Daily News

November 2, 2017

In 1967, the first dedicated space for an art gallery opened at McMaster University with an exhibition of Canadian paintings. The new gallery was established as a fundamental part of the Arts Department.

November 1, 2017

McMaster researchers have developed a new drug screening technique that could lead to the rapid and accurate identification of fentanyl, as well as a vast number of other drugs of abuse.

November 1, 2017

During her time in Scotland, Nadia Ahmed joined the National Union of Students as a voting delegate, travelling to different cities to speak with local communities.

November 1, 2017

"The well-being and the success of places like McMaster depend on the diversity of our community."

October 31, 2017

McMaster’s new home of the liberal arts, L.R. Wilson Hall, was officially christened Oct. 30 with a full-scale production incorporating artistic and cultural performances, experiential learning and the work of students, alumni, faculty and staff.

October 30, 2017

The Socrates Project will showcase and help to foster the critical thinking, communication, creativity, imagination and collaboration critical to developing deeply engaged citizens and leaders.

October 30, 2017

Ramnarine Sahadeo hopes the award will help young people not only pursue their education, but learn more about Gandhi and the principles he stood for.

October 30, 2017

A fear of the unknown. Emotional anxiety. Religious fanaticism. Sound familiar? 

October 30, 2017

Members of the McMaster and Hamilton communities gathered recently to mark the opening of the Office of Community Engagement’s new space and to celebrate the community-based partnerships, projects and initiatives currently underway.

October 27, 2017

Fall Preview Days provides guests with in-depth information on academic programs, opportunities to speak with staff and current students about services and resources, and tour the pedestrian-friendly campus and residence buildings.

October 27, 2017

The McMaster Water Network is hosting McMaster Water Week from Oct 30 to Nov 3. This annual free event connects water science, technology, and policy to deliver global and local impacts.

October 27, 2017

McMaster has joined the international Age-Friendly University network, a global body made up of higher education institutions that are committed to being more accessible to older adults.

October 27, 2017

The University is reporting significant progress as it continues to advance its Student Mental Health and Well-being Strategy.

October 26, 2017

The federal government has chosen McMaster to host a special Town Hall on the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement that will feature Andrew Leslie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

October 26, 2017

McMaster has received a gift of more than $1-million in memory of McMaster researcher Shelley Saunders to enable the Department of Anthropology attract and support top tier graduate students.

October 26, 2017

October 26, 2017

With a total research income of $354.6 million, up from $324.6 million last year, McMaster outpaced its peers in research-intensity, averaging $405,300 per faculty member – more than double the national average.

October 25, 2017

Researchers Dr. Zhou Xing and Dr. Fiona Smaill have received federal funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research to study anti-TB immunity and to test their innovative adenovirus-based tuberculosis vaccine.

October 24, 2017

After months of painstaking research and analysis, an international team, including McMaster experts, have concluded that Chile’s celebrated Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda did not die from prostate cancer.

October 20, 2017

Dave Tucker will finish up at McMaster at year’s end and will start the new year embarking on his new career as head of the Radiation Safety Technical Services Unit at IAEA.