McMaster Archive

September 25, 2015

Retired professor honours his past by paying it forward

Professor emeritus Graham Knight knows he’s standing on the shoulders of previous generations. In turn, he’s chosen to pay it forward to support future generations.

September 25, 2015

Homecoming offers first look at newly-renovated Wallingford Hall tea room

Wallingford Hall’s popular tea room has gotten a much-needed facelift, thanks to a $300,000 gift from the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation.

September 24, 2015

All That Glitters campaign to raise awareness of missing indigenous women

McMaster's Indigenous Studies Program is hoping to turn leaves into trees Friday.  

September 24, 2015

DeGroote PainHQ designed to help ‘navigate the diagnosis’ of neuropathic pain

A new online resource, DeGroote PainHQ, has been launched for the more than 2.5 million of Canadians living with neuropathic pain.

September 24, 2015

Fall Career Fair brings some of Canada’s top employers to McMaster

The Fall Career Fair, McMaster’s largest event of its kind, takes place Thursday, Sept. 24 in the David Braley Athletic Centre from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

September 24, 2015

A new kind of harmony: Technology is transforming a McMaster music classroom

A cross-campus collaboration between School of the Arts and Research and High-Performance Computing Support is transforming the way students learn about and perform music.

September 23, 2015

What to expect at Homecoming 2015

There really is no place like Home(coming).

September 23, 2015

Welcome Week 2015 through the eyes of the McMaster community

Students made connections at McMaster by meeting faculty, participating in social events, volunteering in the community and touring popular destinations in Hamilton — and they captured it all on social media.

September 22, 2015

Sarah Symons featured in latest issue of Scientific American

McMaster astronomical researcher Sarah Symons has co-authored a piece entitled "Stars of the Dead" for the October 2015 edition of Scientific American.  

September 22, 2015

Engineering grad’s company Telestream wins Emmy Award

HBO's smash hit drama Game of Thrones wasn’t the only winner at Sunday night’s Emmy Awards.

September 22, 2015

Digital tourism: MacQuest app brings users inside campus buildings

A group of McMaster computing and software researchers have created an Android app that will help people navigate campus both outside and inside buildings.

September 21, 2015

Fall edition of McMaster Times now available online

The Fall 2015 edition of the McMaster Times is hot off the press and landing in alumni mailboxes this week.

September 21, 2015

Week-long ‘Maccess’ campaign will examine accessibility on campus

In an effort to better understand and assess accessibility at McMaster, the MSU has launched a new campaign known as Maccess.

September 18, 2015

McMaster and area nursing schools call for better licensing exam

A controversial U.S. exam was introduced in January by the Canadian Council of Registered Nurse Regulators as a replacement for the former Canadian entrance to practice exam.

September 18, 2015

‘Neighbourhood Hoops’ campaign brings Mac basketball to Beasley Park

Neighbourhood Hoops offers barrier-free, accessible basketball programming to players ages 9-14 the downtown Beasley community — one of the most diverse and economically challenged areas in Hamilton.

September 17, 2015

Hip fracture surgery riskier than hip replacement

A new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) says the hip fracture patients due indeed have worse outcomes — but this is not entirely explained by age or chronic illness.  

September 17, 2015

Margaret Trudeau to speak at Big Ideas, Better Cities event

Margaret Trudeau will be the featured speaker for Living Long, Living Well: A Symposium on the Plasticity of Aging, the next event in the Big Ideas, Better Cities series.

September 16, 2015

McMaster grad launches venture to help feed hungry kids

Alumnus Derek Woodgate has launched cuddle+kind — a socially responsible business that sells cuddly, cotton dolls handcrafted by women artisans in Peru. For every doll sold, 10 children in need will receive a meal.

September 16, 2015

Drawing conclusions: Scientists look inside the works of great artists

A new exhibit at the McMaster Museum of Art brings together years of painstaking research by an international team of scientists, engineers, conservators and art historians.

September 16, 2015

Celebrating excellence at the Graduate Student Recognition Awards

Roughly 150 students, supervisors and staff celebrated the contributions of the graduate community at the 19th-annual Graduate Student Recognition Awards.