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August 5, 2015
Cannonball! Filming for ‘Go Jump in the Pool’ in full swing on campusConvocation Hall, the University Club, the David Braley Athletic Centre, Hedden Hall and the Ivor Wynne Centre are among the prominent locations being used for the 90-minute film, which will premiere on YTV this fall.
August 4, 2015
HitchBOT, the hitchhiking robot, may have been destroyed in PhiladelphiaHitchBOT, the hitchhiking robot and social experiment designed in part by McMaster's David Harris Smith, may have met an untimely demise in Philadelphia.
August 4, 2015
Parapan Am Games torch starts its day at McMasterMcMaster was the starting point for the Parapan Am Games Torch Relay’s second day on its journey through Niagara, Hamilton and the GTA.
August 4, 2015
Twelve McMaster research projects receive more than $2.4-millionTwelve projects that will include research on the origins of life and new technologies to monitor the elderly were awarded more than $2.4M in infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
July 31, 2015
Time-lapse video captures growth of antibiotic-producing bacteriaThe future of medicine could be in the soils beneath our feet.
July 31, 2015
Hours to discover: Researcher studies how time really did get away from peopleWe take it for granted that when it’s noon in Toronto, it’s also noon in Hamilton. But that wasn’t always the case.
July 30, 2015
Out of the classroom and into the friarySecond year Anthropology student Savannah Sewell has spent part of her summer getting her hands dirty.
July 29, 2015
Hacking Ashley Madison, ex-pat voting and PlutoSome of the many ways McMaster's experts are making news this week.
July 29, 2015
$5.3M from Public Health for National Collaborating Centre for Methods and ToolsThe National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT), hosted by McMaster, has received $5.3 million in ongoing funding through to March 2020 from the Public Health Agency of Canada.
July 29, 2015
Scholar-in-Community to tackle child-welfare issues in immigrant communitiesMirna Carranza hopes a simple meeting will be the catalyst to get a number of local agencies working together to better serve Hamilton’s immigrant communities.
July 28, 2015
McMaster faculty awarded $37.2M for health researchMcMaster health researchers will receive a total of $37.2M from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research to further their high-impact research.
July 27, 2015
Why grasshoppers are plaguing Alberta’s farmsHot, dry conditions are hurting crops, wildfires are forcing people from their homes and now grasshopper populations are reaching epidemic proportions.
July 27, 2015
Google developers inspire youth coders at McMasterYoung aspiring coders got a taste of what it’s like to work at one of the world’s biggest tech companies last week.
July 24, 2015
New labs to be a ‘game changer’ for undergraduate learningTwo new state-of-the-art labs designed specifically for undergraduates are providing students in the Faculty of Science with a unique form of experiential learning.
July 23, 2015
Q and A with Pan Am physical therapist Dianna MouldenFormer soccer player and current McMaster physical therapist Dianna Moulden on her role as Lead Medical Practitioner for Pan Am soccer.
July 23, 2015
Chefs cook up gold for Pan Am athletesMcMaster's kitchen staff have been hard at work since the arrival of more than 400 Pan Am soccer players on campus.
July 23, 2015
Additional radiation reduces breast cancer recurrence for some patientsA McMaster-led study has found a reduction in breast cancer recurrence when additional radiation is given to the lymph nodes as well as the standard treatment of whole-breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery.
July 22, 2015
‘Eradicating’ common ulcer-causing bacteria may prevent stomach cancer"The findings of this systematic review add to the increasing evidence that eradicating H. pylori in the general population has the potential to prevent gastric cancer," said co-author Dr. Paul Moayyedi.
July 22, 2015
We won’t be fishing in the Arctic any time soon – and that’s a good thingNancy Doubleday, Hope Chair in Peace and Health, on last week's deal to ban commercial fishing in the Arctic.
July 22, 2015
McMaster welcomes four new Schulich LeadersThe program, founded by philanthropist Seymour Schulich, has been providing undergraduate scholarships in the STEM fields since 2012.