McMaster Archive

May 9, 2014

7 things you MUST do at #MayatMac

How you need to spend your day at McMaster's biggest open house of the year.

May 9, 2014

Applause and Accolades for engineering alumni, faculty

Engineering celebrated some of its most outstanding faculty and alumni Thursday.  

May 9, 2014

Common test used on heart patients unnecessary: Study

New research from McMaster suggests that a commonly performed test during certain types of heart surgery is not helpful -- and possibly harmful.

May 8, 2014

Spotlight festival over, but big things on horizon for arts

After more than 100 concerts, exhibitions and lectures, the Spotlight on the Arts festival has come to a close.  

May 7, 2014

Author, activist Farley Mowat’s legacy lives on at McMaster

A look through the writer's vast archives, housed at McMaster, shows the broad scope of his celebrated career.

May 7, 2014

Musician and songwriter Ian Thomas donates his archives to McMaster

Ian Thomas has been making hits for more than 40 years. Now he's sharing the personal archives that document the stages of his career as an iconic Canadian musician.

May 7, 2014

Clarke building command centre a high-tech hub for Security Services

Staff will have the opportunity to tour Security Services' command centre Thursday as part of North American Occupational Safety and Health Week.

May 7, 2014

Future women’s hockey stars begin conditioning camp at McMaster

More than 100 of Canada’s best female hockey players are on campus this week.  

May 6, 2014

Experiential learning at the heart of Discovery

When McMaster students Pawan Aulakh and Jackie Brown joined the Discovery Program they thought they would be helping to teach others. What they didn’t anticipate was how profoundly the program would impact their own learning.

May 6, 2014

iPhone need a boost? The class of 2013 has you covered

The class of 2013’s gift to future generations of Marauders? Free juice. 

May 6, 2014

Ontario at the polls, the ‘pollen vortex’ and more Rob Ford

What McMaster's experts had to say about the world this week.

May 5, 2014

New changes to internationalization strategy at Mac

McMaster has begun to make the structural and strategic changes that will lay the groundwork for the University’s approach to internationalization.

May 5, 2014

‘The spirit of academic publishing should be universal accessibility’

The success of the Journal of Professional Communication is in no small part due to it being a free, open-access publication - not locked behind paywalls and subscriptions.

May 5, 2014

Keep up the PACE at free health and wellness sessions

McMaster's Physical Activity Centre of Excellence (PACE) is offering a trio of sessions this week with an overall focus on health and wellness among seniors.

May 5, 2014

Chair of the Board makes gift to business school

Dave Lazzarato, Chair of McMaster’s Board of Governors, has made a major gift to the University.

May 2, 2014

McMaster professor awarded $2.5M for autism, Fragile X syndrome research

McMaster professor Laurie Doering has received $2.5-million to lead a team researching new treatments for social disability disorders including autism.  

May 1, 2014

The mapmaker’s dilemma: How do you solve a problem like Crimea?

In the game of geopolitics, maps have long been more weapons than way finders.

May 1, 2014

Festschrift tribute celebrates Geoff Norman’s career in medical education

Over the span of his career, Geoff Norman has received many commendations for his work as a medical educator. But the recognition he will receive from his friends on April 30 will top them all.

April 30, 2014

Cut! Indie film contest celebrates philanthropy at McMaster

All filmmakers want to leave a lasting impression with their work. Some are able to do it in less than a minute.

April 30, 2014

McMaster acts on engineering report

A new way to plan Welcome Week, stronger orientation for student leaders, more financial transparency and ongoing alcohol restrictions are a few of the recommendations in a report in response to the investigation of student activities.