Daily News

October 10, 2007

What does a career as a creative writer offer? For Daphne Marlatt, McMaster's 2007 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence, it is far more than a way to make a living. According to the long-time Vancouver resident, "Writing offers a way to question and reflect on the way we live. In our present culture of waste, the unquestioned life seems to me a waste of this phenomenal occasion of being alive."

October 10, 2007

The Mills Learning Commons has been recognized by the Project Management Institute as GovSIG Project of the Year. The PMI is the leading management association for project management with 240,000 members in 160 countries. The award recognizes "the quality, art and practice of project management in governments internationally."

October 10, 2007

First-year medical students in McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine donned white coats for the first time during the annual White Coat ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

October 10, 2007

Music connects us and has the ability to communicate beyond words. Music is found in every society. The image of a mother, father or caregiver crooning softly to a baby is common the world over.

October 9, 2007

How did you spend your summer vacation? Two members of the McMaster chapter of Engineers Without Borders worked on development projects in Africa, and will share their experiences with the McMaster community on Wednesday, Oct. 10

October 9, 2007

If you are a member of the McMaster community who has University-related questions, complaints or concerns, University Ombuds Shelley Lancaster and Carolyn Brendon might be able to help.

October 5, 2007

The chief of staff of Cambridge Memorial Hospital has been appointed regional assistant dean of the Waterloo campus of McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.

October 4, 2007

It's a first for McMaster. The wearable CPR training, testing and assisting device invented by two electrical and biomedical engineering students is one of 11 inventions selected for the finals of the prestigious Collegiate Inventors Competition. They are the only entry selected from Canada.

October 4, 2007

A total of 158 students, staff and faculty participated in the World Record Walk on Oct. 3 in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people walking one kilometre at the same time.

October 3, 2007

If it's October, it must be time for the annual McMaster United Way Campaign. With an ambitious goal of $180,000, co-chairs Lisa Boniface and Louis Schmidt are optimistic about the target.

October 3, 2007

Lower muscle mass and an increase in body fat are common consequences of growing older. While exercise is a proven way to prevent the loss of muscle mass, a new study led by McMaster researcher Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky shows that taking a combination of creatine monohydrate (CrM) and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in addition to resistance exercise training provides even greater benefits.

October 1, 2007

The 13th International Great Romantics Festival features an impressive line-up of artists and speakers from several countries to celebrate the Romantic Era in music.

September 28, 2007

McMaster University is one of 20 Ontario universities participating in the Ontario Universities' Fair that starts today and runs until Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. More than 80,000 students, parents and educators are expected to attend.

September 28, 2007

A new neuroscience training program launches at McMaster University this month with the largest first-year enrolment for a graduate program in the school's modern history.

September 28, 2007

Instead of trekking across campus for their lecture, Introductory Psychology students will settle down in their dorms wearing sweats with a coffee in hand to catch the week's lecture on their computers.

September 27, 2007

A vote at Hamilton city council Wednesday night means some changes to the way trucks access the McMaster campus. The city passed a bylaw that eliminates King Street as a truck route and puts restrictions on the number of trucks that can use the Sterling Street entrance.

September 27, 2007

The Department of Political Science will hold a public forum to bring together key figures in the debate on electoral reform on Wednesday, Oct. 3. The discussion will include leading Ontario academics, advocates for the "yes" and "no" sides of the referendum, members of the Citizen's Assembly that developed the proposal and the Minister responsible for the initiative, Marie Bountrogianni.

September 26, 2007

What is the best way to move nutrition and food research out of the lab and onto store shelves? That is the focus of the Research to Receptor forum that will be held at McMaster on Tuesday, Oct. 16.

September 26, 2007

Men who have lower-pitched voices have more children than do men with high-pitched voices, McMaster researchers have found. And their study suggests that for reproductive-minded women, mate selection favours men with low-pitched voices.

September 26, 2007

The University and the Service Employees' International Union Local 2 are pleased to announce that tentative agreements were reached today in their negotiations for renewal collective agreements for employees in the Operations and Maintenance bargaining units covering trades, grounds and cleaning/custidial employees.