Search engine | UdeMNouvelles

curated news in English

108 results:

Increasingly frequent heat waves in Europe are benefiting the vegetation at high altitudes in the Alps. But this unusual plant growth - which could become more common with climate change - may deplete the water reserves that percolate from mountain streams to the rivers below.

Society

Hot summers in the Alps deplete water reserves

30 June 2020

Article

The Observatoire sur les profilages is interested in all forms of profiling in a variety of sectors, including the police, justice, correctional services, youth protection, social assistance and the health and social services network.

Society

$2.5M for research on discriminatory profiling

4 June 2020

Press release

According to the study, which involved more than 15,000 people, only three to eight per cent of those who frequently access pornographic websites think they have some sort of psychological problem.

Society

Watching a lot of porn: not a mental-health issue

13 May 2020

Press release

A study reveals that in seven countries, including Spain led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the intention to vote for the ruling party has increased since the start of the pandemic.

Society

Trusting the government

11 May 2020

Press release

Four out of every 10 people are willing to continue to do their work from home when confinement rules related to COVID-19 are lifted.

Society

Working from home makes us more productive and innovative, says survey

8 May 2020

Article

Society

Making philosophy accessible to young people

7 May 2020

Article

The prevalence of COVID-19 in Canada is far greater than officially reported, according to a new analysis led by economists at Université de Montréal.

Society

Far more cases than officially reported

1 May 2020

Press release

Whichever way the progression of COVID-19 is depicted in a chart, Canadians still think it’s a good idea to stay home, a new study finds.

Society

Charting the difference

24 April 2020

Press release

People who lose a loved one in these days of COVID-19 have to grieve in conditions that are as abnormal as they are difficult.

Society

How to grieve in a time of pandemic

20 April 2020

Article

Parents need to be creative and use technology wisely when following the recommendations. A good strategy is to plan the child's activities the day before.

Society

Your children's screen time during confinement

14 April 2020

Article

"There has been a lot of talk about climate disruption over the past decade, but we seem to forget that without forests and healthy oceans, some vital carbon sinks no longer play their regulatory role in biogeochemical cycles"

Society

Saving Africa's ecosystems

12 March 2020

Article

Society

Community-building in Park Extension

24 February 2020

Press release

Excavation of a double burial at Shum Laka Rockshelter in Cameroon, containing the remains of two boys who lived ~8000 years ago and who were genetically from the same family. Ancient DNA reveals that these two individuals and another pair of children buried three millennia later at Shum Laka were from a stable population that was then almost completely replaced by the very different populations living in Cameroon today.

Society

Where do we come from?

22 January 2020

Press release

Society

Putting the gig economy on trial

2 December 2019

Article

Society

Beyond the clichés: a video portrait of daily life in the former GDR

8 November 2019

Article

The MIL Campus of the Université de Montréal will be hosting a cross-sector and transdisciplinary discussion on December 5-6 on “The Sources of Rhythm.”

Society

Could rhythm be at the root of everything around us?

4 November 2019

Article

The mission of the UNESCO Chair in Urban Landscape at Université de Montréal is focused on education, awareness-raising and support for municipal experts, governments and citizens in the development of their landscapes in order to ensure the quality of urban living environments.

Society

The UNESCO Chair in Urban Landscape at Université de Montréal builds bridges

25 October 2019

Article

Society

Canadians in every riding support action on climate change

5 September 2019

Press release

The researchers examined the relationship between the positive parenting of mothers when their child was four years old and the inhibitory control of the child at six years of age to see if they could predict ADHD symptoms at age 7.

Society

Preventing ADHD: positive mothers, well-behaved kids

14 August 2019

Press release

Using social media and watching TV might increase symptoms of depression in teenagers.

Society

Teen depression linked to use of social media and TV

15 July 2019

Press release

L'étude publiée cette semaine retrace le parcours de plus de 3000 personnes sur près de trois décennies.

Society

Inattentive children earn less money when they grow up

18 June 2019

Press release

Society

Women’s labour force transformation dates back to the Great Depression

9 April 2019

Press release

Society

When does a woman have too much testosterone? When she's an athlete. That's wrong.

20 March 2019

Article

Society

A television in the bedroom?

7 March 2019

Press release

Society

When being anti-religious isn't racist

26 February 2019

Article

Society

The (decreasingly) rough-and-tumble world of childhood

11 January 2019

Press release

Yakov Rabkin

Society

The road to modernity is not a one-way street

10 December 2018

Article

Society

AI’s huge potential to transform education

4 December 2018

Article

Society

Artificial intelligence and translation: will machines have the last word?

4 December 2018

Article

Society

Developing AI in a responsible way

4 December 2018

Press release

Faculty experts (fr)

In the media (fr)