Daily News

February 25, 2016

The Government of Ontario is investing $35M towards a unique $50M Advanced Manufacturing Consortium involving McMaster and two other top research-intensive and industrially collaborative universities.  

February 25, 2016

A new series of podcasts featuring conversations with some of McMaster’s top teaching faculty is using the power of narrative to inspire.

February 25, 2016

Graduate student Ana Kovacevic will represent McMaster University at the Ontario Provincial Three Minute Thesis Competition in April.  

February 25, 2016

Hundreds of students will get a taste of real-life international relations this weekend at the University’s first model United Nations conference.  

February 24, 2016

For at least one group of students, Reading Week wasn't spent on a beach - it was spent at a water treatment plant.  

February 24, 2016

Two highly specialized labs, located at McMaster’s Ancient DNA Centre and the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Copenhagen, will analyze bone and teeth remains of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, the Nobel Prize winner who mysteriously died in 1973.

February 23, 2016

Michael Latimer,who earned a BA from McMaster in 1976, will receive the prestigious Wayne C. Fox Distinguished Alumni Award during the DeGroote School of Business’ annual Evening of Accolades.

February 22, 2016

Scientists have sequenced the entire mitochondrial genome of the ancient glyptodont an ancestor of the modern-day armadillo, which first appeared approximately 4 million years ago.  

February 22, 2016

Hamilton startup CareKit Health Corp. (“CareKit”), designed to provide healthcare providers and families with real-time access to patient data collected in the home, has been acquired by British Columbia-based Moseda Technologies Inc.

February 22, 2016

February 22-26 is Freedom to Read Week. Visit Mills Library to explore a wide and surprising array of books that have at one time been banned or challenged.

February 19, 2016

What if you could eliminate one of the many species of mosquito in sub-Saharan Africa and significantly reduce the incidence of malaria, possibly saving thousands of human lives?  

February 19, 2016

Two DeGroote MBA students, Stacy Drohomyrecky and Martin Routledge, are vying to walk away with the title of Canada's Next Top Ad Exec.

February 18, 2016

Babies born at an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) are miracles, but they are more likely to be bullied as children, and this can significantly increase their risk for mental health problems as adults.

February 18, 2016

Shift is an exhibit at McMaster’s Museum of Art of work by artists who are seeking alternative approaches that lighten the footprint of their print practice, have safer studio methods that avoid exposure to hazards, and strategies to engage with pressing issues of our times.

February 17, 2016

McMaster’s Hendrik Poinar has helped the Ontario Science Centre open a new exhibition on the woolly mammoth.  

February 12, 2016

Creative, cultural, academic, civic, and community leaders spoke to an audience of more than 200 members of the Hamilton community during a special evening of talks, part of the latest set of events in the Big Ideas, Better Cities series.

February 12, 2016

Mac prof and HitchBOT the focus of Jeopardy questions.

February 12, 2016

This Valentine's Day, look past the greeting card versions of the heart and take a look at the real thing.

February 12, 2016

MARS Apprentice is an annual experiential learning competition that takes place between January and March. The competition challenges students in the fields of marketing, advertising, retail, and sales.

February 12, 2016

Cupful, an iOS app that can help you find local coffee shops and restaurants, won first prize at the IBM and TD Bank Challenge in Ottawa.