January 30, 2007

The Certified Management Accountants of Ontario (CMA Ontario) last night announced a new partnership with the DeGroote School of Business that will lead to education and research initiatives focused on developing the teaching of management accounting at DeGroote.

January 29, 2007

If you need a little more spice in your life, check out the 8th annual Soulfood Fair for tips on how to improve your mind, body and soul. The McMaster community is invited to attend workshops, lectures, musical performances and an exhibitors fair featuring products and services that promote mental and physical wellbeing.

January 29, 2007

Was the 1918 influenza strain in Hamilton socially neutral -- that is, were all members of the community at the same risk of dying from the virus? Can an inexpensive liquid device really stop high-rise buildings from swaying in extreme weather conditions? Does a six-month-old infant have the ability to remember melody and rhythm?

January 26, 2007

As president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard (Canada), Paul Tsaparis is at the centre of innovations that span the IT sector. Tsaparis delivered a keynote address this morning at the McMaster World Congress and discussed how HP is walking the talk on innovation.

January 26, 2007

The Faculty of Health Sciences is launching a combined MD/PhD program that will provide training for an elite group of scholars who will play a vital role in linking basic science investigation to the clinical setting in health care.

January 25, 2007

Undergraduate and MBA students from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University scored among the highest 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 25, 2007

McMaster University Libraries will once again be participating in LibQUAL+, a web-based survey developed by the Association of Research Libraries and used by many academic libraries around the world to measure satisfaction with library services, collections and facilities, and to identify best practices.

January 24, 2007

The widening scope of dealing with birth and death that has resulted as scientific discovery blurs the line of when life begins and ends will be the subject of the annual Enkin Lectureship today at 3 p.m.

January 24, 2007

German beer taught Elsie Quaite-Randall the importance of technology transfer. German beer drinkers demand high quality, but brewers were facing a potential crisis: inferior barley varieties were being slipped into the malting system. The problem came to a head as Quaite-Randall began a post-doc at the Technical University of Berlin, and she soon found herself developing biochemical assays to identify barley varieties in the malting and brewing industries.

January 24, 2007

Nine projects will receive a total of $52,898.56 in funding from The McMaster Laboratory Advancement Benefaction Endowment Fund (macLAB) in 2007.

January 24, 2007

Steve Remilli was elected the new president of the McMaster Engineering Society (MES) for the 2007/2008 term. His appointment was announced by current MES president Kristin Pouw at the annual Fireball Engineering Formal on Saturday, Jan. 20.

January 23, 2007

The 28th McMaster World Congress will take place from Wednesday, Jan. 24 to Friday, Jan. 26 at the Hamilton Convention Centre. With more than 800 attendees from 30 countries, this is one of the largest management conferences of its kind in the world.

January 23, 2007

More than 670 employees attended the annual Employee Appreciation Day Basketball event, sponsored by the McMaster Employee Spirit Society (M.E.S.S.!) on Saturday, Jan. 20.

January 23, 2007

Opening for its third season on Tuesday, Jan. 23, the MARS Apprentice Program is back and stronger and more stimulating than ever. Like Donald Trump's television show, now set in L.A., McMaster's apprentice will take on new twists and new challenges.

January 22, 2007

What do you get when you shrink electronics to an almost invisible size and then add DNA or other molecular structures? The next generation of diagnostic and treatment devices.

January 19, 2007

More than 120 students, volunteers and judges spent last Saturday planning, designing and building in hopes that their team would win the McMaster Engineering Competition and represent McMaster at the Ontario Engineering Competition.

January 19, 2007

Leaders in the field of allergic and related immune disease will gather at the Sheraton Hamilton Hotel next month for the second annual Innovation from Cell to Society2, a research conference hosted by AllerGen NCE Inc., the Allergy, Genes and Environment Network, from Feb. 11 to Feb. 13.

January 18, 2007

Investigators at McMaster University, the IWK Health Centre, and Dalhousie University are leading a team of world-class researchers on a series of projects that will directly improve access to health care for children struggling with mental health disorders.

January 18, 2007

Business students from across Ontario will put their management skills to the test this weekend at the Certified Management Accountants of Ontario (CMA Ontario) second annual case competition, being held on Saturday, Jan. 20 at McMaster.

January 17, 2007

Preliminary application numbers have been released and McMaster has seen an almost six per cent increase in applications this year.