Daily News

January 15, 2010

In a new course on entrepreneurship offered this semester by the DeGroote School of Business, students from across McMaster University will be exposed to the challenges and hurdles entrepreneurs face when developing a new business.

January 14, 2010

When Jodie Smith enrolled in the School of Social Work's Social Change: Social Movements and Advocacy class, she thought she had a pretty good idea of what she was getting into - but she ended up learning much more than she expected.

January 14, 2010

The University Library and Collaborations for Health, an interfaculty initiative, are jointly establishing two new, state-of-the art facilities in Mills Library to house the McMaster Health Forum and the Lyons New Media Centre.

January 13, 2010

If Nintendo stars Mario and Luigi immigrated to Canada, chances are they would keep their jobbas as plumbers, but they probably wouldn't buy a new carro to drive around in.

January 13, 2010

Results of the recent rapid transit survey show the McMaster community strongly supports a proposed light rail system for Hamilton.

January 12, 2010

Wil Waluchow explains prorogation.

January 8, 2010

The first week back brought sub-zero temperatures, a dusting of snow and an annual winter favourite: Frost Week.

January 8, 2010

The DeGroote School of Business, in partnership with the Strategic Capability Network, is challenging the leaders of tomorrow to predict what the workforce and workplace will look like in 2040.

January 7, 2010

Three McMaster alumni and a former faculty member were recently awarded Orders of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour.

January 6, 2010

Before a team of doctors at McMaster University, including Dr. Gordon Guyatt, championed evidence-based medicine, physicians often misunderstood or ignored the available evidence in their clinical decisions.

January 6, 2010

A Nobel-winning process for testing new drugs to treat diseases such as Huntington's, Parkinson's and muscular dystrophy is getting an electrical charge.

January 5, 2010

In a decade the use of prenatal ultrasounds in pregnant women increased by 55 per cent, suggesting a need to review current practices, says a McMaster University researcher.

January 4, 2010

Musicians take advantage of a previously undocumented musical illusion to change the way audiences hear their performances. Intriguingly, the performers themselves are generally unaware of what they are doing.

January 4, 2010

Vampirism not only revives the careers of Hollywood stars, it appears it can also revive stars of a celestial nature.

December 24, 2009

Happy holidays from the Daily News.

December 24, 2009

Everyone knows Santa is able to deliver presents around the world in just one night because he has a legion of elves helping him, but few of us are that lucky.

December 23, 2009

A McMaster University researcher has found the first evidence that prolonged exposure to higher levels of the pollutants found in car exhaust and industrial air pollution can lead to hospitalization for pneumonia in adults aged 65 and older.

December 22, 2009

The David Braley Athletic Centre echoed with the sounds of delighted children attending the 14th Annual McMaster Children's Party Snowflake Celebration earlier this month.

December 22, 2009

The causes of obesity are complex and individual, but when chronic overeating becomes compulsive and out of control, it is often classified as "food addiction" - a label that has generated considerable controversy.

December 21, 2009

Being someone who walks to work didn't stop Terri Lewis from participating in the United Way Lottery, which carried a grand prize of a free parking space.