McMaster Archive

May 26, 2014

Mac’s maps help solve Aussie grave mystery

McMaster's collection of First World War maps has helped put an end to the 84-year-old mystery of the whereabouts of Private William Phillips' remains.

May 26, 2014

Staff roll into campus for Bike to Work Day

McMaster staff geared up for a different kind of commute Monday.

May 26, 2014

Master storyteller Stuart McLean, academic and scientific leaders to be honoured at Spring Convocation

Longtime CBC personality Stuart McLean and York University president Mamdouh Shoukri are among those being awarded honorary degrees during McMaster’s Spring convocation ceremonies.

May 26, 2014

Med student grad combines mental health care with family medicine

Aidan Jeffrey saw a gap in the mental health system across Canada and decided to tackle this dilemma by becoming a physician.

May 23, 2014

Livestream from Hamilton Place: Convocation 2014

Can't make it to the Health Sciences convocation? Watch the Friday afternoon ceremony in real time, beginning at 2:30 p.m.

May 23, 2014

$50 million gift will mean even greater heights for Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine

It was no ordinary oath ceremony for students graduating from McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine today. They were surprised when the benefactor of the School took to the stage to announce a magnificent new $50 million gift.

May 22, 2014

New model to guide community engagement at Mac

A provisional model for governance and administration of McMaster’s community engagement activities has now been put into place.

May 21, 2014

Sinkholes, elections and diving in a Mexican cave

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

May 20, 2014

Indigenous youth visit campus to learn about STEM studies

Hundreds of Aboriginal youth were on campus last week learning about science, technology, engineering and math.

May 20, 2014

New study offers ‘tremendous hope’ for allergic asthma sufferers

A novel treatment for those suffering from allergic asthma has the potential to dramatically improve lives, according to new research from McMaster.

May 16, 2014

Stars in Global Health: Mark Loeb

McMaster has seven researchers involved in the Grand Challenges Stars in Global Health competition. Get to know Mark Loeb.

May 16, 2014

Students become leaders through Keyes certificate program

Graduating life sciences student Bushra Habib defines leadership as “a commitment to affecting positive change in one’s surroundings and communities.”

May 15, 2014

Skeleton found in Mexican cave yields clues about first human movement in Americas

The 13,000-year-old remains of a girl found in an underwater cave in Mexico could end a longstanding debate about the origins of the first Americans.

May 14, 2014

Green means go when it comes to CAMPus accessibility

Science student Nick Schoenhoff's mapping system has placed among Ontario's best in a competition to improve accessibility on campus.

May 14, 2014

Arts scene ‘mover and shaker’ part of Museum’s latest offering

Alumna Laura Marotta is bringing her non-traditional art to the McMaster Museum.

May 13, 2014

Dozens of Faculty Development proposals submitted in RFP

A total of 52 applications have been submitted in response to a recent call for Forward with Integrity proposals.

May 13, 2014

PhD candidate recognized for leadership in engineering

Chemical engineering PhD candidate Frances Lasowski has been named the 2014 Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Graduate Scholar.

May 13, 2014

The death of the essay

The "paper" is dead - at least in Hannah Holmes' economics classes.

May 12, 2014

Nigerian kidnapping, Ian Thomas’ archives and saying goodbye to Farley Mowat

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

May 9, 2014

Engineers use supercomputer to create beautiful video

A group of computing and software students have created some stunning videos using one of the most powerful computers in the world.