Daily News

November 9, 2006

Six outstanding citizens who have made an indelible mark on the City of Hamilton through their leadership, dedication and talent were honoured at the annual Hamilton Gallery of Distinction Awards Dinner on Nov. 8.

November 9, 2006

In a vote held November 8 and 9, Teaching Assistants voted to accept the settlement offer proposed by the University. This result resolves the collective bargaining for a renewal agreement between CUPE Local 3906 and McMaster and avoids any strike action by the union.

November 9, 2006

The McMaster Chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society proudly inducted 673 new student members and five new Honourary Members at the Induction Ceremony, which was held on Friday, Nov. 3.

November 9, 2006

Cultivating a radio frequency identification (RFID) industry in Canada is the impetus behind a new RFID research and development laboratory. The creation of the McMaster RFID Applications Lab (MRAL) was announced today at the RFID Journal LIVE! Canada conference in Toronto.

November 8, 2006

Fleisher Ridout Partnership Inc., a Toronto-based landscape architecture firm, has been chosen to redesign the main entrance to McMaster's campus after a year-long design competition.

November 8, 2006

History and biology students are enjoying better learning opportunities thanks to a $100,000 Departmental Learning Innovation Grant that was awarded to both departments in June. Funded by the Imperial Oil Charitable Foundation, the grants are worth $100,000 over three years.

November 7, 2006

CUPE Local 3906 representing McMaster's Teaching Assistants has scheduled a ratification vote on the University's Best Offer for settlement of their collective agreement.

November 7, 2006

McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business is in the top three when it comes to return on investment according to Canadian Business's annual MBA guide.

November 6, 2006

McMaster's School of Graduate Studies is hosting two Graduate Studies Open Houses on Monday, Nov. 6 and Wednesday, Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the McMaster University Student Centre.

November 6, 2006

Burgeonvest Securities Ltd. will host its 3rd annual Commission Contribution Day on Wednesday, Dec. 6 to benefit the Campaign for the Athletics & Recreation Centre and Stadium. On that day, the company and its investment advisors in the Hamilton and Burlington offices will donate to McMaster their respective commissions earned on the sale or purchase of all stock and bond transactions.

November 3, 2006

Take five first-year MBA students, $1 million in play money, the stock market and mix. What do you get? The Financial Post's second annual MBA Portfolio Management Competition.

November 2, 2006

The need to treat chronic pain as a disease in itself will be the focus of three events for health care professionals being held in Burlington next week as the second annual Pain Awareness Week is marked across the country.

November 2, 2006

McMaster hosted 100 Grade 9 students at the 12th annual Take Our Kids to Work Day on Wednesday, Nov. 1.

November 2, 2006

This week, more than 100 students at McMaster University are participating in the 2006 Job Shadow Program. Now it its fourth year, the program provides students with the opportunity to meet with career mentors and spend a day in their workplace.

November 2, 2006

The "Built Environment" is a term that Public Health has increasingly borrowed from the planning and design fields.

November 1, 2006

The importance of exemplary role models in health care settings, especially for students and novice staff, will be the topic of the second annual Bernice King Lectureship in Clinical Nursing Education, taking place on Nov. 8 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

October 31, 2006

McMaster students have given the University high marks in academic reputation, quality of education, libraries, student satisfaction, and extra-curricular activities, according to The Globe and Mail's University Report Card.

October 31, 2006

McMaster students attending the Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick last week walked away with four out of the six prizes for talks and posters.

October 31, 2006

The City of Burlington and McMaster University will be holding a series of open houses to allow the community to provide input and ask questions about the new McMaster University Burlington Campus.

October 30, 2006

Alim Nagji has been volunteering since he was eight years old. Now 19, the second-year health sciences student was recently honoured for his dedication to helping others with the Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers from the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.