McMaster Archive

December 2, 2013

Pioneer of evidence-based medicine named Canada’s top health scientist

Dr. Gordon Guyatt received the CIHR Health Researcher of the Year award during a ceremony in Ottawa Monday evening.

December 2, 2013

Bill Nye visits Burridge Gym

He spent years bringing science to life on television, but on Sunday night McMaster met Bill Nye in person.  

December 2, 2013

McMaster enters the PeopleSoft era

This weekend the Mosaic team successfully switched McMaster to its new finance and research post-award system: PeopleSoft.

December 2, 2013

SAS marks a quarter century of setting students up for success

Alex Low's message to students with disabilities? Don't be afraid to accept help.

November 29, 2013

Mosaic entering launch weekend

McMaster’s new finance and research post-award system will launch this weekend as scheduled, the Mosaic executive committee announced this afternoon.

November 29, 2013

DeGroote School of Business celebrates 40 years of co-op MBA

Stephen Hart wasn't interested in doing a traditional MBA. That's why he knew McMaster's program would be right for him.

November 28, 2013

Forward with Integrity website launches

The new Forward with Integrity website has officially launched, making it easier for faculty, staff and students to explore the many FWI projects and initiatives currently underway at McMaster.

November 28, 2013

Hatch celebrated for gift to ExCEL

Gerald Hatch and his namesake company were celebrated yesterday for their support of the Engineering Centre for Experiential Learning (ExCEL).    

November 28, 2013

Clues to human migrations are embedded in music, researchers find

In the same way that fragments of ancient pottery and bones offer valuable information about human history, music can also reveal previously hidden clues about the past, according to new research from an international team led by McMaster University psychologist Steven Brown.

November 28, 2013

Student accommodations due to internet outage

Nov. 26 - 7:30 p.m.: The internet line cut by a crew working several kilometres from campus has been repaired and internet and email service has been restored.

November 27, 2013

Business students ring opening bell at Toronto Stock Exchange

Domenic Colasurdo and Ines Efendic, co-chairs of McMaster Capital Markets Conference (MAC CMC), joined Ungad Chadda, Senior Vice President, Toronto Stock Exchange, to open the Toronto Stock Exchange Tuesday.

November 27, 2013

‘Woof’ smartphone app is like Facebook for your furry friend Fido

Man's two best friends, smartphones and dogs, are together at last.  

November 26, 2013

New video series gets to know McMaster faculty ‘After Office Hours’

Created by a team of McMaster students, this online video series presents faculty members as you've never seen them before.

November 25, 2013

EcoPark Campaign gets a financial boost from Color Me Rad

On Monday, MACgreen and the Hamilton Conservation Foundation were presented with a $12,000 cheque in recognition of their planning and volunteer efforts at the Hamilton edition of Color Me Rad.

November 25, 2013

Bedside bronchitis test wins Grand Challenges Canada award

A simple test for identifying bronchitis is being developed by a McMaster researcher for use in developing countries.

November 25, 2013

In conversation with McMaster’s new AVP, Faculty

'We need to be alive to the changing needs of students in the 21st century,' says Susan Searls Giroux, McMaster's newly appointed associate vice-president, Faculty, whose own research focuses on the history and politics of higher education.

November 22, 2013

McMaster’s new Chancellor installed at Fall Convocation

Suzanne Labarge was installed as McMaster's new Chancellor at Fall Convocation Friday.

November 22, 2013

One grad’s career decision was a real bombshell

For some people, it’s a crisis that makes them decide on their career path. For Joan Musau, it was a bomb. Literally.  

November 22, 2013

Schulich Leaders start their undergraduate careers with a special commitment, and a special award

Alex Dhaliwal and Liam Lawrence have started their experiences as McMaster with an award reserved for some of Canada’s most promising scholars and citizens. They are McMaster’s 2013 Schulich Leaders.  

November 22, 2013

Students set to cross stage at Fall Convocation

More than 1500 students will earn their degrees Friday at Fall Convocation ceremonies happening in downtown Hamilton.