�鶹AV News - Admin & governance

�鶹AV receives $22-million donation from Canadian Credit Management Foundation and Marcel Desautels

webfull — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:00:05 +0000

Published: 17 November 2005

Name change note: Research and Innovation

webfull — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:03:43 +0000

The Office of Research and International Relations officially changed its name to the Office of Research and Innovation (R&I), as of June 1, 2016.

Published: 13 June 2016

Dr. Suzanne Fortier selected as Principal-Designate

webfull — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:45:51 +0000

Montreal - The Board of Governors of �鶹AV is pleased to announce that Dr. Suzanne Fortier has been selected as the University’s 17th Principal and Vice-Chancellor. Her five-year term will begin in early September 2013.

Published: 5 March 2013

�鶹AV and Intellectual Ventures partner on new inventions

webfull — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:21:55 +0000

�鶹AV and Intellectual Ventures have announced a partnership that provides an additional avenue for �鶹AV faculty to commercialize their inventions and discoveries.

Published: 7 August 2012

�鶹AV’s spending on security responsible and effective

webfull — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:21:30 +0000

Following media reports on its spending on security during student unrest earlier this year, �鶹AV reiterates that this spending was both responsible and effective, said Olivier Marcil, Vice-Principal (Communications and External Relations).

Published: 9 July 2012

Vanier scholarships bring the world to �鶹AV to help shape the future

webfull — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:21:28 +0000

Fourteen of the 156 new 2012 Vanier Scholars will be attending �鶹AV, coming from countries as diverse as Australia, Belgium, Peru and the United States, as well as from Canada.

Published: 3 July 2012

CREATE grants will help �鶹AV build on leadership in green chemistry, medical imaging

webfull — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:21:27 +0000

Two projects led by �鶹AV professors are among the 17 that will receive a total of $28 million over six years to help science and engineering graduates add job skills to their academic achievements, thanks to the.Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) CREATE program. The two projects are the CREATE program in green chemistry led by Prof. Chao-Jun Li, and the CREATE

Published: 26 June 2012

Illegal marijuana used by 10 per cent of fibromyalgia patients

webfull — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:21:25 +0000

A new study published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, led by Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, a rheumatologist at the �鶹AV Health Centre, reveals that 13 per cent of FM patients use cannabinoids for relief from symptoms such as widespread pain, fatigue, and insomnia.

Published: 22 June 2012

Developing a better potato for indigenous communities in Colombia

webfull — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:21:22 +0000

�鶹AV scientists, led by Ajjamada Kushalappa of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, have teamed up with researchers from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia to develop nutritious, high-yielding, and more disease-resistant potatoes for food-insecure indigenous communities in Colombia.

Published: 20 June 2012

Lessons for U.S. but also for Canada in report on U.S. universities

webfull — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:21:20 +0000

Report by blue-ribbon panel, including �鶹AV Principal Munroe-Blum, highlights links between world-class research universities and future prosperity

Published: 14 June 2012