McMaster Archive

May 13, 2015

Experience Mars in three dimensions

If we’re going to find extraterrestrial life, it’s probably going to be on Mars.  

May 12, 2015

Degree in Engineering prepares you for almost anything: Terry Fallis

Engineering alumnus and author Terry Fallis recently won the Leacock Medal for Humour. The celebrated novelist took some time in early May to answer questions from his alma mater.

May 12, 2015

Research2Reality aims to educate Canadians about work being done in our own backyard

A new digital campaign is shining a spotlight on the work of researchers across the country.

May 11, 2015

McMaster hybrid electric race car finishes 2nd at Formula Hybrid competition

McMaster's hybrid electric race car has had its best ever finish.

May 11, 2015

McMaster project will help internationally educated nurses adapt to Canada

Andrea Baumann and her team at the Nursing Health Services Research Unit are partnering with health care employers in Ontario to create an orientation and onboarding training program for internationally educated nurses.

May 11, 2015

#MayAtMac in photos

A record 8,000-plus people visited campus May 9 for this year's MayAtMac open house.

May 8, 2015

Adaptation the focus of this year’s Ontario Climate Consortium conference

Humans will need to adapt to Earth’s changing climate if they are to continue living on the planet.  

May 7, 2015

How dancing on campus helped conserve gasoline during Second World War

War impacted McMaster in many ways, including helping to overturn the University's ban on dancing.

May 7, 2015

How turf burn nearly killed a high school football player

Watch infectious disease researcher Eric Brown's TEDx talk on the superbugs we live with every single day.

May 6, 2015

Football gala honours Burlington high school coach Nick Mlekuz

The McMaster football program once again jammed the Sport Hall at the David Braley Athletic Centre to the rafters on Tuesday for its 18th annual gala.

May 6, 2015

Preparing for life in an ‘Uber-ized’ world

Faculty and community members gathered to discuss life in a connected world this week at a special campus workshop.  

May 6, 2015

Museum of Art presents Brad Isaacs, on campus and in the community

The McMaster Museum of Art is reaching out into the community with a pair of exhibitions by alumnus Brad Isaacs.

May 5, 2015

7 things to do at May@Mac

Coming to campus for May@Mac? Here's what you need to do while you're here.  

May 5, 2015

Nobel Prize winner to visit campus for MacLean Lectureship

Robert H. Grubbs has been a "transformative figure" in synthetic chemistry for more than three decades says McMaster professor Alex Adronov.

May 5, 2015

McMaster helps form company to develop cancer-fighting viruses

McMaster has helped form a biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for cancer that harness the patient’s own immune system.

May 5, 2015

In the future, finding clean water might be as easy as snapping a photo

Researchers at McMaster’s Biointerfaces Institute have created a mobile app that can determine just how contaminated a sample of water might be.

May 4, 2015

Get lost in the rhythm of ‘Music For Love Or War’

Martyn Burke, an alumnus from the Class of 1964, will be on campus Wednesday evening to celebrate the launch of his latest novel, Music For Love Or War.

May 4, 2015

Antibiotic resistance means ‘everyone is at risk’

In a National Post op-ed, Gerry Wright and Eric Brown say the world is finally waking up to the "worst public health threat of our times."

May 4, 2015

Curious minds connect for Science of Sports Day at McMaster

More than 250 attendees, including local children and their families, were on campus Saturday for Science of Sports Day. Guests participated in timed races, studied the physics of baseball and the science of yoga and watched EFRT demonstrations.

May 4, 2015

McMaster’s EcoCAR team introduces youth to vehicle electrification

Rising fuel prices, emissions requirements and a growing disdain for gas-powered cars is calling into question the future of the automotive industry.