Daily News

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.

December 4, 2007

It's hard to know where to begin with Ethan Vishniac, the newest addition to the Department of Physics & Astronomy: Within a few minutes, his conversation having ricocheted off a number of topics, you discover that he is also the editor of The Astrophysical Journal.

December 4, 2007

Two technology start-up projects from McMaster's Xerox Centre for Engineering Entrepreneur- ship and Innovation are among the winners of this year's Canada's Top 10 Competition organized by the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation.

December 3, 2007

How did music originate? How do infants and young children acquire knowledge about music? How does the brain change with musical experience? And why is music found in all cultures around the world when it appears to have little to do with helping us survive? These were just some of the questions that were addressed at a workshop hosted by the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind on Saturday, Dec. 1.

December 3, 2007

December can be a stressful month for students as they prepare for exams, but there are services available to help make exam time as stress-free as possible.

November 30, 2007

Researchers using supercomputer simulations have exposed a very violent and critical relationship between interstellar gas and dark matter when galaxies are born -- one that has been largely ignored by the current model of how the universe evolved.

November 30, 2007

More than 300 high school geography students and teachers will get a unique hands-on look at cutting edge geographic information system (GIS) technology at the 9th annual GIS Day on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at McMaster University.

November 30, 2007

Several Canadian publishers have announced price reductions on their textbooks to bring Canadian prices in line with American prices. Titles Bookstore is passing these savings on to students.

November 29, 2007

McMaster University has launched a new PhD program unique in Canada to train leaders in the field of health policy. The Health Policy PhD is now accepting applications for the interdisciplinary program which will begin in September 2008.

November 28, 2007

McMaster University nursing professor John Vickers agreed to dye his hair a multitude of colours -- pink, green and blue -- as part of a fundraising effort that collected $785 on behalf of the Spread the Net campaign which sends sleeping nets to Africa to prevent malaria in children.

November 28, 2007

Taking blood samples is not for the faint of heart, but it's something Nic Mocellin does without flinching. The fourth-year kinesiology student has been working as a research assistant in professor Mark Tarnopolsky's exercise lab for the past three years.

November 27, 2007

The warm sounds of Baroque music will fill Convocation Hall on Friday, Nov. 30 when three of Canada's most outstanding period musicians showcase their talents in this early music concert presented by the School of the Arts.

November 27, 2007

More than 100 students, guests and student leaders came together to celebrate the academic and extra-curricular achievements of part-time students at the 23rd Annual McMaster Association of Part-Time Students (MAPS) Awards Dinner on Nov. 23.

November 27, 2007

This year's Community Campaign, Making Change for McMaster, invites faculty and staff to "create change" for McMaster by making a donation to the University. Seven faculty and staff volunteers from across campus are leading the Community Campaign and encouraging their peers to make a gift to McMaster.

November 26, 2007

In response to a recent incident on campus, the EOHSS team would like to remind the McMaster community of the dangers associated with feeding wildlife on campus.

November 26, 2007

Who developed the scale of measurement for the hardness of minerals? That was the question that finally stumped Mark Szilard, a graduate of the chemical engineering program at McMaster, when he appeared on Global Television's Are You Smarter than a Canadian 5th Grader? last Thursday.

November 23, 2007

Dr. Paul Whelan, who holds the David Braley and Nancy Gordon Chair in Urology, has been honoured by the Canadian Prostate Cancer Network for his work in the fight against prostate cancer.

November 22, 2007

Successful organizations understand that marketing has no boundaries and affects all aspects of their business, employees and customers.

November 21, 2007

A McMaster researcher is studying the ability of forests to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide, which may help Canada meet its emission reduction requirements under the Kyoto Protocol.