McMaster Archive

December 4, 2012

125 Bursary Challenge: 48 hours to raise $125,000

McMaster is challenging the University community to help raise $125,000 in 48 hours.

December 3, 2012

Eating healthy could prevent a second heart attack

McMaster researchers have found that a heart-healthy diet offers a “consistent benefit” above medication alone.

December 3, 2012

Ground broken for McMaster Health Campus

Downtown hub for patient care, students, teaching and research includes state-of-the-art family health clinic for 15,000 Hamiltonians  

December 3, 2012

Waste heat lab studies energy efficiency

Students and pizza go hand-in-hand, but a team of mechanical engineers are taking the relationship to a whole new level.

November 30, 2012

Digital scholarship centre will revolutionize research

The Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship will help students and faculty process huge amounts of data to reveal new information that would not have been possible to find even a few short years ago.

November 29, 2012

Budding auteurs honoured by 24-hour film fest

Participants were tasked with writing, shooting and editing a short film in less than a day.

November 28, 2012

McMaster returns to Toronto for 125th anniversary celebration

Nearly 1000 alumni and friends will gather at McMaster University's original home in Toronto Wednesday night to celebrate the institution's 125th anniversary.

November 28, 2012

Geological formations may hold key to finding water, oil

Prateek Gupta has a passion for exploring the world beneath his feet.

November 27, 2012

Not your typical high school classroom

Local Grade 12 students get a first-hand look at university life by taking part in a Social Sciences inquiry class at McMaster.

November 27, 2012

‘Mosaic’ new name for ERP project

Mosaics are an art form that require patience, planning and long-term commitment - just like McMaster's enterprise resource planning project.

November 27, 2012

This month with the President – University rankings

In the November instalment of This month with the President, Patrick Deane talks about university rankings.

November 26, 2012

Hate group work? Entrepreneurial engineering students have an app for that

When Matt Gardner's roommate complained about the difficulty with group collaboration on the web, Gardner did what any good entrepreneur with programming skills would do: he invented a solution.

November 26, 2012

125 years of research, innovation and discovery

From Harry Thode and Bertram Brockhouse to Hendrik Poinar and Sonia Anand, McMaster researchers are known throughout the world.

November 23, 2012

Laval takes rematch, defeats Marauders in Vanier Cup

McMaster's football Marauders won the first half, but could not take the game, losing Friday's Vanier Cup rematch with the Laval Rouge et Or by a score of 37-14 before a record-setting championship crowd of 37,098 at the Rogers Centre.

November 23, 2012

Marauders work hard to bring good luck their way

Football players are creatures of habit, and McMaster's squad is no different.

November 23, 2012

Quinlan is Canada’s top university football player

McMaster quarterback was honoured with the prestigious Hec Crighton Trophy on Thursday.

November 23, 2012

Burlington hospital becomes clinical education campus

New agreement between Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital and McMaster will benefit students and the community.

November 23, 2012

What’s in a name? Tracing our ‘Marauder’ heritage

Marauders we are, but Marauders we haven't always been. Learn more about vintage McMaster team names.

November 22, 2012

Wondering where to watch the Vanier Cup?

Vanier Cup viewing parties are scheduled in cities across Canada Friday night.

November 22, 2012

Ptaszek named CIS coach of the year

Football bench boss received the Frank Tindall Trophy at a gala awards ceremony in Toronto Wednesday evening.