McMaster Archive

September 19, 2013

HRES director wins national award

Milé Komlen, director of McMaster's Human Rights and Equity Services department, has been named the Canadian Bar Association's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference Hero Award recipient for 2013.

September 18, 2013

Fall Career Fair a great opportunity to connect with employers

The free event is being held Thursday in the David Braley Athletic Centre. Participants include Chrysler Canada, Target, CIBC, AC Nielsen, Microsoft, Gerdau, Atomic Energy, Hatch Mott MacDonald and more.  

September 18, 2013

Final day to register for MacServe Day of Learning

Service-learning excursions will touch down in Hamilton, Mississauga, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver on Sept. 28.

September 18, 2013

Geographer honoured by ‘the people who know my work best’

Richard Harris' nearly three decades of work have earned him recognition from the Canadian Association of Geographers.

September 17, 2013

Wilson Hall construction to begin in October

The construction of L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster's future home for the liberal arts, will soon begin.

September 17, 2013

Driven to clean: Nesting instinct among pregnant women has an evolutionary backstory

Research suggests these behaviours - characterized by unusual bursts of energy and a compulsion to organize the household - are a result of a mechanism to protect and prepare for the unborn baby.

September 17, 2013

Mosaic training to start in mid-October

The shoe will be on the other foot for many McMaster staff members this October as they find themselves in the role of student, learning how to use McMaster’s new finance and research finance system.

September 16, 2013

Rush shares limelight with jazz, Latin music, student researchers say

Invisible airwaves crackle with life for two undergraduate students researching the diverse musical tastes of Rush fans.  

September 16, 2013

5 ways to defend your digital dorm

Be aware of your electronic surroundings, back up those files and remember that no professor will believe your dog deleted your cloud storage.

September 13, 2013

Once a Marauder, always a Marauder

Four former student-athletes, one team and an outstanding builder will be inducted into the McMaster Athletic Hall of Fame next month.

September 13, 2013

Sci-fi author Robert Sawyer donates papers to McMaster

Robert Sawyer has donated 85 boxes of drafts, notes and other materials dating back to his childhood to McMaster's archives.

September 13, 2013

Hamilton Gallery of Distinction announces 2013 inductees

Seven outstanding citizens – including a McMaster faculty members, a long-time instructor and board member and two friends of the University – have been named to Hamilton’s Gallery of Distinction.

September 13, 2013

Campus parade kicks off Spotlight on the Arts

Year-long celebration will showcase how the arts connect people and ideas, inspire discourse, empower life-long learning and integrate multiple academic disciplines.

September 13, 2013

Water expert appointed to professorship

The professorship is supported by the Philomathia Foundation, which in 2012 announced a $1-million gift to McMaster to establish the Philomathia Foundation Water Project.

September 12, 2013

Graduate students ‘an important bridge to the broader Hamilton community’

McMaster’s graduate student community celebrated staff and faculty achievements at the 17th annual Graduate Student Awards.

September 12, 2013

Learning Portfolio officially launches at McMaster

The new online tool, accessible through Avenue to Learn, allows students to plan, record and reflect on a range of educational experiences.

September 12, 2013

Students go for Baroque

A rare student-curated exhibition of art and objects from the Baroque era is about to open at the McMaster Museum of Art.  

September 11, 2013

Hamilton offers a little something for every incoming student

McMaster University is one of the most beautiful, walkable campuses in the country. But there's a great big city out there just waiting to be explored.  

September 11, 2013

Shinerama volunteers a ‘veritable bundle of energy and enthusiasm’

"They were singing, clapping, dancing, chanting, playing guitar (and in pouring rain for some of it)."

September 10, 2013

Weather patterns play significant role in seasonal influenza

The spread of seasonal flu in Canada is tied to low temperature and low humidity, and travels west to east.