Daily News

January 16, 2009

The School of the Arts has announced its new line-up of enriching concerts in the Celebrity Concert Series. The series provides the McMaster community with the opportunity to take in performances by a variety of local and international musicians. The School of the Arts is also hosting a series of free lunchtime concerts throughout February and March. All performances take place in Convocation Hall.

January 15, 2009

Researchers have discovered evidence that blue stragglers in globular clusters, whose existence has long puzzled astronomers, are the result of 'stellar cannibalism' in binary stars. In other words, binary stars are eating each other and turning into a blue straggler.

January 15, 2009

For more than a year, the William J. McCallion Planetarium, which digitally projects a representation of the night sky onto its domed ceiling, has been shuttered while it undergoes a major renovation that includes new equipment, theatre-style seating and the latest in digital technology and computer software.

January 14, 2009

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 (MFT) conducted by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) - the largest educational assessment organization in the world.

January 14, 2009

Several McMaster University students have scored the hottest ticket in Washington. Nadia Oryema, Valerie Phoon, Irena Rebalka and Paul Athanasopoulos are among a select group of international university scholars invited to attend the U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama.

January 12, 2009

A new initiative to promote careers in Ontario's video game industry will be launched at McMaster University on January 14 with speakers from Bedlam Games. The Department of Computing and Software is hosting the first Go Into Games (GIG) Speaker Series event organized by Interactive Ontario, a not-for-profit trade organization representing more than 200 members in the digital media industry.

January 12, 2009

Award-winning biochemist Michel Bouvier will speak at the second annual Biology and Pharmacology Program Lectureship. His lecture, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors as Oligomeric Signaling Machines: Insights into the Molecular Basis of Drug Efficacy will focus on his extensive research into G-protein coupled receptors.

January 9, 2009

A start-up company formed by engineering physics professor Chang-Qing Xu that could transform the quality and power needs of TV and computer monitors is receiving $500,000 in funding from the Ontario Investment Accelerator Fund.

January 9, 2009

Living in residence plays a large part in shaping a student's university experience. That's why the role of community advisors is important to the residence system.

January 8, 2009

Medical student Tiffaney Krushel always appreciates learning from patients who are good-natured about allowing students to do an extra exam or ask extra questions to aid their education. Many of her fellow students agree they'd like to be able to show their appreciation with more than a quick thanks and cheerio.

January 7, 2009

The New Year has brought frigid temperatures, snow and a McMaster winter favourite back to campus: Frost Week 2009 has begun! Organized by a number of campus groups, Frost Week is the cold weather alter-ego of September's Welcome Week. Combining winter fun with a showcasing of student clubs and organizations, Frost Week 2009 promises something for everyone.

January 7, 2009

In January of 2009, the fight against economic crime will be brought front and centre to Hamilton. The 30th McMaster World Congress is a business conference examining relevant issues and trends in the global economy today, and this year's theme is economic crime prevention.

January 6, 2009

McMaster alumnus Kenneth Kernaghan has been named a member of the Order of Canada. The Order of Canada, established in 1967 to recognize outstanding achievement and service in various fields of human endeavour, is Canada's highest civilian honour for lifetime achievement.

January 5, 2009

What would you do if someone gave you $20,000 and told you to give it away to someone else? Who would you give it to? How would you decide? These are questions that a group of undergraduate students have been asking themselves in an innovative new course at the DeGroote School of Business. Yesterday, the students came to an answer when they awarded how much money to who.

January 5, 2009

One of the current handicaps of cancer treatments is the difficulty of aiming these treatments at destroying malignant cells without killing healthy cells in the process. But a new study by McMaster University researchers has provided insight into how scientists might develop therapies and drugs that more carefully target cancer, while sparing normal healthy cells

December 23, 2008

Jamal Deen, professor of electrical and computer engineering at McMaster, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). He is the first engineering professor at McMaster to receive this recognition. The fellowship also places Deen in a rare position in Canada, that of being elected Fellow of APS, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Electrochemical Society (ECS) for his scholarly work in science, engineering and technology.

December 23, 2008

The University continues final preparations for the Sunday, January 4 return to campus of Brandon Hall residents displaced by October's fire. With exams complete, all students have now moved out of the interim hotel accommodation. Prior to moving, students received specific instructions about packing belongings and other move-back procedures.

December 23, 2008

Here's something to take your mind off winter. A new high-tech golf training aid developed by an Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation master's student at McMaster has been added to the product list of one of the Canada's largest golf retailers.

December 23, 2008

Two young investigators with diverse clinical and scientific backgrounds are the inaugural recipients of the Michael G. DeGroote Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award. Kelly O'Brien is a physiotherapist who earned her PhD from the University of Toronto and joined the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University in September 2008. Her research interests focus on the disability experienced by adults living with HIV/AIDS.

December 23, 2008

With exams over, many of you are welcoming your students back home for the holidays. It certainly has been an eventful first term! As we all prepare for the return of Brandon Hall residents to campus beginning Sunday, January 4 we wanted to make sure you were updated on the logistics and procedures to make a smooth transition to the start of the second term.