Daily News

February 18, 2014

McMaster's Jennifer Akerman is Ontario's top female university fencer in the sport's foil category.

February 18, 2014

In the latest installment of his monthly video series, University President Patrick Deane meets with Studio Arts students Patrick Barey and Abedar Kamgari in the hallway outside his Gilmour Hall office, which doubles as art exhibition space.

February 14, 2014

The Ron Joyce Centre’s Great Hall may not be synonymous with the Olympics, but for the next few months it will be home to five portraits of Burlington Olympians – including two McMaster alumni – in support of the Sochi Winter Games.  

February 14, 2014

Students in the Faculty of Humanities were recently honoured with travel scholarships, essay prizes, community contribution awards and more at the annual Humanities Awards ceremony.

February 13, 2014

Assistant professor of chemistry Pippa Lock has been name a 3M National Teaching Fellow.

February 13, 2014

A number of graduate students are spending the day in CIBC Hall explaining their research today, in the hopes of moving on to the Three Minute Thesis competition's provincial championship.    

February 12, 2014

International health professor Hans Rosling — known for his very animated lectures — will give the Chanchlani Global Health Research lecture on Feb. 24.

February 11, 2014

Finance minister Jim Flaherty unveiled the new Canada First Research Excellence Fund in Tuesday’s federal budget.  It will invest $1.5 billion over the next decade for Canadian post-secondary institutions to excel globally in research.

February 11, 2014

Now entering its second year, the University's Energy Management Plan is the guiding document behind a proposed 20 per cent reduction in overall campus energy consumption.

February 10, 2014

Gail Krantzberg, a McMaster engineering professor and director of the University's Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, has joined forces with a brand new federal initiative committed to environmental conservation and awareness.

February 10, 2014

Listeners from across Canada tuned in to CBC Hamilton on Feb. 10 to hear McMaster professor Kathleen Martin Ginis discuss how Olympic athletes manage to step up when the pressure is on.

February 6, 2014

Participants at Tuesday's brainstorming session analyzed everything from lighting and ventilation to the size of the elevators needed to transport people and art from floor to floor.

February 6, 2014

McMaster has chosen the heart of Hamilton for relocating its downtown classrooms and offices from the current Downtown Centre. The move allows 200 staff and 4,000 students to remain in the city’s core.

February 6, 2014

Two Locke Street establishments and a Westdale staple are among the restaurants chosen as favourites by those who stopped by the Student Community Support Network's table in the Student Centre Monday.

February 4, 2014

Local residents, students and scholars recently gathered for the kick-off of the Action Research Commons Hamilton,  known as The ARCH, a new McMaster initiative meant to help build capacity for community-engaged research in Hamilton.

February 4, 2014

Kalli Schmidt will graduate this spring with a little extra paperwork.  

February 3, 2014

First-year McMaster student Michael Abraham received the inaugural Nelson Mandela Award during Saturday's John C. Holland Awards ceremony, along with a $1,000 academic scholarship.

February 3, 2014

Scientists have long focused their search for extraterrestrial life on Earth-like planets – but that may be a mistake, according to a McMaster researcher.  

January 31, 2014

The Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, located at McMaster, is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. But what exactly do its researchers work on?  

January 30, 2014

The Feb. 5 event featuring The Agenda's Steve Paikin has been postponed due to inclement weather.