McMaster Archive

June 2, 2015

Farmstand celebrates five years of flavour

McMaster’s Farmstand will open for its fifth season Wednesday.

June 2, 2015

10 tiny hotels you have to see to bee-lieve

The bumblebee rental market is red hot on campus.

June 1, 2015

Roll out the stroopwafels: hitchBOT is heading to the Netherlands

Canada’s first hitchhiking robot, hitchBOT, will be shining its wellies and packing a suitcase for a vacation in the Netherlands on June 7.  

June 1, 2015

Smelly spectacle: Second corpse flower now blooming at McMaster

The rare corpse flower, widely known as the world’s smelliest plant, has begun to bloom at McMaster — one of only a handful in the world to do so this year.

May 29, 2015

McMaster community remembers Arthur Bourns

Bourns served as President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster from 1972 to 1980, and also as professor, dean, department chair and vice-president at various times throughout his remarkable career.

May 29, 2015

McMaster engineer receives nearly $2 million for energy conservation research

McMaster researcher Jim Cotton and a team of 16 energy experts will establish the Research Facility for Integrated Building Energy Harvesting Systems (ReFIBES), the only test facility of its kind in North America.

May 29, 2015

First group of residents graduate from Six Nations Clinical Education Campus

"Living and training in Brantford for the past two years has prepared me and my colleagues very well for an exciting and diverse future practice," says Dr. Derek Gateman, co-chief resident of the program.

May 29, 2015

Neuroscientists of the future will compete for title of ‘best brain’ in Canada

High school students from across Canada will converge on McMaster this Saturday, May 30 to compete for the right to be called the best brain in Canada.

May 28, 2015

McMaster supports international declaration on open access

The University is now a signatory to the Berlin Declaration, an international statement meant to encourage researchers to make their scholarly articles freely available online.

May 27, 2015

Mac researcher looking for new ways to keep seniors infection-free

McMaster's Dawn Bowdish has been featured as part of a national campaign by the Lung Association of Canada.

May 27, 2015

Music magnate Arthur Fogel will enter McMaster’s Alumni Gallery

The man Bono described as "the most important person in live music" spoke to the Daily News about his remarkable career.

May 26, 2015

17th-century portrait, mistakenly attributed to man, actually by England’s first female painter

The painting, found in McMaster's art collection, has been wrongly attributed for more than 50 years.

 

May 26, 2015

Ontario invests up to $1 billion for Hamilton light rail

Ontario will provide up to $1 billion to build a new light rail transit (LRT) line in Hamilton as part of the largest infrastructure investment in Ontario's history.

May 25, 2015

Finding fault key to engineering professor’s success

Sitting in Beijing traffic, idling vehicles billowing out around him, Saeid Habibi couldn’t help but think about his electric car research.

May 22, 2015

New grad was saving lives long before med school

Blair Bigham has been saving lives since he was in high school.

May 22, 2015

Niagara MD graduate wants to make big impact at home

Sarah Chaudhry is a Niagara native. It's where she grew up and attended medical school, and soon she will practice there as a family physician.  

May 22, 2015

Watch Convocation live

Watch this week's Convocation ceremonies live here.

May 22, 2015

Alumni Association welcomes Phil Wood with honorary membership

The longtime professor, former dean of students and beloved member of the McMaster community will become only the 22nd person to receive honorary membership in the Alumni Association.

May 22, 2015

Let’s Talk Science celebrates a decade of engaging with youth

Science outreach program Let’s Talk Science celebrated its 10th anniversary this week where it all began – on McMaster’s campus.  

May 21, 2015

Blood to feeling: McMaster scientists turn blood into neural cells

Scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to make adult sensory neurons from human patients simply by having them roll up their sleeve and providing a blood sample.