Daily News

December 19, 2007

The City of Hamilton's Public Health Services has received a report of a gastrointestinal illness outbreak associated with a catered event held on Dec. 13 at East Meets West Campus Bistro at McMaster University. There is a possibility that individuals who consumed other food prepared at the East Meets West Bistro may also be ill.

December 18, 2007

Mills Library recently opened a study space that caters to laptop users. Located on the third floor near the main elevators, the study space features new furniture and wireless Internet access.

December 17, 2007

If you or someone you know has ever fallen on hard times, this message will resonate very clearly. At any time of year, financial hardship is difficult. The holiday season just exacerbates the situation for those in financial need.

December 17, 2007

McMaster's newly minted Canada Research Chairs are three young researchers who weren't even born when their respective fields were first explored by pioneering scientists during the 1960s. Today, their areas of research are the subject of headlines and the focus of scientists the world over.

December 14, 2007

For hundreds of years, peat has been used in Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Belarus and Russia as a fuel source for thermal generating stations. Now Peat Resources Ltd. is looking at replacing the coal that fuels the province's Atikokan Generating Station in northwestern Ontario with peat and wood.

December 14, 2007

McMaster has appointed a new associate vice- president of planning and analysis. Karen Menard's appointment was officially approved at this week's Senate and Board meetings. The position replaces the director of planning and analysis role and now reports directly to the provost.

December 13, 2007

McMaster University's newly renovated Health Sciences Library is a popular place. Not only is it a busy resource for students, faculty and health care professionals from across the city, it has won the City of Hamilton's Urban Design and Architecture People's Choice Award.

December 13, 2007

The rise in volunteer numbers in the Let's Talk Science Partnership Program (LTSPP) at McMaster has left the excited yet overwhelmed coordinator, Diana Dregosc, looking for some extra help. The solution turned out to be Laura Wells, a PhD student in chemical engineering who has taken on the role of co-coordinator.

December 12, 2007

For the past two years, the Department of Physics & Astronomy has offered Physics@Mac activities to high school physics classes during exam periods in December and April when teaching labs are free. This year, the department has joined forces with the Department of Chemistry to offer Physical Sciences@Mac, a broader program of hands-on labs and demonstrations for high school physics and chemistry classes.

December 11, 2007

Leo Johnson could be Canada's Next Great Prime Minister. The second-year economics student is a semi-finalist in the CBC's nation-wide contest that asks young Canadians for innovative ideas on how to make their country a better place for everyone.

December 11, 2007

Teresa Cascioli, the entrepreneur who took a bankrupt Ontario brewery and made it into a stunning financial and marketing success, is donating $1 million to McMaster University to help boost the next generation of entrepreneurs. The gift was announced this morning in the atrium of the DeGroote School of Business.

December 10, 2007

More than 400 MBA students will converge on the DeGroote School of Business at the beginning of January for the 2008 MBA Games. This national student competition will draw teams from at least 16 schools from across the country.

December 10, 2007

Environmental and Occupational Health Support Services (EOHSS) is launching a new website today that will offer safety training courses online, making it easier for McMaster employees to learn how to prevent accidents and injuries in the workplace.

December 7, 2007

The year 1982 was a time when leg warmers were popular clothing accessories and the most hip hairstyle was the mullet -- for both women and men. In that year, 76 unique individuals joined the McMaster University family.

December 7, 2007

A McMaster-led research initiative to develop bioactive paper that can detect and ward off life-threatening bacteria and viruses has been selected by The New York Times Magazine for its annual "Year in Ideas" issue to be published Sunday, Dec. 9.

December 6, 2007

This notice is to advise you that a McMaster student has been diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The City of Hamilton's public health and community services department oversees all investigations into TB infections and as a precaution has notified the public and is contacting individually any persons they believe may have had contact with the student.

December 6, 2007

The Montreal Massacre happened 18 years ago today, but for some people, the memory of Dec. 6, 1989 is as vivid as if it happened yesterday.

December 6, 2007

The McMaster Engineering Society (MES) held its annual Santa Hog campaign on Friday, Nov. 30 to raise money for Interval House of Hamilton. This year, the group managed to raise $1,542 during six hours of caroling.

December 5, 2007

Catherine Olaveson's academic journey has taken her from the glamorous world of the cosmetics industry to the jungles of Panama where she found herself waist-deep in mud.

December 5, 2007

McMaster's Department of Mathematics & Statistics held its second annual Math@Mac online mathematics competition for high school students on Thursday, Nov. 29.