Daily News

May 29, 2006

On June 11 participants of the Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion fundraiser will walk, run and wheel to raise funds and awareness for people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and related disabilities. People of all ages will participate with the goal of raising money to improve the lifestyles of these men, women and children. These participants include a team of MacWheelers, who were recipients of a portion of the funds raised last year.

May 26, 2006

McMaster's extensive health research was showcased Wednesday during a visit by top scientists of Canada's national health research funding agency.

May 25, 2006

While most undergraduates head home for summer, two members of McMaster's chapter of Engineers Without Borders are on their way to Africa.

May 25, 2006

McMaster University's new Alumni Field began serving the McMaster and surrounding community this past weekend. The new artificial soft surface will play host to the Canadian Football League (CFL) Hamilton Tiger Cats Training Camp from May 24 to June 2, 2006.

May 24, 2006

George Torrance, former dean of the DeGroote School of Business and professor emeritus in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, will be honoured this week with a lifetime achievement award from the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.

May 24, 2006

On Wednesday, May 17, 121 employees were honoured at the President's Awards for Outstanding Service in 2005. A record crowd consisting of members of the McMaster community, along with family and friends, joined President Peter George to celebrate the extraordinary efforts of the 2005 nominees and recipients.

May 23, 2006

Carolee J. Winstein, a professor of biokinesiology and physical therapy at the University of Southern California (USC), will present a free, public lecture on some of the latest advances in stroke rehabilitation on Thursday, May 25 at 4:30 p.m. in room B102 of the Institute for Applied Health Sciences.

May 19, 2006

The past year has been a busy one for Joe Donofrio and Andrea Lourenco, two fourth year honours students in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences. Not only have they been engaged in their regular course work and busily preparing for life after graduation, but they have been working with the McMaster Institute of Environment & Health (MIEH) and the ACT Office (Alternative Commuting & Transportation) to evaluate faculty and staff transportation choices and barriers to using alternative transportation for campus trips.

May 19, 2006

For the third consecutive year, commerce students at the DeGroote School of Business scored in the 95th percentile in North America on a recent exit exam administered to graduating students. MBAs scored in the 90th percentile.

May 19, 2006

The largest ever class of physicians will graduate today from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. Joining the 139 new medical doctors at the McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences convocation are 8 doctors of philosophy, 19 Masters of Science, two Masters of Science in occupational therapy, 13 midwives and 79 students from the Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) program. Diplomas will also be awarded in Child Life Studies (10), Occupational Health and Safety (14), and Health Services and Policy Research (1).

May 19, 2006

Security and Parking Services is advising that Stearn Drive will be closed Monday May, 23 through Wednesday May 31, 2006. The closure is required to make service connections for the new Athletics and Recreation Complex, currently under construction.

May 17, 2006

A study on the use of caffeine to help regulate the breathing of very preterm babies has produced some early positive results. Infants treated with caffeine therapy for apnea needed less artificial assistance with breathing and had a lower incidence of abnormal lung development than infants who were given a placebo, according to an article which appears in the May 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

May 17, 2006

By the time most of us are just waking up, Mike Waddington has already hit the ground running-literally. An associate professor of geography by day, Waddington spends the early mornings, evenings and weekends training as an elite orienteer for the biggest race of his atheletic career. He has been selected to represent Canada at the World Orienteering Championships in Denmark in August.

May 16, 2006

New research initiatives announced just in time for both Allergy/Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Awareness Months will focus on understanding the role of the immune system in lung disease.

May 16, 2006

It's been 20 years since any revision has been made to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, first signed by Pierre Trudeau and Richard Nixon in 1972. But much has changed since then. Invasive species; water diversion and depletion; climate change; population growth; new chemical pollutants; and advances in science and technology. These are developments that the agreement does not address even though it is responsible for environmental deterioration of the Great Lakes Basin ecosystem. What is required to update the agreement? Who should be involved? What matters should be addressed?

May 16, 2006

A message from Provost, Ken Norrie It is with great regret that I let you know that our dean of Humanities, Nasrin Rahimieh is leaving McMaster. She has been offered the position of Maseeh endowed Chair and founding Director of the newly created Samuel M. Jordan Centre for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of California, Irvine.

May 15, 2006

What is the connection between a bacterium four kilometers underground in a South African gold mine, the polluted water of Hamilton Harbour and a cutting edge research lab at McMaster University? The answer, according to Greg Slater, is chemistry.

May 15, 2006

When Barb Cave says goodbye to McMaster University at the end of this month, she'll take with her a wealth of memories that include images most current employees may find hard to believe.

May 12, 2006

The announcement this week that Ontario will guarantee full-time employment to all nursing graduates in the province starting next year is a step in the right direction, new research from McMaster shows.

May 12, 2006

Life as we know it at McMaster is about to be captured. By camera, that is. If you happen to hear the click of a shutter or hear a voice calling out, "Excuse me, would you like to be in a book?" it may be Richard Bain. Bain is an accomplished photographer who is working with the McMaster Alumni Association to publish a 'coffee-table' book of images of McMaster's community and campus. Bain will be visiting campus events and taking self-guided tours with his camera weekly until the end of January, by which time he estimates he will have taken over 1,000 photographs.