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The next decade of women in STEM begins with you

‘These efforts empower women in engineering to succeed!’

A woman smiling at camera

‘A fantastic place to do field work’

2024 Gault Research Award winners hunkered down at McGill’s pristine nature reserve for summer research

Simone Miklosi

‘This scholarship is truly life-changing’

McGill’s 2024 Schulich Leaders are exactly what you’d expect of recipients of Canada’s largest Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics scholarship – top students and proven leaders with a passion for STEM

McGill's 2024 Schulich Leaders

Ten years of driving innovation at McGill

The McGill Engine Centre in the Faculty of Engineering supports technological innovators and entrepreneurs in myriad ways across the University to help move ideas and inventions to society

PhD candidates make the most of coveted fellowships

Vadasz Scholars Program supports top Engineering students at McGill as they pursue doctoral research to help solve complex problems

Les and Judy Vadasz with Vadasz Scholars at McGill in September 2023

A flood of ideas from McGill’s Brace Water Centre

How a legacy gift unleashed a torrent of new discoveries in water research

James Brace yearbook photo in foreground; Macdonald Campus in background

Sustainable ideas in motion

Startup Ikei aims to take tech inventions from a McGill Engineering lab to hydroponic farms to reduce water and nutrient waste

Professor Thomas Szkopek and PhD candidate Minh Tran

Stellar students reach for the stars

McGill’s 10 new Schulich Leaders began the 2023 fall semester as recipients of Canada’s premier STEM scholarship

McGill's 10 new Schulich Leader Scholarship recipients

An engineering pioneer honoured by his family

A McGill fellowship changed his life, and now Alfred Guenkel’s family memorializes him by establishing a new fellowship in his name with a $1M gift to the Faculty of Engineering

Alfred Guenkel, PhD’73

A lifelong connection and lasting legacy

Montreal architect Bruce Allan remained devoted to McGill throughout his life, teaching students and serving on the Faculty Advancement Board. A fellowship he established will support McGill Architecture students following in his footsteps.

The late Bruce Allen

Meet Ram Panda, McGill’s new Lead Planned Giving Ambassador

The former Chair of the McGill Board of Governors is ready to take on his next challenge

Ram Panda

Meet the new STEM kids on the block

McGill welcomed a record number of Schulich Leaders for the new academic year. The 10 Schulich Leader Scholarship recipients are embarking on STEM studies with the distinction of having won Canada’s premier Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Schulich Leaders

Moshe Safdie, one of the world’s most acclaimed and influential architects, gifts his archive to McGill

Safdie’s donation to his alma mater features never-before-seen materials from more than 300 projects, including the thesis that inspired the iconic Habitat 67

Moshe Safdie

Investing in big ideas for the future

No matter how innovation manifests itself, financial support is the oxygen for great ideas

Recycling Pioneers

Finding remedies for the planet through collaboration

The New Vic Project will take McGill’s sustainability efforts to a whole new level

The New Vic CollabSpace

A strong tradition of supporting women students

The McGill Women’s Alumnae Association marked its 130th anniversary with an ambitious fundraising drive to raise $130,000 for a new scholarship for female students in STEM.

Woman working in a scientific lab

Applying engineering know-how to global health problems

As a tribute to the generous spirit of late alumnus Sal Furino, Joanne Rémillard-Furino has made a gift to promote cutting-edge research with a new Chair in biomolecular, cellular, and tissue engineering.

Sal Furino and Joanne Rémillard-Furino

Providing opportunities for women engineers

Alumnus Ian Van Cortlandt McLachlin has helped make McGill Engineering more inclusive and business-literate. His latest contribution – the 1989 Polytechnique Memorial Scholarships – supports women in engineering and entrepreneurship in the Faculty.

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