McMaster Archive

August 13, 2014

Ontario university campuses shrinking their environmental footprint

A new report shows Ontario’s universities are making significant strides toward greening their campuses.

August 12, 2014

Miss Welcome Day? Info sessions now available online

Incoming first-year students who were unable to attend Welcome Day on July 25 can watch sessions from the comfort of home to get ready for the school year.

August 12, 2014

The future is now: Pippa Lock on flipped classrooms and blended learning

Put on your maroon thinking caps — the McMaster Symposium on Education and Cognition is taking place on campus this week. The three-day affair is designed to help bridge the gap between the lab and the classroom.

August 11, 2014

New employee recruiting system coming to McMaster

It’s the one thing that every McMaster employee has in common: they went through the hiring process. In October, that process will change with the introduction of a new recruitment and candidate management system.

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?