Daily News

July 19, 2007

The student grounds- keeper positions offered at McMaster every summer provide experience in both a team environment and within a large and diverse institution. Chris Foster, a fourth-year music student, and John Fleming, a third-year civil engineering student, applied for the positions for exactly these reasons.

July 19, 2007

Barry Commoner, touted by TIME magazine as the "Paul Revere of Ecology" in 1970, is the subject of a new book by Michael Egan, assistant professor in the Department of History.

July 18, 2007

More than 50 of Canada's best and brightest high school students are attending McMaster's annual Shad Valley program, a four-week enrichment program that focuses on science, engineering, technology and entrepreneurship.

July 18, 2007

When broken bones pierce the skin, the chance of infection is a doctor's number one concern. McMaster University researchers have a hunch something as simple, and cheap, as mild soap could do a better job of preventing infection than the decades-old practice of flushing dirt out of a wound with saline.

July 17, 2007

Chris Wood of the Department of Biology is one of seven professors to be honoured by the Royal Society of Canada, the organization announced recently in releasing its annual list of new fellows. It is the largest contingent of McMaster faculty to receive awards in a single year, bringing to 70 the number of faculty members who have been invited to join the Society.

July 16, 2007

When Ken Blackwell was hired as the Bertrand Russell archivist at McMaster in 1968, he was asked to investigate "a computer-based catalogue" to provide better access to Russell scholarship. Little did he know that almost 40 years later, he would be completing the digitization of more than 35 years of Russell scholarship through McMaster's Digital Commons.

July 13, 2007

In light of the proposed academic boycott of Israeli universities called for by the University and College Union in Britain, I am compelled to state that academic freedom, freedom of inquiry and freedom of research specialization and association are some of the basic tenets of post-secondary education. I join with colleagues across Canada and around the world in deploring this call for an academic boycott.

July 13, 2007

Gone are the days of making tie-dyed T-shirts at summer camp. Children attending McMaster's Venture Summer Camps are building their own MP3 players.

July 12, 2007

McMaster University and AM900 CHML have announced a three-year radio agreement that will see Hamilton's news-talk leader broadcast all McMaster home and away football games, pre- and post-game shows as well as a weekly, one-hour McMaster Athletics and Recreation Magazine show.

July 12, 2007

The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Inc. is investing $100,000 to develop an innovative hearing aid technology, called the Neuro- Compensator.

July 12, 2007

If all the world's a stage, then Krista Janke would be playing her dream role. The third-year theatre and film studies student isn't acting in a play; she landed a summer job as an events and marketing assistant at Career Services. But it's more than a summer job for Janke, who hopes to work in the field after she graduates.

July 11, 2007

A startling discovery on the development of human embryonic stem cells by scientists at McMaster University will change how future research in the area is done.

July 10, 2007

Lifelong learning is a journey that provides greater opportunities for the individual and a stronger workforce for the employer. The Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) has launched its fall promotion, the Map Your Future contest, to raise awareness of the professional education opportunities it offers, including certificate and diploma programs, corporate training and general interest courses.

July 10, 2007

Today is the launch date for the McMaster Alumni Association's Mission to Mac 007, a series of orientation events designed to help incoming McMaster students and their families learn more about the University and what to expect upon their arrival in September.

July 9, 2007

McMaster University Libraries are launching an exciting new initiative, Library Liaison @ Mac, that will match librarians with academic departments, schools and programs to ensure that library services and collections are closely aligned with teaching and research priorities.

July 9, 2007

A St. Catharines vascular surgeon who has been instrumental in the expansion of learning opportunities in the Niagara region for McMaster health sciences students, and a medical laboratory manager who is an expert in cytogenetics, have been named co-winners of the John C. Sibley Award for part-time faculty.

July 9, 2007

With the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station not operating at full strength until late August, the Independent Electricity System Operator or IESO, which operates the electric grid in Ontario, is asking customers to temporarily reduce or shift their use of electricity to off-peak hours.

July 6, 2007

Dr. Mark Levine, a McMaster researcher renowned for his work in breast cancer, has been appointed chair of the Department of Oncology in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

July 6, 2007

University librarian Jeff Trzeciak has been appointed to the EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee on Teaching and Learning (ACTL), which consists of professionals who have extensive experience using innovative technology to create new learning environments.

July 5, 2007

Working as an anatomy lab assistant is the dream job for many health science and science students -- that is, if they can stomach the job. It turns out Meredith Bothwell, a third-year kinesiology student, can.