/foodscience/taxonomy/term/6/all en /foodscience/channels/event/macdonald-campus-career-fair-2025-361340 <p><strong>DATE:</strong> Wednesday, January 29, 2025</p> <p><strong>TIME:</strong> 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM</p> <p><strong>LOCATION:</strong> Centennial Centre Ballroom, Macdonald Campus</p> Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:16:27 +0000 admin 2233 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/event/undergrad-internship-info-session-362227 <p>Are you thinking about doing an internship this summer, but you are not sure where to start?</p> <p>Join us for a special info session where we answer all of your questions over free delicious pizza!</p> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:18:15 +0000 admin 2162 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/celebrating-legacy-professor-roger-prichard-362155 <p><img alt="A cake decorated with custom icing in honour of Prof. Prichard" src="/macdonald/files/macdonald/image00029.jpeg" style="height:200px; float:right; width:300px; margin-left:15px; margin-right:0px" />On Thursday, November 28, 2024, the Institute of Parasitology gathered to celebrate the remarkable career and retirement of Professor <a href="/parasitology/faculty/prichard">Roger Prichard</a> at Tadja Hall.</p> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:55:12 +0000 admin 2042 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/quebec-government-awards-16-million-mcgill-researchers-providing-innovative-solutions-industry-362124 <div> <p><em><strong><span><span><span>���۲�ݮ��Ƶ-led projects in genomics, imaging,<span> and manufacturing<span> <span>serve<span> businesses across Quebec<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></em></p></div> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:55:57 +0000 admin 1955 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/event/mcburney-fellowship-recruitment-362033 <h3>The Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy <a href="/equity-ethics-policy/experiential-learning-programs/mcburney-fellowship/projects">McBurney Fellowship</a> is accepting applications for Summer 2025!</h3> Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:14:24 +0000 admin 1943 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/tracking-puffins-dawn-alaska-361814 <p><big>Collecting data on tufted puffins thanks to the Vivian Lewin and BELF Awards</big></p> <p>In the eerie stillness of a misty Alaskan dawn, Cassandra Ciafro was already on the move by 3 a.m. Clad in camouflage, she melded seamlessly with the rugged cliffs, joining the seabirds in their lofty perches. Her mission? To deploy trackers and observe deitary patterns of the tufted puffin, a key indicator of the region’s fish stocks.</p> <p>“I’ve always wanted to work with something related to marine science,” said Ciafro. “This experience has helped me grow so much as a person.”</p> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:29:50 +0000 admin 1918 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/cod-crops-cranberries-lister-3mt-competitors-deliver-361807 <p>On November 27, the Macdonald Campus Office of Student Academic Services hosted the annual Lister Family Engaged Science Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, an event open to master’s and doctoral students from all disciplines in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.</p> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:32:19 +0000 admin 1917 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/small-berries-big-achievements-361558 <p>He’s known as the king of cranberries. More than anyone else, <strong>Marc Bieler</strong> (DipAgr’58, BA’64) has contributed to Quebec’s thriving industry centred on a small red fruit with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Today, at the age of 86, this ���۲�ݮ��Ƶ alumnus continues to be involved in the day-to-day operation of the family business and to give back to the community.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="/channels/article/small-berries-big-achievements">Read the full article</a></div> <p> </p> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:19:27 +0000 admin 1904 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/chandra-madramootoo-lifetime-service-mcgill-macdonald-campus-and-world-361559 <p>In 1974, <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/chandra-madramootoo">Chandra Madramootoo</a> arrived at Macdonald Campus to pursue his BSc in Agricultural Engineering. He never left.</p> <p>“I loved the program. I loved the professors. I loved my courses,” said Madramootoo. “It was giving me exactly what I wanted in life. I was fulfilling a dream.”</p> <p>After also earning his MSc (1981) and his PhD (1985) at Mac, he accepted an 11<sup>th</sup> hour offer from ���۲�ݮ��Ƶ for an assistant professorship, declining opportunities at other universities.</p> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:33:19 +0000 admin 1903 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/2024-scholastic-awards-reception-celebrating-student-excellence-361501 <p>The 2024 Scholastic Awards Reception on November 12<sup>th</sup> recognized more than 155 outstanding undergraduate students and close to 50 graduate students. The Faculty awarded over $400K in named scholarships at the undergraduate level and more than $340K in fellowships and awards at the graduate level.</p> Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:32:46 +0000 admin 1899 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/macdonald-campus-farm-wins-regional-award-milk-excellence-361453 <p>The Macdonald Campus Dairy Unit has been named best in the region in the 36th Agropur Club of Excellence for Milk Quality Awards.</p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:00:24 +0000 admin 1893 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/are-canadian-froot-loops-healthier-those-us-comments-prof-stephanie-chevalier-361378 <p>In <a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sciences/2024-11-22/lu-vu-verifie/les-froot-loops-d-ici-sont-ils-meilleurs-que-ceux-des-etats-unis.php">a new article, <em>La Presse </em>investigates claims made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a>, Donald Trump's Secretary of Health nominee, that Froot Loops sold in Canada have far less ingredients than their American counterparts. </p> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:33:37 +0000 admin 1889 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/17-mcgill-researchers-honoured-prestigious-canada-research-chairs-357763 <p style="text-align:center"><em>���۲�ݮ��Ƶ awarded $10.9 million in federal funding through Canada Research Chairs Program</em></p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:48:28 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 1763 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/mac-student-awarded-prestigious-seed-science-foundation-scholarship-357793 <p>Please join us in congratulating Henry Alexander Cordoba Novoa, Ph.D. candidate in plant breeding and genetics at ���۲�ݮ��Ƶ University's Macdonald Campus, on receiving the Roger Krueger Memorial Scholarship, awarded by the Seed Science Foundation at the American Seed Trade Association Leadership Summit held in Nashville, TN on June 15–19, 2024. This award recognizes Henry's outstanding research, integrity, and professionalism and his passion for the future of agriculture and the seed industry.</p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:10:09 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 1759 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/prof-christopher-buddle-mosquitos-thriving-quebec-thanks-summer-rainfall-359472 <p>Professor <a href="/nrs/academic-0/buddle">Christopher Buddle</a>, an entomologist in ���۲�ݮ��Ƶ’s Department of Natural Resource Sciences whose research focuses on the biodiversity of insects and spiders, <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mosquitos-are-thriving-in-quebec-thanks-to-this-summers-heavy-rainfall-and-heat">told the Montreal Gazette</a> that the rain this summer has been particularly “good” for mosquitos.</p> <p>Mosquito larvae are aquatic, relying on standing water to thrive.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:09:16 +0000 admin 1725 at /foodscience