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  1. Rio Tinto Alcan invests in the future of international arbitration law at McGill

    November 11, 2008
    $3-million gift to create new Faculty of Law chair named in honour of L. Yves Fortier
  2. McConnell Foundation continues its legacy of supporting McGill students

    October 16, 2008
    $20-million gift provides $17 million in challenge funds to augment others’ donations to Campaign McGill
  3. Goodman gift to bolster cancer research at McGill

    September 16, 2008
    Donation represents latest boost for new Life Sciences Complex
  4. Schulich gift boosts agricultural research on eve of McGill conference on food crisis

    September 4, 2008
    $5-million funding also helps other sciences, architecture
  5. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation bolsters humanities research at McGill

    April 30, 2008
    Gift of $1,495,000 to create postdoctoral fellowships
  6. McGill launches “Best in the West” student award program

    April 30, 2008
    Alumni Dr. Richard and Carolina J. Walls give $1 million in science scholarship support for Western Canadians
  7. Campaign McGill reaches $400-million mark

    April 30, 2008
    Encouraging results reflect strong, worldwide support for the University
  8. Largest literary prize in history makes history

    April 17, 2008
    Renowned investment manager Peter Cundill establishes landmark non-fiction historical book prize at McGill
  9. Canadian radio pioneer Fessenden commemorated with $1.25 million gift McGill

    February 20, 2008
    McGill alum Dr. John Blachford honours his great-uncle, inventor of audio radio
  10. TD Bank Financial Group supports management leadership at McGill

    February 11, 2008
    $1,000,000 to support leadership initiatives at the Desautels Faculty of Management
  11. Second McGill string player to be awarded Golden Violin Award

    January 22, 2008
    Seymour Schulich’s Golden Violin to share Toronto stage with Lord Stanley’s storied Cup
  12. McGill first in Canada, 12th in world rankings

    November 8, 2007
    Times Higher-QS rates McGill best public university in North America
  13. McGill again tops Maclean's University Rankings

    November 8, 2007
    Ranked first among medical-doctoral universities for third consecutive year
  14. History in the Making

    October 18, 2007
    McGill campaign to target global research, social justice and enhanced student experience
  15. Senator Michael Meighen gives $5M to McGill

    October 18, 2007
    Campaign co-chair kicks off fundraising drive with personal donation for students
  16. John McCall MacBain gives back to McGill

    October 18, 2007
    $5M graduate fellowships to boost humanities, social sciences
  17. McGill receives major donation from Hydro-Québec

    October 18, 2007
    $10 million over 10 years for cutting-edge research
  18. Encouraging the study of Islam: The State of Kuwait donates to the Institute of Islamic Studies

    June 28, 2007
    Six new scholarships created to support Canadian students studying Islam
  19. Hockey Martlets' million a gift of love

    March 15, 2007
    The Martlets are recipients of a record-setting gift, all of which was inspired by a love that blossomed at the hockey rink.
  20. Million-dollar gift to McGill makes sporting history

    March 2, 2007
    David and Sheryl Kerr, both Montreal natives who now reside in Toronto, have bestowed a $1 million gift to the McGill University women's hockey team.
  21. Lorne Trottier: The gift of passion for stars and sky

    November 15, 2006
    High-tech entrepreneur increases support of science, engineering at McGill.
  22. Seymour Schulich's golden encore

    September 27, 2006
    Philanthropist's latest gift funds scholarships for string musicians.
  23. McGill to receive $1 million from Petro-Canada Emerging Leaders Awards Program

    September 20, 2007
    McGill University is pleased to announce a $1-million gift from Petro-Canada for undergraduate scholarships in the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Science and the Desautels Faculty of Management.
  24. Osler Library gets financial boost

    March 30, 2006
    When a director of the Harold Crabtree Foundation retires, it is customary for the foundation to make a donation to the charity of the individual's choice. So, what agency did James Darragh pick to get the $100,000 gift? Obviously, you didn't read the title.
  25. McGill Engineering master program boosted by 3M gift

    November 25, 2005
    A generous gift from a leading technology company, 3M Canada Company, to McGill University's Master in Manufacturing Management (MMM) program has created two new entrance scholarships.
  26. McGill University receives $22-million donation from Canadian Credit Management Foundation and Marcel Desautels

    November 17, 2005
    Management faculty renamed the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University. Largest single donation to a Canadian business school ushers in a new era of business education.
  27. McGill donors celebrated on National Philanthropy Day

    November 15, 2005
    Schulich, O'Brien and Eberts are shining examples of philanthropists.
  28. New name = new look

    September 30, 2005
    To mark its new era — built on 100 years of academic excellence — the Schulich School of Music of McGill University has revised its look by introducing a new logo.
  29. Schulich School of Music of McGill University named after benefactor

    September 30, 2005
    Businessman Seymour Schulich, a two-time McGill University graduate and honorary degree recipient, has stepped forward with a transformative philanthropic gift of unprecedented generosity towards his alma mater and to higher education in the arts.
  30. $1-million endowment to bring top international talent to McGill's School of Architecture

    September 26, 2005
    Business leader and philanthropist Gerald Sheff funds visiting professorship.
  31. Prominent Canadian businessman promotes human rights with $3-million gift to McGill

    September 21, 2005
    Prestigious O'Brien Fellowships will fund top young human rights scholars from around the world.
  32. Gemin X helps fund NMRS Centre

    May 13, 2004
    It's always gratifying to see one's offspring grow up and do well. Gemin X Biotechnologies, a McGill spin-off company, recently gave McGill a heck of a Mother's Day gift: a $100,000 donation to the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry Centre.

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