COVID-19 information and updates

Find the most recent updates here, as well as FAQs and information for students, faculty and staff.
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October 19, 2020

What is the most impactful thing McMaster could do to help create a brighter future for our city and region?

McMaster is deeply embedded in the life of our city and invested in its success. We’d like you to tell us: How can we support and create a better future for our city and our region?

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October 20, 2020

Video series brings a professional chef home — virtually

Thanks to support from the McMaster Okanagan Special Project Funding, McMaster employees can now tune into McMaster Class, a series of six online cooking classes, to learn the finer points of fine cooking from McMaster’s very own executive chef, Paul Hoag.

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To measure the severity of COVID-19, researchers create a tool that can pull an elusive marker from human blood

Using a "smart surface," researchers at McMaster University and SQI Diagnostics have developed a way to detect Interleukin-6, a cytokine produced in COVID-19 infections whose concentrations can offer vital information about a patient’s level and stage of infection.

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October 19, 2020

Confirmed COVID-19 case at McMaster: October 19

The university has received notification of a confirmed COVID-19 case involving a student.

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Scientists find medieval plague outbreaks picked up speed over 300 years

McMaster researchers who analyzed thousands of documents covering a 300-year span of plague outbreaks in London, England, have estimated that the disease spread four times faster in the 17th century than it had in the 14th century.

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October 16, 2020

New French curriculum makes it easier for students to work around the world

The new curriculum is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CERF), a set of international standards adopted by the European Union.

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October 16, 2020

After your undergrad, what’s next? Everything you need to know about further education

The Student Success Centre is organizing an online Further Education Fair, panels and webinars through October to support students as they consider further education and navigate new application and experience pathways because of the pandemic.

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Upcoming Events

Online Further Education Fair
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October 21, 2020
11:30 am TO 2:30 pm

Can’t get enough of post-secondary education? Keep the learning going by attending this year’s Online Further Education Fair, part of Further Education Month, where you . . .
Teaching in the Open: McMaster OER Grant Updates
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October 22, 2020
10:30 am TO 11:30 am

Interested in how your colleagues are incorporating open education into their teaching? Hear from the 2020-2021 OER Grantees as they update us on their awarded . . .
Online Further Education Fair
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October 22, 2020
11:30 am TO 2:30 pm

Can’t get enough of post-secondary education? Keep the learning going by attending this year’s Online Further Education Fair, part of Further Education Month, where you . . .
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