The McCord Museum of Canadian History's board has produced a plan for the museum that will transfer some of its archives back to McGill. The plan has some McGill researchers concerned about the accessibility and care of the historical resources.
Members of the University's teaching assistants union will vote today on whether or not to call a strike. At issue is the question of salary which has not yet been addressed in the 21-month negotiations. According to McGill, negotiations are on schedule and a number of complex issues have been resolved.
McGill chemistry professor Jik Chin is working to produce catalysts that can cleave DNA and RNA molecules. His work could produce a powerful new approach to drug development.
Glenn Cartwright, McGill educational and counselling psychology professor, is examining the potential dangers of the entertainment industry's increasingly elaborate technologies.
Principal Bernard Shapiro and Montreal Mayor Pierre Bourque joined 175th Anniversary co-chairs Derek Drummond and Kate Williams to launch year-long activities to celebrate the University's birthday.
The McGill Insitute for the Study of Canada's second conference, "Our Society in the Next Millenium", drew prominent speakers from across the country to discuss the preoccupations of Canadian unity and the nation's economy.
A study conducted out of McGill's Department of Civil Engineering says governments will need to spend $10 billion on municipal infrastructures over the next 20 years.
The new chemical engineering and materials sciences building currently under construction at McGill will be named in memory of Man Hung (Jimmy) Wong, a graduate of McGill's School of Architecture who died recently. Wong's family and friends have donated $8 million towards the construction of the facility.
Several new members have been added to McGill's Board of Governors. The board manages the University's finances and oversees other aspects of McGill in consultation with Senate.
Principal Bernard Shapiro's monthly column in the Reporter addresses the need to reexamine the administrative functioning of the University and the role in that functioning of our senior executives.
