Graduate Students /channels/taxonomy/term/19652/all en Judges Too Wise for Their Own Good: Is Anyone Still Protecting Civil Liberties in France? /channels/channels/event/judges-too-wise-their-own-good-anyone-still-protecting-civil-liberties-france-368552 <p>At a moment of democratic crisis in Europe, when far-right parties are gaining power, courts are expected to act as key defenders of rights and freedoms.</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 21:23:55 +0000 webfull 212850 at /channels 4 O’ Clock Forum Seminar Series: Naked Oat Laid Bare /channels/channels/event/4-o-clock-forum-seminar-series-naked-oat-laid-bare-368550 Naked Oat Laid Bare : The Genetic Underpinnings of Oat Floral Architecture <p><strong>About the speaker</strong></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:33:44 +0000 webfull 212849 at /channels Ottawa threatens to sue auto maker Stellantis for violating funding agreements /channels/channels/news/ottawa-threatens-sue-auto-maker-stellantis-violating-funding-agreements-368548 <p>When the auto maker Stellantis announced its plan to shift production of the Jeep Compass SUV from Brampton, Ontario to Belvidere, Illinois, the Government of Canada didn’t take the news sitting down. It threatened to sue the multinational company, saying that the shift violated previous agreements between the multinational automotive company and the government, which stipulated the automaker had to maintain its Canadian footprint. “There is a huge amount of taxpayer money that has gone in to this company,” Prof.</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:11:19 +0000 webfull 212848 at /channels Alan Lindsay (Notre Dame) /channels/channels/event/alan-lindsay-notre-dame-368547 <p>Title: Mathematics of randomness, heterogeneity in cellular decision making and signaling</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:58:00 +0000 webfull 212847 at /channels Yang Feng (New York University) /channels/channels/event/yang-feng-new-york-university-368546 <p>Title: Regularized Fine-Tuning for Representation Multi-Task Learning: Adaptivity, Minimaxity, and RobustnessRegularized Fine-Tuning for Representation Multi-Task Learning: Adaptivity, Minimaxity, and Robustness.</p> <p>Abstract:</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:53:25 +0000 webfull 212846 at /channels European Union is in the early stages of regulating AI’s use of sensitive data /channels/channels/news/european-union-early-stages-regulating-ais-use-sensitive-data-368545 <p>Artificial intelligence is still an emerging technology, and we are only in the early stages of its regulation. The European Union is at the forefront of the technology’s regulation, says <a href="/newsroom/simon-blanchette">Simon Blanchett</a>e, Lecturer at ǾƷ Desautels. The EU already has an artificial intelligence act, which centers on the level of privacy risk associated with individual use cases. “For example, when AI is used to evaluate loan or job applications, lots of sensitive, private information will be gathered,” Blanchette told CTV News.</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:50:51 +0000 webfull 212845 at /channels Kuan-Hui Lee (ǾƷ) /channels/channels/event/kuan-hui-lee-mcgill-368544 <p>Title: The stability of steady generalized Ricci solitons.</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:50:00 +0000 webfull 212844 at /channels Starbucks’ choice to shut pick-up only locations could hurt bottom line /channels/channels/news/starbucks-choice-shut-pick-only-locations-could-hurt-bottom-line-368543 <p>Beginning in 2026, Starbucks will be phasing out its mobile order pick-up only locations, abandoning an approach built for speed and efficiency. In an earnings call, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the pick-up only locations had a transactional feel that lacks warmth and human connection. The move favours ‘stay and savour’ customers over ‘grab-and-go ones’, writes <a href="/desautels/vivek-astvansh">Vivek Astvansh</a> in The Conversation. The move could come at a cost, argues the Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics at ǾƷ Desautels.</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:48:13 +0000 webfull 212843 at /channels Winner announced: Fujifilm hybrid camera - Student Digital Experience Survey /channels/channels/news/winner-announced-fujifilm-hybrid-camera-student-digital-experience-survey-366529 <p><strong>Congratulations to Shaina Balyasnyy</strong> from the Psychology program (Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences) for winning the <strong>Student Digital Experience survey contest</strong> held in Fall 2025.</p> <p>Shaina won a <b>Fujifilm Instax mini Evo instant camera (film included). </b>Thank you to everyone who entered!</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:38:52 +0000 webfull 212842 at /channels Desmarais Global Finance Research Centre (DGFRC) Seminar: Brett Green /channels/channels/event/desmarais-global-finance-research-centre-dgfrc-seminar-brett-green-368540 Brett Green <b>Washington University in St. Louis </b> <p><em>The Welfare Benefits of Pay-As-You-Go Financing</em></p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:35:13 +0000 webfull 212838 at /channels Luxembourg Finance Minister Gilles Roth visits ǾƷ to mark milestone partnership /channels/channels/news/luxembourg-finance-minister-gilles-roth-visits-mcgill-mark-milestone-partnership-368539 <p>Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Gilles Roth visited ǾƷ’s Desautels Faculty of Management to celebrate a milestone partnership and the launch of the <a href="/desautels/programs/mmf/our-community/mcgill-luxembourg-centre-finance">ǾƷ Centre for Finance in Luxembourg</a> and the <a href="/desautels/programs/mmf">Master of Management in Finance (MMF)</a> in Luxembourg programme.</p> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:19:00 +0000 webfull 212837 at /channels ACB Seminar Series: Ziv Gan-Or, PhD "Neurogenomics and Precision Medicine" /channels/channels/event/acb-seminar-series-ziv-gan-or-phd-neurogenomics-and-precision-medicine-368537 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:30:00 +0000 webfull 212835 at /channels Fast Radio Burst Conference hosted at ǾƷ for the first time /channels/channels/news/fast-radio-burst-conference-hosted-mcgill-first-time-368536 Physics researchers Amanda Cook and Alice Curtin organize FRB2025, celebrating the 10th anniversary of a major finding in the field <em>Doris Hua, Faculty of Science Communications Assistant</em> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:03:31 +0000 webfull 212834 at /channels Chem Soc Seminar: Ashutosh Chilkoti - Biomolecular Condensates from Synthetic Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Tools for Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology /channels/channels/event/chem-soc-seminar-ashutosh-chilkoti-biomolecular-condensates-synthetic-intrinsically-disordered-368535 ٰ: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:12:38 +0000 webfull 212831 at /channels How to Manage Your Time as an Overwhelmed Grad Student /channels/channels/event/how-manage-your-time-overwhelmed-grad-student-368532 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 06:00:56 +0000 webfull 212828 at /channels