Daily News

February 1, 2010

Miranda Batterink remembers the last words she heard before she left for her exchange in Ireland.

January 29, 2010

We're now a month into 2010 - have you stuck to your new year's resolution to get fit?

January 28, 2010

MBA 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

Studies 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

Today, 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

Tickets are moving fast for an event with a namesake once thought responsible for sinking the Titanic.

January 27, 2010

McMaster University's first interdisciplinary program has gotten more than just a name change.

January 27, 2010

Fierce 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

Dozens 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

The 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

A 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

A 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

After extensive consultation with faculty, staff and students, a draft UTS strategic plan is now available for viewing online.

January 22, 2010

McMaster students in financial need will be the beneficiaries of a new bursary fund named for the University's retiring President Peter George.

January 21, 2010

Mark Tarnopolsky has become the first holder of the McMaster Children's Hospital/Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation Chair in Neuromuscular Disorders.

January 20, 2010

In December, while most of the University was preparing for exams or the holidays, representatives from McMaster were in China showcasing the University to an eager crowd of potential graduate students.

January 19, 2010

Despite growing public concern about concussions because of serious hockey injuries, researchers from McMaster have found that we may not be taking the common head injury seriously enough.

January 19, 2010

Two weeks remain in McMaster's 2009 United Way Campaign and with just a few days left, organizers are encouraging the community to help in a final push to meet its $225,000 goal.

January 18, 2010

If you're one of the millions of North Americans who made it your resolution to start shedding pounds in the New Year, you know that there are hundreds of options available promising rapid results.

January 18, 2010

As global efforts continue to help victims of last week's earthquake in Haiti, there are several ways members of the McMaster community can lend their support.