McMaster Archive

March 9, 2015

Best in the country: McMaster women defend national title in rugby sevens

Speed kills in the sevens game, and the Marauder women showed no shortage of it this weekend as they defended their title in style at the Canadian University Sevens Championships in Langford, B.C.

March 9, 2015

President Deane to chair international education body

Deane recently assumed the role of Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Bureau of International Education (CBIE), a non-profit organization exclusively dedicated to the support and promotion of international education.

March 6, 2015

A 30-year journey for a McMaster degree

Ruth Simmons likes to say she's one of the few to have taken 30 years to complete her degree.

March 5, 2015

MP Mike Lake visits campus

McMaster students had a chance to discuss autism awareness and the concept of a national autism strategy with a federal MP last week.

March 5, 2015

Watch the Hodgins Lecture live here Tuesday

At the Hodgins Memorial Lecture on March 10, Peter Kilpatrick of the University of Notre Dame will provide an overview of the history of higher education from its liberal arts roots in late antiquity to the specialized degrees today.

March 4, 2015

Statement from the President

During this busy time of year, the campus community often engages in a number of events and activities that some may find to be contentious or controversial.

March 4, 2015

Renaissance Award winners to study Japanese longevity, 100-mile diet

What does it take to live to the age of 100? That’s the question Nabil Khaja hopes to answer when he travels to Japan this summer to study the people of Okinawa.

March 4, 2015

Engineering professor elected to European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Jamal Deen, a professor and the Canada Research Chair in Information Technology in the Faculty of Engineering, has been elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA).

March 3, 2015

Video series introduces new Mosaic Student Centre

From transcript requests to class registration, the administrative details of student life at McMaster are set for a big change this month.  

March 3, 2015

Brian McCarry to be honoured with new endowed scholarship

Beginning as early as 2016, the Brian McCarry Graduate Chemistry Scholarship will award $1,000 to one graduate student each year.

March 3, 2015

Hard hats donned for tour of McMaster Health Campus

McMaster President Patrick Deane and Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger donned hard hats to tour the McMaster Health Campus construction site Monday.

March 2, 2015

Micro fund to kick-start international research partnerships

Funds are now available to McMaster researchers seeking to explore new international research partnerships.  

March 2, 2015

Marauders sweep Dalhousie for bronze in CIS volleyball tournament

The Marauder men's volleyball team repeated as CIS bronze medallists. McMaster has now medalled in three consecutive national tournaments.

March 2, 2015

‘No matter what you’re dealing with, come and see us’

Jackie Osterman has helped students through just about everything during her nearly 30-year career as a faculty advisor.

March 2, 2015

New study aims to keep PSWs safe in the workplace

A McMaster researcher is shining some light on the issue of safety for Ontario’s community-based personal support workers.

February 27, 2015

McMaster awarded more than $400,000 in second round of Shared Online Course Fund

The second round saw an increase in the number of proposals submitted from McMaster, as well as from across Ontario. Of McMaster’s seven funded proposals, five are modules and two are courses.

February 27, 2015

Staff prepare for move to One James North

Some 200 staff working in downtown Hamilton will begin making their move to One James Street North from the current Downtown Centre March 5.  

February 27, 2015

Pippa Lock says you can take your class and flip it

Pippa Lock’s approach to teaching chemistry might just be the future of post-secondary education.

February 27, 2015

Hamilton Mad Students Collective breaking through stigmas and stereotypes

Launched in 2012, the Hamilton Mad Students Collective is a private peer support network designed to challenge discrimination and promote positivity surrounding mental health.

February 26, 2015

Mac researcher focusing on immune-related mental illnesses

Dr. Boris Sakic, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences, recently spoke to The Globe and Mail about the link between our immune system and how our brains function.