McMaster Archive

April 27, 2015

McMaster graduate student to compete for National 3MT title

Mechanical Engineering student Teng Guo earned a spot in the national contest after taking fifth place at last week’s Ontario 3MT Competition.

April 27, 2015

McMaster looks to expand, explore advanced manufacturing partnerships in Italy, UK

Senior leaders from McMaster recently travelled to Europe on a trip aimed at expanding existing research relationships and exploring new ones.

April 24, 2015

Engineering student Rotimi Fadiya named a Scotiabank Scholar

On April 25, the Black Business and Professional Association is to recognize Rotimi Fadiya’s achievements as a Scotiabank Scholar during its annual Harry Jerome Awards in Toronto.

April 24, 2015

Award winning instructors help students make a lasting impact in Hamilton

Sarah Glen and Margaret Secord are the recipients of the first-ever MSU Community Engagement Teaching Award for their work connecting students to Hamilton community organizations.

April 24, 2015

New volume of McMaster history unveiled at Founder’s Day ceremony

On Friday, April 24, author James Greenlee will deliver a lecture in Robinson Memorial Theatre from noon to 1 p.m., followed by a book-signing at the Campus Store.

April 23, 2015

Mac egghead serves up breakfast full of warnings for Parliamentarians

Antibiotic resistance will soon be a full-blown public health crisis, and if we don’t do something to address it, Canadians could face some serious consequences.  

April 23, 2015

Researchers map genomes of woolly mammoths, raising possibility of bringing them back

An international team of researchers has sequenced the nearly complete genome of two Siberian woolly mammoths, giving us new information about their evolutionary history and the conditions that led to extinction.

April 23, 2015

Chancellor Emeritus, alumni named Community Pan Am Torchbearers

Past Chancellor Melvin Hawkrigg and Science alumnus Alex Parent are among the city's seven Community Torchbearers.

April 23, 2015

Spring Water Forum will focus on water risk, innovation and new partnerships

How will researchers, policy analysts and entrepreneurs respond to water risk? That's the focus of the second-annual Spring Water Forum, taking place at McMaster Innovation Park April 27 and 29.

April 22, 2015

Softball organizers, community champions to be honoured with Impact Awards

Fifteen years ago, Andy Duncan offered to step up to the plate and organize the GSA softball league. Today, the retired Physics and Astronomy technician is still at it.

April 21, 2015

Federal budget supports university research and students

The federal Economic Action Plan, announced Tuesday afternoon in Ottawa highlights the value universities and research play in developing Canada’s economy.

April 21, 2015

Could the next generation of drugs be found beneath the sea?

A feature story in the magazine Bio Business is shining some light on the small community of explorers searching Earth's oceans for new pharmaceuticals.

April 21, 2015

Five faculty members earn University’s highest honour

Five of McMaster’s most extraordinary faculty members have been given the University’s highest honour.  

April 21, 2015

Meet Ontario’s father of reforestation

A University student concerned about the environment isn't that unusual - unless the year is 1899.

April 20, 2015

Nine McMaster researchers to receive University Scholar prize

The title is intended to recognize faculty members in mid-career who have already distinguished themselves as international scholars.

April 20, 2015

McMaster researcher informs development of Ebola vaccine trials

The waning number of Ebola cases is good news for West Africa, but for those developing a vaccine for the disease, it means time is running short.  

April 20, 2015

This month with the President: The fight against superbugs

President Patrick Deane discusses McMaster's application to the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

April 17, 2015

Funding for new telescope ‘really good news’ for Canadian astronomers

The Canadian government has approved its share of funding for a massive telescope that will allow astronomers to study objects in our own solar system as well as in neighbouring galaxies.

April 16, 2015

New McMaster building in downtown core named for David Braley

The 192,000-square-foot building, on the McMaster Health Campus site, will be the home of Hamilton Public Health Services, a large family health clinic and several academic divisions of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.

April 15, 2015

Innovative McMaster-led study aims to quench alcohol cravings

McMaster addictions researcher James MacKillop has developed a novel treatment with the potential to stop cravings in people with alcohol dependency.