Saskatchewan's first confirmed fossil specimens of <i>Centrosaurus</i>, a horned dinosaur species closely related to <i>Triceratops</i>.</p> <p>The search, conducted in Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park along the South Saskatchewan River, also unearthed a rare mix of dinosaur and marine fossils, shedding light on a dinosaur fauna which existed on the edge of an ancient sea at a time of rising sea levels long before humans roamed the earth.</p> Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:36:54 +0000 admin 33284 at /nursing /nursing/channels/news/new-technology-rapidly-measures-antioxidants-maple-syrup-361237 <p>Researchers at 91ÉçÇø have developed an eco-efficient, user-friendly technology that quickly measures the antioxidant content of maple syrup. The innovative method contributes to increasing transparency about a health-related aspect of the syrup's nutritional value and allows for on-site quality testing without the need for costly lab assessments.</p> Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:23:09 +0000 admin 33282 at /nursing /nursing/channels/event/tentative-date-verification-period-minerva-all-students-all-faculties-354796 <p>(Tentative Date) Verification period via Minerva for all students in all faculties. Verify your entire record on Minerva (address, personal data, courses, programs, etc.) and consult your faculty with any problems.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:19:52 +0000 admin 33279 at /nursing /nursing/channels/event/tentative-application-period-intra-faculty-transfers-composition-program-change-or-add-instrument-354791 <p>(Tentative) Application period for intra-faculty transfers to a composition program, to change or to add an instrument, and performance programs for Fall 2025.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:19:49 +0000 admin 33275 at /nursing /nursing/channels/event/readmission-deadline-desautels-faculty-management-winter-2025-term-354792 <p>Deadline to apply for readmission to the Desautels Faculty of Management for the Winter 2025 term.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:19:50 +0000 admin 33276 at /nursing