Daily News

May 30, 2007

The School of Rehabilitation Science collected about 250 books as part of a book drive for developing countries. The books were sent to schools in Bangladesh, Brazil, Croatia, Pakistan and South Africa.

May 30, 2007

Undergraduate commerce and MBA students at the DeGroote School of Business continue to score among the best business schools 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.

May 30, 2007

In order to comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005 (AODA), the McMaster University Committee on Disability and Access (MUCDA) has obtained a grant to begin the process of a complete campus accessibility audit.

May 29, 2007

The vision of medicare by Canadian icon Tommy Douglas had two stages. The man called the founder of medicare in Canada saw the first step as public payment of the treatment and hospital-oriented system. He saw the second stage as the reorganization of the health delivery system to focus on prevention and community- based care.

May 29, 2007

McMaster has been awarded three more Canada Research Chairs, bringing the University's total of the prestigious awards to 66.

May 29, 2007

Building a balloon- powered vehicle may seem like child's play, but it was one of many activities designed to get kids hooked on science as part of the All Science Challenge hosted at McMaster last Friday. The event was attended by more than 250 students in Grades 6 to 8.

May 28, 2007

When commerce student Matt Eby entered the commerce internship program offered through the DeGroote School of Business, he had no idea it would land him a full-time position on the other side of the world.

May 25, 2007

Imagine lounging at home, munching popcorn and watching a tense scene from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. No, this is not a typical Friday night spent with friends; you are studying for your Music 2F03: Music for Film and Television course.

May 25, 2007

MacVIP is entering its second year and while the "terrible twos" may strike fear in the hearts of some, that's not the case for the team leading the conversion of McMaster's new payroll system. By July, it's expected that MacVIP will be used by more than 6,000 McMaster faculty and staff.

May 25, 2007

AllerGen NCE Inc., the Allergy, Genes and Environment Network, is strengthening its position as a world leader in the fight against the allergic disease epidemic through a new partnership initiative that will see the Network join forces with five international organizations in the pursuit of realizing its vision to reduce the impact of allergic and related immune diseases nationally and globally.

May 24, 2007

The next time we're faced with a global pandemic, contaminated water caused by flooding, or questionable-looking meat in a supermarket, we may be reaching for a piece of paper.

May 24, 2007

The 2007 Daniel Perey public lecture will feature Dr. Geoffrey Burnstock, who will discuss Purinergic Signalling: Past, Present and Future. Burnstock's talk will focus on the discovery, early scientific resistance, acceptance and rapid developments of purinergic signalling.

May 23, 2007

It is with profound sadness that family and friends announce the death of Brian G. Sayer, who passed away peacefully at home with his family on the morning of Tuesday, May 22.

May 23, 2007

A new study provides more evidence of how exercise can pump up your quality of life as you age, and even help reverse the aging process. The study conducted under the auspices of the Buck Institute in California and McMaster University shows that resistance training can reverse aging in the muscle tissue of healthy senior citizens at the genetic expression level.

May 23, 2007

Focus Business Consulting, the student-run consulting firm operating in partnership with the DeGroote School of Business, has begun its third year of operation with a new team of directors and expectations of growth and profitability in 2007.

May 22, 2007

Hundreds of members of the McMaster community, family and friends came out to celebrate the 94 employees being honoured last week at the annual reception for the President's Awards for Outstanding Service in 2006.

May 22, 2007

The heart of learning at McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences is reopening after $8.6 million in renovations. The Health Sciences Library in the Health Sciences Centre will host an open house on Wednesday, May 23 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

May 18, 2007

Shawn Benninger is one of four members of Canada's armed forces becoming doctors at today's convocation of McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences, as part of the military's initiative to resolve its physician shortage.

May 18, 2007

You may have noticed the recent media attention regarding the McMaster Nuclear Reactor (MNR). MNR is currently seeking a license renewal for the operation of the reactor, and this past Wednesday Chris Heysel, director of MNR, Dave Tucker, senior health physicist, Mike Butler, MNR manager of reactor operations and I appeared before the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission in Ottawa.

May 18, 2007

McMaster's Team Optlab won the Student Simulation Competition for developing a solution to traffic congestion at the Canada/US border. The competition was organized by the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) in collaboration with the VISUAL8 Corporation.