Alexandre Ferrari-Roy, BSc(AgEnvSc)’15, is the co-founder of MicroHabitat, which oversees hundreds of rooftop and indoor farms.

Over the course of his long career, François Bourassa, BMus’85, has established himself as one of Canada’s top jazz musicians. His famous father, former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa, was hoping he’d...

McGill celebrates Pollack Concert Hall reopening made possible by an anchor gift from Dr. Constance V. Pathy

Brandon Svarc’s family has been in the jeans business for three generations, but the Naked & Famous Denim founder brings his own unique sensibility to clothing, one that has earned him accolades. Jame...

Mordecai Richler wrote about it. Anthony Bourdain called it a “national treasure.” As the co-owner of Wilensky’s Light Lunch, Sharon Wilensky, BA’82, DipEd’87, isn’t just looking after the family rest...

Find out why Joëlle Pineau made TIME’s list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence

Food historian Nathalie Cooke explores a wide range of menus from different time periods in her new book.

Students in McGill’s Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences learn some of their most important lessons in the Anatomy Lab, thanks to individuals whose names they won’t know until the end of the academi...

As a grad student, Sarah Weinman, BSc’00, observed autopsies and visited crime scenes. Today, the award-winning writer/editor is a leading authority on the crime fiction and true crime genres, and the...

Architect Georges Drolet played a leading role in restoring the landmark ninth-floor restaurant at the Eaton Centre on Saint-Catherine Street.

When Gail Simmons began working as a judge on Top Chef, she had no way of knowing that she was about to become part of an enduring cultural phenomenon.

If you have ever enjoyed a stroll through Old Montreal, you owe Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, BArch’45, DSc’14, a debt of thanks. One of the driving forces behind Expo 67, she was the recent recipient of ...

For generations of McGill students, The Word Bookstore on Milton Street has been almost as familiar a landmark as the Roddick Gates or the Redpath Museum. As The Word marks its 50th anniversary, Adria...

Marcus passed away on July 16. He was 102.

In the midst of a global pandemic, the usual playbook for a semester gets tossed aside. COVID-19 forced the University's instructors to rethink how they teach and some of the lessons learned will infl...

One of Montreal’s defining characteristics is its architecture. Julia Gersovitz has devoted much of her career to preserving and repairing the city’s distinctive buildings.

Sydney Wiseman, BCom’11, set out to create a toy craze before she turned 30. Thanks to the massive success of Fingerlings, she has achieved that goal.

Historical fiction, once dismissed as a second-rate genre, is now the dominant force in American literature and a magnet for top literary prizes. In a new book, McGill’s Alexander Manshel examines how...

Earth-threatening asteroids have been the subjects of films like Armageddon and Don’t Look Up. Julie Bellerose, BEng’03, played a major role in a NASA project that proved that menacing asteroids can b...

No one was happier than Allan Scott, BA’61, to see The Queen's Gambit take the world by storm. As the show's co-creator, it took him 30 years to bring the Netflix smash to screens. The difficulty of b...

Three McGill-led sets that will transform your festival experience

Visual effects compositor Jordan Catracchia, BSc’11, has worked on some of Hollywood’s most popular films in recent years.

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is one of the planet’s best hopes for prevailing against a pandemic that has affected millions around the world. Noubar Afeyan, BEng’83 (pictured), is the company's co-found...

In the most recent event in the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada’s Conversations: sponsored by Charles Bronfman series, high-profile panelists explored the potentially disruptive effects of ar...

The Star podcast received the Peabody Award nomination by unanimous vote from its Board of Jurors.

Jenni Gibbons was always drawn to the stars. Now, the Calgary-born astronaut is set to take part in NASA's Artemis II mission, which will send humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 yea...

The Lewtas Office of Experiential Learning supports hands-on learning opportunities at the Desautels Faculty of Management. This year, it’s partnering with students on a project to enhance learning an...

A former Oscar nominee and a newly minted member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Joyce Borenstein watched every film nominated in all 24 Academy Award categories this year.

6,505 gifts from generous donors raise $5.4 million on McGill’s day of giving

Stephen Spencer is a college music lecturer, but his side gig is producing songs written by his three-year-old. “Apple The Stoola,” Record of the Year?