Staff /sociology/taxonomy/term/71/all en [VIRTUAL] From patients to iPSCs: Your first step for drug discovery /sociology/channels/event/virtual-patients-ipscs-your-first-step-drug-discovery-369675 <p>To register, click <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IlGGvoiZm2P24hBfqcN9tDpDet9K3WkNZUlpBsSVlbY/viewform?edit_requested=true"><strong>here</strong></a></p> Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:56:18 +0000 admin 6762 at /sociology Graduate Student Research Day: Imaging the innate immune system during regeneration and... /sociology/channels/event/graduate-student-research-day-imaging-innate-immune-system-during-regeneration-and-372327 <p>Graduate Student Research Day<br /> <b>Keynote Speaker: Dr. Paul Kubes </b></p> Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:50:51 +0000 admin 6760 at /sociology Thomas Soehl awarded FRQ funding to study French-language integration among newcomers /sociology/channels/news/thomas-soehl-awarded-frq-funding-study-french-language-integration-among-newcomers-372261 <p>The project will study the challenges allophone newcomers to Quebec face in building the francophone social networks necessary for integrating French into daily life. </p> <p>Read the full article on the <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/thomas-soehl-awarded-frq-funding-to-study-french-language-integration-among-newcomers/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=wn_April_02_ENGLISH&amp;utm_source=whatsnewstaff&amp;utm_term=º£½ÇÉçÇø-launches-initiative-to-strengthen-Canada%E2%80%99s-health-c">º£½ÇÉçÇø Reporter website</a>. </p> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:51:52 +0000 claire.ward@mcgill.ca 6759 at /sociology April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day /sociology/channels/news/april-2-world-autism-awareness-day-372254 <p>To mark this day, the team at the Neuro-Patient Resource Centre is sharing one of its favorite books with you:</p> <p> </p> <p>Often, when autistic people and non-autistic people talk about autism, they’re talking about two different things. "L'Autisme expliqué aux non-autistes" attempts to bridge the gap between these perspectives.</p> <p> </p> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:00:47 +0000 admin 6757 at /sociology Prof. Skyler Wang's work on AI companionship featured in The Atlantic /sociology/channels/news/prof-skyler-wangs-work-ai-companionship-featured-atlantic-372238 <p>Prof. Skyler Wang's recently published Social Media + Society article on "on-demand" intimacy was featured in The Atlantic.</p> <p>Read the article on <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/03/ai-friendship-chatbot/686345/?gift=RRUwO0MqDZ04E409VHbUwTIlvPd5kcLXc-IfFe8fYfs&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share">The Atlantic website</a>. </p> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:11:37 +0000 claire.ward@mcgill.ca 6754 at /sociology AMR Centre Seminar + Social with Dr Manoj Jangra /sociology/channels/event/amr-centre-seminar-social-dr-manoj-jangra-372206 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:04:27 +0000 admin 6753 at /sociology The Info-Neuro cart schedule for April is now available! /sociology/channels/news/info-neuro-cart-schedule-april-now-available-372157 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:51:18 +0000 admin 6751 at /sociology NRS Graduate Seminars - 7 /sociology/channels/event/nrs-graduate-seminars-7-371947 <p>Get to know the exciting research our graduate students are working on in this seminar series. Talks will be divided into sections (see below). Everyone is welcome to attend. </p> <p><b>Location: </b>B1-015 (Barton Building)</p> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:29:24 +0000 admin 6744 at /sociology Interesting lecture on the future of International Development coming up! /sociology/channels/news/interesting-lecture-future-international-development-coming-371804 <p>Want to learn more about where the world is headed and what it means for the field of International Development? The Institute for the Study of International Development is hosting its annual lecture on Thursday March 12, featuring a stellar set of speakers! No registration needed, free reception, what more could one want? More info here: <a href="/isid/events/mcdonald-currie-lecture-2026">/isid/events/mcdonald-currie-lecture-2026</a></p> Sun, 08 Mar 2026 02:54:48 +0000 admin 6741 at /sociology TB Seminar Dr. Hemant D Shewade. /sociology/channels/event/tb-seminar-dr-hemant-d-shewade-371539 <p>We are delighted to continue our seminar series for this academic year with a distinguished guest speaker, <b>Dr. Hemant D Shewade</b>. Please join us on <b>Friday, April 17th, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST</b> on <b>Zoom</b>.</p> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:28:58 +0000 admin 6738 at /sociology The Info-Neuro cart schedule for March is now available! /sociology/channels/news/info-neuro-cart-schedule-march-now-available-371538 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:36:49 +0000 admin 6736 at /sociology Prof. Skyler Wang wins the Computational & Data Systems Institute's 2026 Convergent Research Themes (CRT) Program Grant /sociology/channels/news/prof-skyler-wang-wins-computational-data-systems-institutes-2026-convergent-research-themes-crt-371381 <p>Together with co-PI Prof. Claire Boone (Economics &amp; DEEP), Prof. Skyler Wang’s project, "Gender, Choice, and Trust in AI-Mediated Mental Health Care," has been awarded a $10,000 grant to investigate how perceptions of therapeutic chatbots' gender shape trust, user experience, and patterns of engagement.</p> <p>Read more about the Computational and Data Systems Institute's <a href="/cdsi/research/convergent-research-themes-crt-program/exploratory-phase-recipients">2026 Exploratory Phase Recipients</a>.</p>   Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:40:32 +0000 claire.ward@mcgill.ca 6734 at /sociology º£½ÇÉçÇøâ€™s Trottier Institute for Science and Public Policy announces Nicholas B. King as Associate Director, Rhonda Moore as Professor of Practice /sociology/channels/news/mcgills-trottier-institute-science-and-public-policy-announces-nicholas-b-king-associate-director-371071 <p>Nicholas B. King has been named the Associate Director of the <a href="/tispp/">Trottier Institute for Science and Public Policy</a> at º£½ÇÉçÇø, where he holds appointments in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ School of Population and Global Health and the Faculty of Arts’ Max Bell School of Public Policy.</p> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:54:07 +0000 admin 6719 at /sociology The Info-Neuro cart schedule for February is now available! /sociology/channels/news/info-neuro-cart-schedule-february-now-available-370720 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:01:00 +0000 admin 6716 at /sociology Sociology Speaker Series / Population Dynamics Seminar Series: Courtney Boen /sociology/channels/event/sociology-speaker-series-population-dynamics-seminar-series-courtney-boen-370447 <p>Courtney Boen is an Associate Professor at Brown University whose work aims to uncover the social and political forces generating population patterns of health and mortality.</p> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:04:59 +0000 claire.ward@mcgill.ca 6707 at /sociology