Daily News

April 21, 2006

McMaster researchers are receiving federal grants for healthcare-related research projects ranging from the assessment of physician migration to other countries to environmental toxicants adversely affecting human reproduction.

April 21, 2006

Businesses looking to boost their bottom lines should look to green products and practices, a new study from McMaster University has found. But while going clean and green in business can mean more green in the bank, sustainability on its own doesn't guarantee success.

April 20, 2006

Three McMaster Marauders were selected in the Canadian Football League(CFL) draft today (April 20). Jason Pottinger, Tristan Clovis and Peter Hogarth have reason to celebrate as they've been drafted by CFL teams in Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

April 20, 2006

Mike Lukas, a third-year math student, saw an email in his inbox last spring that caught his attention. The Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships had sent a mass email to remind eligible students of the approaching application deadline for the prestigious Killam Fellowship Program.

April 20, 2006

Students from 26 Canadian universities will descend on the McMaster campus May 4 for a five-day National Leadership Development Conference (NLDC). Hosted by AIESEC McMaster, the conference will bring together 300 ambitious university students of various fields of study to explore community connections, discuss world issues, expand their network of friends, and develop a broad range of skills.

April 19, 2006

McMaster is one of a number of universities across the country that has notified Maclean's that it will not participate in the magazine's graduate survey this spring.

April 19, 2006

More than 3,000 students will move out of residence between April 21 and 27, with almost 2,000 of these residents departing on either Wednesday, April 26 or Thursday, April 27. On these days it will be very busy on the roadways near the residences in both the north and west quads, especially between 2 - 7 p.m.

April 18, 2006

McMaster University has earned accreditation from AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The accreditation, from the premier global accrediting body for business schools, represents the highest achievement for an educational institution involved in management education.

April 17, 2006

The Department of Religious Studies celebrated the 40th anniversary of its graduate program Thursday, April 6. The first graduate program of its kind in Canada, McMaster has had a tremendous influence on the academic study of religion in Canada and abroad.

April 17, 2006

The Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition and the Department of English and Cultural Studies welcomes Italian political philosopher, Antonio Negri, as 2006 Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor on Tuesday, April 18.

April 13, 2006

More than 140 university and high school students crowded into a McMaster lecture hall on Tuesday to hear the crew of an underwater simulated space mission talk about the cutting-edge experiments they are conducting this week that will impact on the future of both medicine and space exploration.

April 13, 2006

Next week, McMaster University will be the subject of a daily series on radio station 900 CHML. Each segment will chronicle an aspect of McMaster that has or will have an impact on the community.

April 12, 2006

The search for McMaster's outstanding employees and teams has been successful and the nominees, recipients and their nominators have been notified. This year's nominations include individuals and teams whose contributions demonstrate excellence in areas from administration, research, student services and community outreach, just to name a few.

April 12, 2006

The McMaster Alumni Association is pleased to announce 11 alumni will be inducted into the 2006 Alumni Gallery. Join us on Alumni Weekend 2006, for the Alumni Gallery Reception and Induction Ceremony starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 in Convocation Hall.

April 11, 2006

The contributions of more than 130 student leaders from McMaster's 11 residences were celebrated at Residence Recognition Night on March 30. University President Peter George brought greetings on behalf of the University and thanked residence leaders for their part in building a more inclusive community.

April 11, 2006

What exactly do bioengineers do? How are biomedical devices implemented in the industry? What career opportunities exist for bioengineering students upon graduation? These were the kinds of questions answered by the special guests at the Bioengineering at McMaster Society (BEAMS) Industry Night "The Promise of Bioengineering" hosted by BEAMS VP External, Mohammed Khalaf on Thursday, March 23, 2006.

April 11, 2006

Doug Welch, professor of physics & astronomy, received some good news this week: NASA has allocated 180 orbits of the Hubble Space Telescope for Welch's latest research.

April 10, 2006

If you don't innovate, you stagnate. But how should companies innovate? Innovation guru Henry Chesbrough will share his insights at McMaster this Thursday (April 13) in a special lecture and round table discussion.

April 10, 2006

If life is too short for long division, why do so many spend far too much time trying to make sense of the math we encounter every day? Miroslav Lovric, associate professor in the department of mathematics and statistics, knows that math is often the source of fear, frustration - and yes - bad memories, that renders people incapable of understanding some of the basic mathematical problems they encounter on a daily basis.

April 7, 2006

The pandemic of "Spanish Influenza" that swept the globe in 1918 killed over 50,000 Canadians and countless more fell ill. Yet little is known about the effects of the pandemic in Hamilton. How many people died? Who were they? What did the city do to try to stop the frightening epidemic?