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June 25, 2011
Summer Reading: Aboriginal narratives and the ‘art of storytelling’In honour of National Aboriginal History Month, faculty from the Indigenous Studies Program highlight some of the exceptional literary works that have emerged from the aboriginal community in the past decade.
June 24, 2011
Code Red collaboration earns accoladesCode Red, the Hamilton Spectator's investigative series on the relationship between location, health and poverty in Hamilton, has received a great deal of recognition since its publication in 2010.
June 23, 2011
McMaster around the globeMcMaster faculty and students are all around the world this summer, studying abroad, competing in athletic competitions, performing ground-breaking research and working toward solutions to some of the world's most pressing issues.
June 22, 2011
Province invests $45.5-M in liberal arts at McMasterA $45.5-million investment by the Ontario government will allow McMaster to build a major new liberal arts building that will be used by more than half the entire student body and improve access to education for under-represented groups such as Aboriginal people, Crown wards and first-generation students.
June 21, 2011
Cooper Construction gift builds community hub at Ron Joyce CentreA $250,000 gift from Cooper Construction-a family-run company with deep community roots and a longstanding relationship with McMaster University-will create a valuable information hub in the heart of the Ron Joyce Centre in Burlington.
June 21, 2011
Sibley award winner ‘strong role model’Preparing doctors who are knowledgeable and competent to practice has been integral to the career of Joseph Ferencz, winner of the 2011 John C. Sibley Award.
June 20, 2011
Faculty, staff recognized for excellence in educationThree faculty members were recognized alongside graduating students at last week's convocation ceremonies. Karen Finlay was honoured with a President's Award for Educational Leadership, while Mandeep Malik and Carlos Filipe received President's Awards for Instruction.
June 20, 2011
Sexually transmitted co-infections increase HIV risk: studyBacterial and viral sexually transmitted infections can exacerbate HIV replication in co- infected individuals, a team of Canadian researchers led by Charu Kaushic, associate professor of pathology and molecular medicine, has found.
June 17, 2011
Nursing graduate excels, overcomes learning disabilityLaura Davison has one university degree already and is on the Dean's Honour List. She has received McMaster awards for her leadership and service to the community, and was elected twice to represent the McMaster Undergraduate Nursing Students' Society (MUNSS) in different roles.
June 17, 2011
Gold medal-winning engineering student to give valedictorian addressSome students attend class to become engineers, others to change the world. Erica Barnes falls into the latter group. The valedictorian will receive her engineering degree along with students of her graduating class at today's 2:30 p.m. convocation ceremony.
June 16, 2011
Social sciences convocation todayStudents in the Faculty of Social Sciences will be conferred their degrees today at convocation ceremonies being held at Hamilton Place.
June 16, 2011
Global health field project bridges different worldsIn 40 C heat, Reginald Akrong stood on a construction site in Manipal, India teaching 50 workers about the dangers of malaria and how to prevent it.
June 15, 2011
$40-million investment launches international hypertension studyA major international study of 11,000 elderly persons with high blood pressure (hypertension) will be led and managed by the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) of McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, thanks to a $40-million investment in Ontario by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
June 15, 2011
DeGroote School of Business honours distinguished alumna and graduatesFaculty, friends and family look on this morning as commerce, MBA and phD students graduate from the DeGroote School of Business. More than 670 students will take part in today's convocation. They'll be joined by Suzanne Labarge, a distinguished graduate of McMaster University, who will receive an honorary degree at the 9:30 a.m. ceremony.
June 14, 2011
A celebration of Science with two convocation ceremonies in one dayScience students and their families are celebrating today as McMaster's Spring Convocation continues with two ceremonies for programs from across the diverse faculty.
June 14, 2011
Power outage disrupts convocationUpdate - 6:45 pm June 14 - Power has been restored at Hamilton Place and convocation ceremonies will continue as scheduled Wednesday June 15. Should there be any changes to this schedule, details will be available on The Daily News and on McMaster's Facebook site. 5:30 pm - June 14: McMaster's Science convocation came to an abrupt end this afternoon following a power outage at Hamilton Place. The building managers asked everyone to leave the facility. The cause of the outage is not yet known. While all the students have formally graduated, approximately 60 Bachelor of Science graduates had not yet crossed the stage to receive their degree when the lights went out.
June 13, 2011
Routine screening for autism not needed: McMaster researchersProposals recommending routine screening of all children for autism get a thumbs down from researchers at McMaster University.
June 13, 2011
Student-athlete misses convocation for good causeToday marks the beginning of convocation week. Graduating students in the Faculty of Humanities and the Arts & Science Program will receive their degrees in a ceremony to take place at Hamilton Place at 2:30 p.m. However, one graduate will not be attending today's ceremony for a very good reason.
June 11, 2011
Agriculture superstar, peace activist to deliver Bertrand Russell Lecture before receiving honorary degreeA celebrated agricultural scientist and prominent peace activist is to explore the connections between food, hunger and peace when he delivers the annual Bertrand Russell Lecture on Monday, June 13.
June 10, 2011
Researchers find ‘needle in a haystack’ as lakebed yields microscopic clues about submerged archeological sitesAfter drilling for clues under the bed of a lake in south-eastern Ontario, a McMaster researcher has turned up evidence of human activity that has been submerged since water covered it thousands of years ago.