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May 30, 2019
Shawn Burt is McMaster’s next Director of Athletics and RecreationShawn Burt, a respected leader in sport in Canada, is McMaster’s next Director of Athletics and Recreation. Burt joins McMaster July 22 after recently serving . . .
May 30, 2019
Retired professor ensures her legacy with a gift of life insuranceIt all began with a plane ticket and the kindness of a stranger. Basanti Majumdar '87, professor emerita in Mac’s School of Nursing and Faculty of Social Sciences, is paying it forward to support student travel bursaries for generations to come.
May 29, 2019
I’m extremely proud: Suzanne Labarge reflects on her time as ChancellorFrom convocation hijinx to cross-faculty research to help support an aging population, Suzanne Labarge looks back on her six years as chancellor.
May 29, 2019
A letter to the community from Charles and Margaret Juravinski"We think of ourselves as lucky people."
May 29, 2019
Hamiltonians Charles and Margaret Juravinski create $100M+ endowment to fund health research in perpetuityHamilton philanthropists Charles and Margaret Juravinski will create an endowment of more than $100 million to support researchers across Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.
May 28, 2019
Continuing Education hosts sold-out national conferenceMore than 200 leaders in the rapidly growing field of continuing education will attend the conference in Hamilton.
May 27, 2019
McMaster celebrates Indigenous Nurses Day 2019“How do Indigenous nurses express our own Indigenous knowledge? How do we integrate it into our practice? How do we support our Indigenous nursing students . . .
May 27, 2019
Working differently at McMaster – UniForum data collection 2019 underwayUniForum is an annual program to collect information and data about the non-academic services and activities that support teaching and research.
May 27, 2019
McMaster’s new Trudeau Scholar studies how nationalism and politics affect migrationPhD candidate Carlo Handy Charles will receive up to $180,000 over three years to continue his work as a 'courageous, bold, original thinker who seeks unconventional experiences beyond the halls of academia.'
May 24, 2019
Indigenous STEM day inspires Six Nations Polytechnic youth"There's so much more potential when we have more Indigenous engineers."
May 24, 2019
The CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee is inspiring the next generation of neuroscientistsHigh school students from across Canada will converge at McMaster on Saturday, May 25th, 2019, to compete in the 12th Annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee championship.
May 23, 2019
Manitoba midwifery students mark special convocation at McMasterWhen the Bachelor of Health Sciences degrees in midwifery are conferred at McMaster University today, there will be 12 special graduates from Manitoba.
May 23, 2019
Seeing the forest — and the treesAn engineering grad teams up with Arts and Science students to come up with new ways to use unwanted wood.
May 23, 2019
Meet today’s Health Sciences valedictorianIf you could have any superpower what would it be? What is your definition of success? Meet Owen Luo, the valedictorian at the May 23 convocation for the Faculty of Health Sciences.
May 22, 2019
Social Sciences students recognized for their advocacy workThree McMaster students are the 2019 recipients of the Clarke Prizes in Advocacy and Active Citizenship.
May 22, 2019
Meet today’s Nursing valedictorianIf you could have any superpower what would it be? What is your definition of success? Meet Micah Zagala, the valedictorian at the May 22 convocation for the School of Nursing.
May 21, 2019
McMaster science and engineering researchers receive $17.8 million in federal fundingScience and Sport Minister Kirsty Duncan announced a $588-million boost to the NSERC Discovery Grant program during a visit to McMaster. It includes support for nearly 500 early-career researchers in science and engineering across Canada.
May 21, 2019
McMaster signs Government of Canada’s Dimensions charterCharter aims to address systemic barriers in research communities and foster equity, diversity and inclusion.
May 21, 2019
Faculty of Health Sciences convocation ceremonies this weekSpring convocation ceremonies for McMaster University’s School of Nursing and Faculty of Health Sciences are being held on Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday, May 23 respectively.
May 17, 2019
Ken Coley to become dean of engineering at Western UniversityMcMaster Engineering associate dean, academic Ken Coley is taking on a new role at Western University as its dean of engineering. It was announced on May 17 that he will assume the new role on July 1, 2019.