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October 18, 2006
Redefining health and disabilityRehabilitation is in the midst of a revolution, changing the definition of good health for people with disabilities to a measure of their participation in society rather than just how well they can get weak limbs and sick bodies to work better.
October 17, 2006
Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner to give lecture at McMasterSydney Brenner, a distinguished scientist in genetics and molecular biology, will speak at McMaster on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. in Togo Salmon Hall, Room 120 as part of the Origins Institute's Public Lecture Series. Brenner will speak on The Architecture of Biological Complexity.
October 17, 2006
Give a Day for World AIDS DayA McMaster medical resident is spearheading Hamilton's 2006 Give a Day fundraising initiative to raise funds to help fight AIDS. Tim O'Shea, a fifth-year infectious diseases resident, hopes the fundraising initiative will be so successful that it sends a strong statement to political leaders that more needs to be done to eliminate the devastating disease
October 17, 2006
Listening to nature’s conversationsHow do we find that delicate balance in nature? On the one hand, we need to control the considerable losses caused by insects with the use of pesticides. On the other hand, pesticide use can also have a negative impact on our environment and our health.
October 16, 2006
Engineering and Science Olympics coming to McMasterMore than 800 high school students from across Ontario will travel to Hamilton on Thursday, Oct. 19 to test their mental agility, engineering skill and scientific know-how at the annual McMaster Engineering and Science Olympics.
October 16, 2006
Avon Canada plants pink tulips for breast cancer awarenessAvon Canada planted more than 3,000 pink tulip bulbs in several locations around campus today as part of its Breast Cancer Crusade. In addition to the tulip bulbs that were planted at McMaster, 140,000 tulip bulbs will be planted in more than 100 cities across Canada today.
October 16, 2006
Study examines Great Lakes governanceA consensus is emerging that the current governance structure of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence ecosystem is inadequate and increasingly placing people, the environment and the economy at risk.
October 16, 2006
Canadian companies overlook governance rules when drafting board guidelinesDespite a flurry of activity by Canadian companies to draft new guidelines for their boards, a new study finds rules governing key ethical and legal issues are still widely missing.
October 13, 2006
CIHR funds 52 McMaster studiesThe EpiDREAM study, one of the world's largest studies of genetic causes of diabetes in adults and led by McMaster's Dr. Sonia Anand, will be receiving more than $1.6 million in funding over the next three years from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR).
October 13, 2006
School of Graduate Studies to host open houseMcMaster's School of Graduate Studies is hosting an open house on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the McMaster University Student Centre.
October 13, 2006
Bell Canada invests $1 million in Engineering EntrepreneurshipBell Canada today announced a $1-million investment in McMaster University's Master of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEEI) program over the next five years.
October 12, 2006
Years of Service Awards honour long-serving employeesAlicia Ryznyk began working at McMaster soon after immigrating to Canada from Poland more than 40 years ago. The library assistant was one of 174 employees honoured for their contribution to McMaster at the 2006 Years of Service Recognition Awards Ceremony.
October 11, 2006
White Coat Ceremony begins journey to becoming a doctorFirst year medical students in the Michael G. DeGroote School of medicine received a symbol of their role as medical learners last night, as they took part in McMaster University's fourth annual White Coat Ceremony at the Hamilton Convention Centre.
October 11, 2006
McMaster to host Go Eng GirlForget about how to build a better mousetrap. What you can build from a mousetrap is one of the activities that more than 175 elementary and high school girls from Hamilton-Wentworth, Halton, Brant-Haldimand- Norfolk, and Niagara will be learning this weekend.
October 10, 2006
New software makes library’s online catalogue more user-friendlyMcMaster University will radically transform its online library catalogue, becoming the first Canadian library to use a vibrant, revolutionary software; the same interface used by such retailers as Home Depot and Chapters/Indigo.
October 6, 2006
Bookstore employee publishes science fiction storyMcMaster researcher Walter Wyndham talks to dead people. Wyndham was studying the memories contained within the brains of the dead when one of the brains began communicating with him through his computer. Sound like science fiction? Well, it is.
October 5, 2006
Next steps toward McMaster University Burlington campusA new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by McMaster University and the City of Burlington laying out the next steps in bringing a campus to the city. The MOU was signed by McMaster President Peter George and Mayor Rob MacIsaac.
October 5, 2006
Mills Learning Commons officially opens todayThe McLay Reading Room, the large study space on the 2nd floor of Mills Library, received a major makeover this past summer.
October 5, 2006
Non-Violence Awareness Fair launches Month Without ViolenceA purple ribbon in support of non-violence will be prominent at the first-ever Non-Violence Awareness Fair in the MUSC Marketplace on Thursday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
October 4, 2006
PricewaterhouseCoopers supports digital classrooms at DeGrooteThanks to a $120,000 donation from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), two new high-tech digital classrooms are now open and ready for students and staff at the DeGroote School of Business. The classrooms were unveiled yesterday at a ceremony at DeGroote.