A multi-sport athlete, a multicultural celebration and Strombo’s surprise

Newspaper

March 12, 2013

McMaster is known for making a positive impact on the local, national and international stages. Each week, The Office of Public Relations highlights a few of the many McMaster stories making the news.

Teaching, learning and student success:

The Hamilton Spectator covered Connect to Careers, a major jobs fair for students and graduates of McMaster and Mohawk College.

The Toronto Star carried a substantial story and photo on McMaster’s Joey Cupido, a fourth-year Kinesiology student, a star defensive back with the Marauders football team and a professional lacrosse player with the Colorado Mammoth club. CHCH TV also carried a piece about Cupido.

Research: 

The Hamilton Spectator published a story about a $2-million gift from Michael G. DeGroote toward an endowment that will fund medical research. The fund is to be named in honour of John Kelton, dean and vice-president of the Faculty of Health Sciences and dean of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.

CTV’s Canada AM broadcast a substantial segment about McMaster-based CanChild’s guidelines for parents who are managing their children’s concussions.

Maclean’s quoted Neil Johnston (Medicine) and described his research and collaboration on the Code Red project in a piece on the social determinants of health.

Community engagement:  

The Hamilton Spectator and CHCH TV both covered Pangaea, an event featuring dozens of MSU cultural clubs, highlighting McMaster’s diversity.

Expert opinion: 

National Geographic posted a story about the idea of bringing back the woolly mammoth from extinction, quoting Hendrik Poinar (Anthropology) throughout.

The Ottawa Citizen sought the analysis of Jeffrey Donaldson (English & Cultural Studies) for a story about Canada’s poet laureate Fred Wah.

The London Free Press asked Karen Bird (Political Science) to assess the impact of a city councillor’s use of an offensive racial term.

In other news:

CBC TV’s George Stroumboulopoulos interviewed McMaster alumnus Martin Short, and delighted his guest by playing a surprise clip (see the video here, starting at 4:50) from an archival McMaster Psychology video in which Short had acted.