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d e c is io n Plebiscite to be held th is fall By Maria Flores News Editor
The Students’ Society Coun cil defeated a proposed referendum question at their meeting on Thurs day that would have asked students to establish an Arts and Sciences representative on Council. The issue was later revisited by SSMU President Zach Newburgh allowing the question to be recon sidered as a plebiscite, a consulta tive instrument that provides non binding results. The motion was proposed by Science Representatives Shen Chen and Lauren Hudak, Arts Represen tative Zach Margolis, and Clubs and Services Representative Maggie Knight, all of whom are Arts and Science students. “Arts and Science has been around for five years now and the constitution at SSMU has not changed since the program started,” Margolis said. “A lot of other fac ulties and schools all have seats on SSMU. It just seems like the right thing to do.” The inter-faculty Arts and Sci-
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On his 2078-mile hike of the Appalachian Trail, a hiker relaxes on a scenic overlook. See story page 10. ( Jack Maguire / McGill Tribune )
Nobel laureate alumnus Jack Szostak speaks at Moyse Hall McGill graduate began lifelong chemistry passion during his undergradute years By Anand Bery Contributor
Dr. Jack Szostak, one of six McGill alumni who have been awarded with a Nobel Prize in Phisiology or Medicine in 2009, spoke at the university on Friday, delivering the keynote address at the Faculty of
Science’s Undergraduate Research Conference. After the conference’s prize ceremony, Szostak was introduced by Dean of Science Martin Grant, who spoke highly of Szostak’s work and distinction. “[Dr. Szostak] is the kind of alumnus who makes me proud to
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be Dean of Science at McGill,” he said. Szostak spoke briefly about his beginnings — his chemical interests and his time at McGill — and went on to discuss the progression of his research and the twists and turns of his career. For four years, Szostak said,
he went to the chemistry lab after school as a child. At McGill, he began performing finely controlled chemical experiments. After graduating, Szostak went on to complete his PhD in biochem istry at Cornell University under Professor Ray Wu’s supervision, and then started his own lab at Har
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vard Medical School. The question and answer ses sion that followed was perhaps more valuable to students than the keynote address itself. Szostak an swered questions about finding the right research topic and on his life and work after the Nobel Prize.
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