Big Mac marketing, peanut allergies and should we bring back dinosaurs?
Hendrik Poinar, an evolutionary biologist in the anthropology department, was a guest on CBC Radio's Q, which held a live taping last week in Hamilton.
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.
Community engagement:
CBC Radio’s marquee arts and culture program, Q, visited Hamilton to tape a show in front of a live audience. (The Hamilton Spectator previewed the show, which aired Friday, Feb. 1.) Among the day’s guests were Hendrik Poinar (Anthropology) who discussed his research as an evolutionary biologist, including issues around communicating with the media and the ethical implications that could arise with bringing back extinct species. The show’s musical guests, The Arkells, had formed their group while the band’s members were students in social sciences at McMaster (watch the band perform on Q below). The national show also airs in the US via Public Radio International.
CBC Hamilton posted a piece about McMaster Reach Ahead, a program that connects Hamilton high-school students from at-risk backgrounds with McMaster by having them spend a semester taking a course at the university.
The Hamilton Spectator published a story about Salim Yusuf (Cardiology) being named president-elect of the World Heart Federation.
Expert Opinion:
Marketing magazine quoted Alex Sevigny (Communications) on McDonald’s strategy of answering customers’ questions and posting the exchanges on line.
Business News Network interviewed Atif Kubursi (Economics) on the potential impacts of a national pipeline connecting western Canadian producers with eastern Canadian consumers and ports. Kubursi spoke from McMaster’s campus studio.
The Toronto Star cited Ray Truant (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences) as an expert in Huntington’s disease in a profile of another scientist who continues to work although is also suffering from the illness.
Global Education Magazine published a lengthy interview with Henry Giroux (English and Cultural Studies) on the subject of critical pedagogy.
Research:
CTV National News interviewed Susan Waserman (Clinical Immunology and Allergy) about her research into helping people overcome peanut allergies.
The Hamilton Spectator published a piece on Stelios Georgiades (Psychiatry and Neurosciences) on his research into the early signs of autism, while 900 CHML-AM interviewed Georgiades on the same subject.
Teaching, learning and student success:
The Hamilton Spectator published a column about political science student and athlete Victoria Coates – already a high academic achiever with several honours to her name – winning the Dr. Mary Keyes Award, which recognizes a female student-athlete who combines outstanding academic and athletic achievement.
Arkells, a band which formed at McMaster while its members studied social sciences, perform with Jian Ghomeshi, host of CBC Radio’s Q, at a live taping in Hamilton.
