McMaster Archive

April 22, 2025

Ontario invests $750M in STEM programs 

The funding, announced at the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute, will support up to 20,500 seats at colleges and universities, training a new generation of highly skilled workers. 

April 22, 2025

‘There are always ways to bring in sustainability to everything’: Lessons from an ecology internship

Artsci student Alexandra Chow's work with startup MiON Forest had her planning summer reforestation projects and working on drone-based tree planting.

April 22, 2025

Earth Day at McMaster

We only have one planet – let’s take care of it together. Here are some of the ways students, faculty and staff at McMaster are building a sustainable future through research, teaching and community service.

April 21, 2025

Biochemistry student works with Nature at Mac to plant rare, Indigenous fruit trees

Terralyn Yim turned her interest in the pawpaw into a meaningful act of reconciliation, growing dozens of saplings from seed, to plant on and around McMaster's campus.

April 17, 2025

Student’s dance thesis explores her family’s stories – and silences

ArtSci student Soraya Lee Wo skillfully uses a non-verbal medium to tell stories that ‘don’t really have words.'

April 16, 2025

Paint a bat box, take home a plant and learn more about campus sustainability this Earth Day

Join the Earth Day Fair on April 22 to learn about sustainability-in-action on campus.

April 16, 2025

Maxime Dagenais: Coming Home to McMaster

"Being part of this community, knowing the same people who work across campus helped save my son’s life, gives a whole new meaning to McMaster family.”

April 15, 2025

Rare book discovered in libraries’ special collections

The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections holds the only copy of this rare edition of the Officium beatae Mariae virginis.

April 14, 2025

Investor trainees select student winners of startup seed funding

The first cohort of Investor Analyst Fellows awarded six student and alumni startups $15,000 each through the new McMaster Student Seed Fund to advance their innovations.

April 11, 2025

Arts at McMaster launches summer arts camps for kids

Visual and digital arts programming for students in grades 5-12 will run in July and August.

April 11, 2025

Graduate research the main feature in 2025 GradFlix video competition

Graduate students from across the faculties have been flexing their creative muscles, crafting one-minute films describing their research.

April 10, 2025

Cast your federal election vote at McMaster’s campus polling station

Calling all eligible voters: you can vote right here on campus for the 2025 federal election, regardless of your home riding.

April 10, 2025

Gianni Parise named McMaster’s next Vice-President, Research

Following a competitive global search process, internationally recognized researcher and experienced university administrator Gianni Parise has been named McMaster’s next Vice-President, Research.

April 9, 2025

Meet this year’s McMaster co-op and internship award winners  

Twelve students have been named co-op or internship award winners, in recognition of their demonstrated leadership, innovation and impact.

April 8, 2025

‘Team spirit made my career magic’ Mike Brook looks back on 40 years at McMaster

The professor emeritus reflects on his early stumbles and his pride in being part of a community of scholars, and shares some truths for students, faculty and administrators.

April 4, 2025

Students offer heartfelt tributes to outstanding instructors honoured with MSU teaching awards

Thousands of McMaster students sent in submissions in appreciation of the professors and TAs whose commitment to teaching made a lasting impression on them. Here's a sampling of what those students had to say.

April 4, 2025

Libraries and McMaster Museum of Art collaborate on new exhibition

The Great Sea: Mediterranean Imaginaries from Antiquity to Modernity opens in April and showcases a variety of artifacts related to the Mediterranean.

April 4, 2025

New course explores the intersection of art and science

"I think the real shared ground is the imagination element...and when the two interact, that can lead to further innovation."

April 4, 2025

A concert, then a competition

McMaster University Choirs are counting down the days to an international choral competition in Ireland – and a concert here at home.

April 3, 2025

Robotics enthusiasts converge on campus for the largest district FIRST Robotics competition in Ontario

More than 2,000 competitors, their families and friends, volunteers and members of the public took in the action on March 29 and 30.