Aging well, treating diabetes and cross-border shopping
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.
Research:
The New York Times cited research by Martin Gibala and his colleagues in Kinesiology on the effectiveness of high-intensity interval training.
The Hamilton Spectator published a story about McMaster receiving $31 million in funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation, featuring comments from, and a photo of Sonia Anand (Health Sciences).
Community engagement:
The Hamilton Spectator published a story (with photo) about an outreach program organized by Christopher Anand (Computing and Software) designed to expose every Grade 8 pupil in Hamilton and Six Nations to the possibilities that computing and software offer.
The National Post, Regina Leader-Post and Saskatoon Star-Phoenix published a piece about Hamilton’s success in rebuilding its image, citing the participation of McMaster professors, and quoting Marvin Ryder (DeGroote School of Business).
The Hamilton Spectator highlighted McMaster’s Salim Yusuf (Health Sciences) who has been named to the Order of Canada.
Teaching, learning and student success:
The Hamilton Spectator published a lighthearted column on the McMaster graduate students who have created a new tradition for celebrating their successful thesis defenses.
Expert opinion:
The Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, CBC online, Vancouver Sun,Vancouver Province, The Spec, The Ottawa Citizen and CHCH TV all carried stories on an employment report from Statistics Canada, featuring a combination of McMaster experts Arthur Sweetman (Economics),Catherine Connelly (DeGroote School of Business) and Darren Scott (Geography and Earth Sciences).
The National Post published a fitness column citing Stuart Phillips (Kinesiology) on the subject of protein consumption.
The Los Angeles Times, Hamilton Spectator and others carried commentary from McMaster’s Hertzel Gerstein (Health Sciences) on a new advance in treating Diabetes.
The Toronto Star and many other papers: The Ottawa Citizen, Victoria Times-Colonist and Canadian Press featured Nick Bontis (DeGroote School of Business) comments about the impacts of a lower Canadian dollar on cross border shopping.
The Toronto Star and CFRB Radio 1010 Toronto interviewed Len Waverman, Dean of the DeGroote School of Business regarding the CRTC’s approval of Bell Media’s takeover of Astral.
The Toronto Star quoted Jean Clinton (Health Sciences) on the importance of teaching water safety to young children.
The Windsor Star published an opinion piece from Parminder Raina (Health Sciences) on aging well.
