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2025 Alex Trebek lecture: Scientific partnership for a brighter, more inclusive future

“The future of science is vibrant, but with the condition that we work together more. Partnerships of all kinds are required for us to tackle global grand challenges,” said Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan, PhD, during his keynote address at the 2025 Alex Trebek Lecture Series on November 6. This was to be his central theme of the evening.
“The future of science is vibrant, but with the condition that we work together more. Partnerships of all kinds are required for us to tackle global grand challenges,” said Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan, PhD, during his keynote address at the 2025 Alex Trebek Lecture Series on November 6. This was to be his central theme of the evening.

November 3, 2025
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Civil Engineering alumna Elodie Marcotte turns her passion project into a flourishing small business

From treating her own eczema by playing around with chemical formulations of botanical soaps, to running a successful small artisanal beauty company in Chelsea, Quebec, civil engineering graduate Elodie Marcotte (BASc '14. Civil engineering) is anything but done creating new formulas for soaps and her own life.
From treating her own eczema by playing around with chemical formulations of botanical soaps, to running a successful small artisanal beauty company in Chelsea, Quebec, civil engineering graduate Elodie Marcotte (BASc '14. Civil engineering) is anything but done creating new formulas for soaps and her own life.

May 14, 2025
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Pascale Marceau on managing risks - during an expedition and in business

She loves the polar regions, “the vast spaces where there are no answers, no paths, no trails,” and she loves ... calculated risks. But rather than be called “brave”, this explorer, mountain climber and risk management consultant by the name of Pascale Marceau (BScAp in Chemical Engineering ’99) prefers to be called “curious” and “tenacious.”
She loves the polar regions, “the vast spaces where there are no answers, no paths, no trails,” and she loves ... calculated risks. But rather than be called “brave”, this explorer, mountain climber and risk management consultant by the name of Pascale Marceau (BScAp in Chemical Engineering ’99) prefers to be called “curious” and “tenacious.”

January 18, 2024
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