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July 3, 2009
Update- Committee to Recommend a PresidentThe Committee to Recommend a President, supported by our search consultants, Spencer Stuart, is encouraged by the progress of the search to date.
July 2, 2009
Labour Relations site launchedThe University is launching a new website that will provide updated information on McMaster's ongoing negotiations with various employee groups.
June 30, 2009
McMaster Niagara Family Health Centre clinic opensA new family health centre established by McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and the City of St. Catharines - expected to someday treat 6,000 patients - is training family physicians and providing care for the community.
June 30, 2009
Student-run company helps businesses succeedAlthough the recession has hit many Canadian companies hard, Focus Business Consulting (FBC), a McMaster MBA-student-run company, is up to the task of helping businesses succeed.
June 29, 2009
Funding for high-performance sport facilitiesHigh-performance athletes in the Golden Horseshoe will have the opportunity to train at McMaster University's high-performance sport facilities.
June 29, 2009
PhD student studies online communitiesEvery day, millions of people get help with everything from baking to car repair on sites like Yahoo! Answers. What makes these sites unique is that answers are posted almost entirely on an anonymous basis.
June 29, 2009
19th century scroll translated by staff and studentsOn a campus where instant messaging, texting and email are the norm, a 19th-century Chinese scroll seems somewhat out of place.
June 26, 2009
McMaster honours innovatorsThe announcement of the 2009 McMaster Innovator Awards closed the 2009 McMaster Innovation Showcase (June 18-19) on a dramatic note.
June 26, 2009
CALM now accepting applicationsMcMaster's ground-breaking management training program is changing the way the University thinks about organizational challenges.
June 26, 2009
Summer camps begin MondayMcMaster's summer camp programs for local children begin Monday June 29, 2009. Each year several thousand area children are able to enjoy the McMaster campus and engage in some summer fun and educational development.
June 25, 2009
Collective Bargaining Update – June 25Talks between the University and CAW Local 555 on a new collective agreement are currently scheduled to resume July 9. This latest round of bargaining will follow three days of talks held last week in which both sides agreed on the contract's non-monetary provisions but did not narrow differences on the key issues.
June 25, 2009
Titles named Bookseller of the YearTitles Bookstore has been voted Campus Bookseller of the Year by its peers at the Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA).
June 24, 2009
Fighting chronic diseases abroadThe Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) at Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University will partner for five years with St. John's Research Institute in Bangalore, India - one of 11 Collaborating Centers of Excellence to prevent and control chronic diseases in developing countries.
June 22, 2009
Synergy summer campLooking for a head start on business? In today's harsh economy, it is important for younger generations to develop a basic understanding of financial concepts in order to negotiate and problem-solve in daily life.
June 22, 2009
Found: piece of Canadian historyArchivists in the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections recently re-discovered a bill of treason dating back to the Rebellion of 1837.
June 19, 2009
Researchers leading projects worth more than $31MMcMaster researchers have received nearly $11 million from the Ontario Research Fund (ORF) to certify safety-critical software and improve the sustainability of crops.
June 19, 2009
Grand Opening for DeGroote’s institutesPhilanthropist Michael G. DeGroote today cut the ribbons at McMaster University to officially open three international level research institutes which are pledged to advancing human knowledge in the regeneration of human stem cells, the prevention and cures of infectious disease and the development of solutions to chronic pain.
June 18, 2009
Research on credit risk modeling recognizedOleksandr Romanko, a PhD candidate in computer science in the Faculty of Engineering, has placed second at this year's Mathematics for Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) Annual Conference poster competition.
June 18, 2009
McMaster researchers awarded $36.4M in CFI fundingA new biological systems institute, a laboratory studying ways to develop clean, sustainable energy and a new centre for advanced nuclear systems are among the six McMaster initiatives receiving $36.4 million in funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI).