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The goal of the project is to develop a Black Studies program at UdeM and, more broadly, take a hard look at how the knowledge and perspectives held by Black communities are now – or can be – integrated into other university programs.

Community

Education by and for Black communities

25 April 2024

Article

Yoshua Bengio

Community

Yoshua Bengio named one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world

17 April 2024

Article

In another longitudinal study of Quebec teenagers, Bőthe found that between 60 and 65 per cent of youths consume at least one form of pornography before the age of 14.

Society

There are benefits – and risks – to pornography

16 April 2024

Article

With input from parents, teaching and non-teaching staff, school principals, school service centres and community partners, the consultation will provide an overview of priorities and potential solutions.

Society

Consulting the public on education in Quebec

15 April 2024

Press release

Offered by the Montreal non-profit organization MU, Art en tête was born in response to needs identified in schools and launched through an innovative, long-term collaboration between community members, hospitals, school sand universities.

Community

Making mural art helps teens cope

8 April 2024

Article

This new study underscores the significance of directly comparing the spatial behavior of Neanderthals and ''Homo sapiens'' within the same site, using consistent parameters, to minimize analytical bias.

Society

Make yourself at home... 40,000 years ago

5 April 2024

Article

Developing a cross-platform app was another major challenge. Guo and Foul wanted to create one that could run on iOS, Android, PC or Mac.

Science

Where's the best place to see the eclipse? There’s an app for that.

27 March 2024

Article

Illustration of the discovery of the C130-D5h molecule, published on the cover page of the prestigious “Journal of the American Chemical Society” last December.

Science

A new fullertube molecule is found

27 March 2024

Article

Florence Deguire’s work opens up the possibility of detecting neurodevelopmental abnormalities that are currently not diagnosed until age four or five.

Science

Cognitive performance at age four can be predicted in infancy

22 March 2024

Article

The CLAD project's purpose is to support members of the UdeM community in establishing research and teaching activities related to the SDGs.

Community

UdeM makes the top 25 in sustainable development

21 March 2024

Article

This artist's concept shows a "brown dwarf," a space object more massive than a planet but smaller than a star. Brown dwarfs usually have binary companions, but as they age some of these binary systems gravitationally fall apart, and each brown dwarf goes its separate way, according to a study led by Université de Montréal astronomer Clémence Fontanive.

Science

UdeM astronomer finds that "brown dwarfs" grow old alone

21 March 2024

Press release

Miriam Beauchamp and Dominique Dupont

Health

Concussions in young children: symptoms still present three months later

21 March 2024

Article

Criticisms of bodycams include their technical limitations, their high cost and their intrusive nature. Their purported benefits are not currently supported by scientific evidence.

Society

Bodycams in court get broad police approval: survey

18 March 2024

Article

On April 8, be part of the group who will experience this incredible astronomical phenomenon together at Université de Montréal.

Community

The 2024 solar eclipse: enjoy the show at UdeM!

15 March 2024

Article

It's important that the sporting environment value perseverance, cooperation and striving for personal bests, particularly when the family environment is not ideal.

Society

Difficult teens can benefit from sport

15 March 2024

Article

The research shows that the problematic pornography use may be more common than many might think and affects a wide range of people.

Society

Global study unveils "problematic" use of porn

4 March 2024

Article

While mathematics is a fundamental science, it is similar to sports and the arts in some ways.

Science

70-year-old math problem solved

29 February 2024

Article

Companies need to make sure their employees still feel like they're part of a team, even when they're working from their kitchen table, the researchers argue.

Society

Lessons from the pandemic: the trouble with working from home

20 February 2024

Article

This innovative library will empower researchers to train AI models on a much larger scale than previously possible.

Community

UdeM partners with a South Korean company on AI

19 February 2024

Brief

Certain aromas seem to have a positive effect on performance and may even reduce perceived effort.

Health

Can smells improve your athletic performance?

16 February 2024

Article

Van Vugt thinks it can be more productive to keep an open mind than to try to win the argument: try to understand the other person, clarify why the topic is important to them, and consider their perspective, background and experiences.

Society

Can dialogue improve our relationships?

13 February 2024

Article

Shoeprints are part of a range of circumstantial evidence that can move an investigation forward.

Science

When a crime's afoot, get ready to code

12 February 2024

Article

In video games where the protagonist plays an essential role in the plot and the player develops a strong bond with the character, it’s entirely plausible that emotions may bleed from the character to the player.

Society

Video game trauma can last for years

8 February 2024

Article

Professors Isabelle Ribot and Carlos Jacome Hernandez, Mexico's consul-general in Montreal, Alejandro Estivill Castro and Étienne Houle, master's student in anthropology.

Science

The long journey of a child who died over 2,000 years ago

7 February 2024

Article

In addition to providing a simple design strategy to create the next generation of self-regulated nanosystems, the scientists' discoveries also shed light on how natural biomolecular assemblies may have acquired their optimal dynamics.

Science

How life appeared: rise of the nanomachines

7 February 2024

Article

Community

The future of AI will be robust, reasoning and responsible

30 January 2024

Article

The results show that despite the St. Lawrence waters' significant dilution effect, concentrations of caffeine, carbamazepine, diclofenac and ibuprofen are high enough to negatively impact growth and reproduction in aquatic fauna.

Science

Medicinal drugs pollute the St. Lawrence River

30 January 2024

Article

There are devices that produce “coloured noise, whether it be white noise, which combines all audible frequencies; pink noise, which amplifies the lower frequencies and reduces the higher ones; or brown noise, which skews even more strongly towards the low frequencies.

Health

Can “coloured noise” really improve our sleep?

29 January 2024

Article

Artist's concept of GJ 9827d. With only about twice Earth's diameter, the planet orbits the red dwarf star GJ 9827; two inner planets in the system are on the left.

Science

Water vapour discovered in a small exoplanet’s atmosphere

25 January 2024

Press release

The results indicate that de-icing salt does not impair the resilience of the three native plant species or reduce their ability to absorb contaminants.

Science

Bioretention plants not impaired by road salt

22 January 2024

Article

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