April 3, 2003
April 3, 2003 McGill University
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Funk/jazz band SoulFull Moon plays as part of WarmWarmer, a climate change cabaret at the Sala Rossa venue last Monday, March 31. Performers concerned with climate change -- storytellers, comedians, poets, folk singers, academics, and even a mime -- got up on stage, and local artwork was displayed. Twenty-five percent of all proceeds will be donated to an organization that promotes climate change awareness. The McGill School of Environment, the Students' Society of McGill University and CKUT sponsored the event.
Photo: Owen Egan
Redheads and painkillers
They may never get over the pain of being called "carrot top" in their youth,
but psychology professor Jeffrey Mogil has proved that women with red hair do
respond better to certain kinds of analgesics. It's a significant step
forward in pain research.
The illth of nations
Herman Daly says that economics has to change. The ecological economist came
to deliver the second of the Rachel Carson Beatty Lectures. It's all about
determining scale.
Experiment with reality
Each year the chemical engineering students of Martin Weber's Project Lab are
consulted by local and multinational companies who need problems solved. The
companies get solutions, and the students get to tackle "real world"
engineering problems.
Foundations: Nervy art
My god, what is that? The Montreal Neurological Institute has some... er...
"interesting" and scientifically inspired art inside and outside its walls.
Management shows social side
Daddy Warbucks would be appalled. The faculty of management, rather than
training the rapacious capitalists of tomorrow, is a hotbed of social
responsibility. Welcome to the Social Innovation Initiative.
Gulf watching
The invasion of Iraq meant business as usual for the panelists of McGill's
GulfWatch. The five speakers continued to provide informed context for the
dramatic events in the Middle East. And they're prepared to keep it up for
the duration of the war.
Small changes, large consequences
What's going to do more damage to a river system: a hydroelectric dam, or a
highway culvert? Seems obvious, but what about 1,000 culverts? McGill
biologists are studying the effect of roadway culverts on trout.
The associate dean beat
What the heck does an associate dean do? The easier question might be what
don't they do? These little-seen administrators enforce the rules, develop
curricula, help students, liaise with other departments, the provincial
government, community organizations and hospitals -- some of them even clean
your teeth.
Also in this issue
Kudos
Kaleidoscope
Arryn Ketter takes monkeying around very seriously. Every Saturday the McGill law student heads to Carignan on the south shore to care for the 14 chimpanzees that are the former subjects of medical research, and now are "retired" to the Fauna Foundation facility; Drs. Ann Clarke and Rhoda Kagan work for peanuts. That is, the allergists are studying the prevalence of peanut allergies.
On campus
A new co-op offers food that will clean your conscience, but not your wallet. This will leave you with more money to donate to CKUT, which is starting its annual funding drive. Author Joy Kogawa will be coming to talk about both her work and "Mercy in the Age of War." No mercy, however, will be shown at the provincial election candidates' debate featuring would-be MNAs from four parties. Doctor doctor! The role of the clinician-scientist will be discussed at the Montreal General.
