McMaster Archive

October 9, 2014

Post-doc named Newcomer Champion by Ontario government

A McMaster post-doctoral fellow has been given a Newcomer Champion Award by the Ontario government.  

October 8, 2014

5 ways #UniversitiesTransform

Ontario’s universities, students, faculty and staff are key catalysts in helping shape and transform their communities. Here are five ways McMaster is helping transform Hamilton, the province, country and world.

October 8, 2014

Social media campaign highlights community impact of universities

The Council of Ontario Universities wants to show the world how universities transform communities.

October 7, 2014

New advisory group to focus on international activities

A new pan-University initiative is underway that will oversee the coordination and planning of international activities at McMaster.

October 7, 2014

Less than half of Canadians exercise to relieve stress

We're more likely to cope by trying to relax, talking, blaming ourselves and even just looking on the bright side.

October 7, 2014

Early risers set to watch pre-Halloween ‘blood moon’

It’s not the end of the world; it’s just a syzygy.

October 7, 2014

New website helps you explore Hamilton’s natural beauty

Just in time for the fall colours, a new website will help you get outside and explore the natural beauty in McMaster’s own backyard.

October 6, 2014

Art exhibit forces viewers to consider relationship with waste

A unique exhibit at the McMaster Museum of Art should make you stop and think about our relationship with junk.

October 6, 2014

Preparing students for success: Geoff Scott to speak on campus

Geoff Scott, former recipient of the Australian Higher Education Quality Award, will deliver the next talk in McMaster's Seminar on Higher Education: Practice, Policy and Public Life.

October 6, 2014

McMaster engineer elected RSC’s Academy of Science President

McMaster’s Jamal Deen has been elected President of the Royal Society of Canada’s Science Academy.  

October 6, 2014

When times get tough, they’re who you’re gonna call

“You can call us on your best day or worst day, or anything in-between,” says Ameema Saeed of the campus Peer Support Line.

October 6, 2014

World experts flood McMaster for Water Week

Water experts and those interested in the globe’s most precious resource are gathering at McMaster this week for the University’s first Water Week.

October 5, 2014

Red dresses raise awareness for indigenous women

Red dresses surrounded the Nina de Villiers Garden, in front of University Hall, Friday to raise awareness about missing and murdered indigenous women.

October 3, 2014

Situation in Hong Kong now a ‘game of chicken’

Netina Tan, an expert in authoritarianism and governance in Asia, on the three ways China can end the crisis in Hong Kong.

October 3, 2014

Mac young alumni join forces in the Toronto advertising world

A degree in Communication Studies at McMaster prepared five young alumni for an exciting career in advertising.  

October 3, 2014

The rent is free, but your neighbours will be noisy: Bee hotels coming to campus

Students in Judy Major-Girardin's Environmentally Responsible Studio Art class recently completed a series of 'bee hotels' for placement on campus.

October 2, 2014

Student-organized concert to support fight against Ebola

A political science student is taking up the fight with an infectious disease by organizing a charity concert in downtown Hamilton.  

October 2, 2014

Toronto chef, deputy police chief honoured with new alumni award

McMaster celebrated Toronto-based alumni Oct. 1 at the first Greater Toronto Area Community Impact Award luncheon.  

October 2, 2014

Sophie Poinar: ‘I’m fascinated with the mind’

Since 2012, the Westdale Secondary School student has been volunteering in McMaster's Bennett/Sekuler Vision and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab. She first visited the research space as part of the annual Take Our Kids to Work Day.

October 2, 2014

MacKillop will bring ‘innovative approaches to studying addiction’ to McMaster

Following an international, multi-year search, renowned addictions researcher James MacKillop has been chosen as the inaugural holder of the Peter Boris Chair in Addictions Research at McMaster.