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February 3, 2010
Global water experts meet at McMasterMore than two dozen leading United Nations water experts have convened at McMaster Innovation Park to plan a coordinated approach to the global water crisis.
February 2, 2010
Test of emergency outdoor warning sirensMcMaster's new network of outdoor warning sirens is about to undergo its first full test.
February 2, 2010
A small bone connecting to a bat’s ear makes a loud noiseThe discovery of a tiny bone connecting the larynx to the bones that surround and support the eardrum in bats doesn't sound like a big deal to most people, but to McMaster's "Bat Man" this finding will change the way scientists study echolocation.
February 2, 2010
2,000-year-old bones found in Italy have East Asian ancestryResearchers excavating an ancient Roman cemetery made a surprising discovery when they extracted ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from one of the skeletons buried at the site: the 2,000-year-old bones revealed a maternal East Asian ancestry.
February 2, 2010
McMaster home to new solar photovoltaic networkA new research network to advance Canada's standing in the development of solar photovoltaics will be based at McMaster University.
February 1, 2010
CIHR funds research centre investigating family violence, mental healthMcMaster University is taking a lead role in the national response to violence in the home.
February 1, 2010
Deadline for exchange fast approachingMiranda Batterink remembers the last words she heard before she left for her exchange in Ireland.
January 29, 2010
Ask a Mac Expert – Sticking to healthy new year’s resolutionsWe're now a month into 2010 - have you stuck to your new year's resolution to get fit?
January 28, 2010
DeGroote business students tops in North AmericaMBA and undergraduate commerce students from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University scored among the highest business schools in North America in a recent Major Field Test conducted by the Educational Testing Service.
January 28, 2010
A decade of Walkerton research leads to breakthroughStudies of people who became ill following the tainted water tragedy in Walkerton, Ont., have led to a research breakthrough in the underlying causes of a bowel disorder that appears following an infection.
January 27, 2010
Visit to French Resistance collection marks Day of Holocaust RemembranceToday, on the Day of Holocaust Remembrance, Sol Messinger is visiting McMaster University to view the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections material devoted to the French Resistance.
January 27, 2010
Charity Ball to support three worthy causesTickets are moving fast for an event with a namesake once thought responsible for sinking the Titanic.
January 27, 2010
More than a new name for labour studiesMcMaster University's first interdisciplinary program has gotten more than just a name change.
January 27, 2010
Fierce exhibition opens today at Museum of ArtFierce is an adjective used to describe something or someone that is intense - a term that could certainly be used to describe the exhibition opening today at the McMaster Museum of Art.
January 26, 2010
Haiti Media Telethon updateDozens of volunteers are being kept busy answering phones at McMaster's Downtown Centre as the Haiti Media Telethon continues. As of 8:00 p.m., more than $500,000 has been raised.
January 25, 2010
Moving mountains to teach students geologyThe Niagara Escarpment is a whole lot closer for McMaster geology and earth sciences students, thanks to collaboration between McMaster and the City of Hamilton.
January 25, 2010
Inaugural chair holder studies tiny patientsA celebration was held today to herald the inaugural chair holder for the $2 million research chair in neonatology funded jointly by the Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation and McMaster University.
January 25, 2010
Hamilton responds to Haiti quakeA group of Hamilton community leaders, including McMaster University, is organizing a telethon to support Haitian earthquake relief. UPDATE: The telethon has raised $181,000 as of noon.
January 22, 2010
Next steps in UTS strategic planAfter extensive consultation with faculty, staff and students, a draft UTS strategic plan is now available for viewing online.
January 22, 2010
Peter George bursary fund to help students in financial needMcMaster students in financial need will be the beneficiaries of a new bursary fund named for the University's retiring President Peter George.