McMaster Archive

August 11, 2014

Bingo Players to headline Welcome Week concert

This year's Welcome Week will kick off with an electronic dance music concert on Tuesday, September 2 featuring Dutch DJ Bingo Players.  

August 8, 2014

10 things you’ll miss out on without your MacPass

You’re gearing up for Welcome Week, but you haven’t confirmed your MacPass. No big deal, right?

August 8, 2014

NCAA Mastodons to visit campus for basketball exhibition

McMaster’s men’s basketball team will host the NCAA Division-one Mastodons from Indiana University-Purdue University Saturday night (Aug. 9).

August 7, 2014

Student-run lab empowering innovation

Meet the students behind a new initiative designed to fuel social innovation at McMaster.

August 7, 2014

Waste not, want not: Students examine how we use and abuse fresh water

For those who like to begin their day with a piping-hot shower, adding a few extra minutes can seem like a harmless indulgence. Unfortunately, the cost of relaxation is high.

August 7, 2014

Glen Grunwald named Director of Athletics and Recreation

Glen Grunwald, a sports and business leader with more than 30 years’ experience - in the National Basketball Association, as president of the Toronto Board of Trade and in amateur sport - is McMaster’s next Director of Athletics and Recreation.

August 6, 2014

Ebola, a hitchhiking robot and one massive telescope

McMaster's Office of Public Relations highlights McMaster's experts making local, national and international headlines.

August 5, 2014

A Canadian first: McMaster hosting Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference

If you build it (with innovative, sustainable and scalable technology), they will come. For the first time ever, the Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference is taking place outside of the United States.

August 1, 2014

Special delivery

A high-tech piece of machinery in Hamilton may help researchers understand why a young girl fell to her death in a Mexican cave some 13,000 years ago.

July 31, 2014

The science behind the ice in Disney’s Frozen

How much power does Elsa really have? According to Aaron Goldberg, quite a lot.

July 31, 2014

Grad students: Deadline fast approaching to enter Falling Walls competition

McMaster is holding its first-ever Falling Walls Lab this September, with a ticket to Berlin on the line. The deadline to apply is Aug. 11.

July 30, 2014

Find your next adventure with alumni and friends

McMaster first brought you to Hamilton. Now let it take you around the world.  

July 30, 2014

‘University is a marathon, not a sprint’

Wise words and sage advice were in no short supply at the University’s annual Welcome Day, which attracted more than 1,500 incoming students and their families to campus.

July 29, 2014

Hubble reveals surprising facts about far-off galaxy’s halo

A team of astronomers has used the Hubble Space Telescope to explore the most remote section of an elliptical galaxy ever studied.  

July 28, 2014

McMaster adopting new system to manage vacation time, sick days, leaves and absences

How many vacation days do you have left? It's a question many employees have trouble answering, but next January employees will be able to find their remaining vacation days online.

July 28, 2014

Why does power leave people seemingly coldhearted?

Research shows that people in high positions of power have difficulty empathizing with those "beneath" them. But why does power leave people seemingly coldhearted?

July 28, 2014

Studying our family ties: Mac researcher up for Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award

Assistant professor Marisa Young has been named a finalist for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research.

July 28, 2014

‘Math is the perfect opportunity to fail’

Fail, fail and fail again. It's how you recover that's important.

July 25, 2014

Down With Webster, Shad, Hollerado to play #MacWW2014

Three acclaimed Canadian acts will play a free concert during this year's Welcome Week.  

July 24, 2014

Infographic: What to expect at Welcome Day

Thousands of incoming students and their parents will be on campus Friday for Welcome Day.