Daily News

March 22, 2007

The DeGroote School of Business will celebrate alumni, faculty and students at the annual Accolades event this evening.

March 22, 2007

The McMaster Athletic Awards Ceremony is the culmination of the Athletic Season for 850 student-athletes at McMaster. The University is pleased to announce the nominees for the Major Athletic Awards.

March 21, 2007

Doctors and midwives should think twice about when exactly to cut the umbilical cord following childbirth. Although the tendency in western countries is to clamp and cut the cord immediately after a baby is delivered, a study published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) indicates that delaying the procedure for a minimum of two minutes provides health benefits for full-term newborns.

March 21, 2007

Not only is chemistry professor Dr. Gary Shrobilgen an award-winning researcher, he also gives back to the community by mentoring elementary students at a local school.

March 20, 2007

All human beings feel emotions, such as happiness, sadness, fear and anger. Emotion will be the focus of two presentations by visiting speaker Dr. Richard Davidson, being held in conjunction with Brain Awareness Week on Wednesday, March 21. Davidson was listed by Time magazine as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2006.

March 20, 2007

Biomedical engineers design and build medical devices that lead the world into uncharted territories of healthcare. From tissue engineering to developing molecular drug systems, from studies in biomechanical activities to artificial limbs, this field will fuel new treatments, discoveries, instruments and businesses.

March 20, 2007

The federal budget brought good news for universities. An increased funding transfer to the provinces, new dollars for research, money to relocate the CANMET MTL lab to the McMaster Innovation Park, funding for a new CFI program, and graduate scholarships were all announced Monday by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.

March 19, 2007

Everything came up roses for Iwona Centurami at the annual Ontario Flower Growers Student Design Competition on March 8. The Mohawk College Continuing Education student and McMaster alumni officer won second place in the competition's royal wedding theme category.

March 19, 2007

Designed to bring university students face-to-face with advertising as a field of study and as an industry, Way More About Advertising Day will explore the impact the industry has on Canadian businesses, on our psyche as consumers and in shaping our culture and values.

March 16, 2007

Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri will step down from the position of Vice-President (Research and International Affairs) as of June 30, 2007. As a result, Senate has appointed a Selection Committee to recommend a successor.

March 16, 2007

The Honours Performance Series features the work of top students from the graduating class of the Theatre and Film Studies program at McMaster University.

March 16, 2007

It's March break for area high school students, and that means thousands will be touring campuses across the country to get a closer look at campus life. This week, McMaster will host approximately 1,900 prospective undergraduate students for 90-minute campus tours. In addition, about 2,200 people are expected to visit the campus on Saturday, March 17.

March 16, 2007

University students from across Ontario will attend the annual Ontario Biology Day conference at McMaster on March 17 and 18. They will present results from their senior honours research projects, which are conducted under the supervision of faculty members at various universities.

March 16, 2007

McMaster delegates joined more than 500 university students and proved their diplomatic abilities at the Canadian Model United Nations (CANIMUN), winning a total of five awards. CANIMUN, the nation's largest UN simulation, welcomed delegates from all over Canada and the world for intense debate at the Government Conference Centre in Ottawa from March 7 to March 10.

March 14, 2007

Imagine coming to Canada as a young adult from a country where English is not spoken. Over the years, you work hard to learn English and, using it every day of your life, end up speaking it well. As you become elderly, however, you begin to lose your ability to communicate in your second language and, often without noticing, find yourself speaking your native tongue.

March 13, 2007

A prototype surgical device that was created and tested by a McMaster University surgical resident is making waves in the business community of London, England.

March 13, 2007

Jonathan Bramson, associate professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, has received a $98,448 IDEA grant from the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance (CBCRA).

March 12, 2007

Both teams representing McMaster at the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) in Saskatoon last weekend finished in second place. Corey Centen and Nilesh Patel, inventors of the CPR Glove, and fourth-year electrical and biomedical engineering students, earned silver in the Innovative Design category.

March 12, 2007

The CAW Local 555 and the University are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the implementation of the Joint Job Evaluation System (JJES).

March 11, 2007

Three hundred and sixty employees attended this year's Inspiring from Within conference, which took place March 1 and 2 at the Royal Botanical Gardens.