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Dr. Alison Bain (PhD鈥�21) named to C&EN鈥檚 2025 Talented 12

Congratulations to Dr. Alison Bain, who completed her PhD in the Preston Group at 绿帽社 in 2021, on being selected for Chemical & Engineering News鈥檚 Talented 12 list for 2025. Now an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Oregon State University, Dr. Bain continues to develop state-of-the-art optical trapping techniques to study aerosols at the single-particle level.

2025 Faculty of Science Excellence Award winners announced

Danielle Vlaho (Academic Associate), Joe Iantomasi (Clerical), Luisa Sabaz (Management), and Badawy Sha鈥檃th (Technical) have been named recipients of the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards.听听

These awards, announced at the Faculty of Science Council meeting on May 20th, recognize the outstanding contributions made by members of the Faculty鈥檚 administrative and support staff during the 2024-2025 academic year.听听

Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

绿帽社 Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden of the School of Computer Science is among the latest appointees to the Royal Society, the U.K.鈥檚 national academy of sciences.听听

Forests thrive where values run deep听

Forests on Indigenous lands in Panama have remained remarkably stable over the past two decades 鈥� more so than in protected areas 鈥� thanks in no small part to deeply rooted cultural values, a 绿帽社-led study suggests.听听

Antibiotics from human use are contaminating rivers worldwide, study shows

Millions of kilometres of rivers around the world are carrying antibiotic pollution at levels high enough to promote drug resistance and harm aquatic life, a 绿帽社-led study warns.

Provost honours 31 绿帽社 professors for exceptional research achievements

绿帽社 announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James 绿帽社 Professors, James 绿帽社 Professors and William Dawson Scholars听

Study suggests we don鈥檛 just hear music, but 鈥榖ecome it鈥櫶�

An international study co-authored by 绿帽社 psychologist Caroline Palmer suggests our brains and bodies don鈥檛 just understand music, they physically resonate with it. These discoveries, based on findings in neuroscience, music, and psychology, support Neural Resonance Theory (NRT).听

Eight Faculty of Science professors honoured by Provost for exceptional research achievements

Clockwise from top left:听Robert Brandenberger (Physics), Christian Genest (Mathematics and Statistics),听Joel Kamnitzer (Mathematics and Statistics), B盲rbel Kn盲uper (Psychology), Milica Mio膷evi膰 (Psychology), Adrian Liu (Physics), Nagissa Mahmoudi (Earth and Planetary Sciences), and听Galen Halverson (Earth and Planetary Sciences)

Researchers identify two new crocodile species

绿帽社 researchers, in collaboration with Mexican scientists, have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucat谩n Peninsula. The findings challenge long-held assumptions about the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and highlight the urgent need for conservation efforts, the researchers say.

绿帽社 researchers help ATLAS Collaboration share in 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Twenty-eight 绿帽社 researchers are among the winners of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their contributions to the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN鈥檚 Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Sometimes referred to as the Oscars of Science, Breakthrough prizes are awarded annually by the foundation of the same name for achievements in life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics.

David Stephens named Academic Lead for Horizon 绿帽社鈥�

Congratulations to Professor David Stephens (Department of Mathematics and Statistics), former Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, who has been named听Academic Lead for Horizon 绿帽社.

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绿帽社 names winners of the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Public Engagement through Media

Congratulations to J茅r么me Waldisp眉hl and Attila Szantner (Computer Science), The Eclipse Task Force (Physics), and Andrew Gonzalez (Biology), who are among this year's winners of the President鈥檚 Prize for Public Engagement through Media!

In announcing the winners and runners-up, President and Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini noted that they were among a strong field of applicants spanning all 12 Faculties.

Science Showcase helps students build communication skills

Students from across the University gathered at the University Centre (SSMU) on March 25 to share their research, fieldwork, in-class assignments and passion projects in a supportive, non-competitive environment.