Daily News

March 24, 2006

Established in 2004 by Dr. Arthur Bourns, former McMaster President and professor emeritus, chemistry, this lecture series will bring a distinguished scholar in the field of bioethics to McMaster every two years. Given the revolutionary advances in biotechnology, genetic engineering and health-related research, the field of bioethics has become an urgent and challenging area of scholarly investigation. This lectureship aims to foster a wide-ranging discussion about the pressing ethical questions and how they might be addressed from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including humanists, social scientists and policy makers, medical and natural scientists, and engineers.

March 23, 2006

Forty-six McMaster biology students presented talks based on their senior research projects at the 19th annual Ontario Biology Day last weekend at the University of Western Ontario. The group constitutes almost half of those currently conducting senior thesis/project courses in the department of biology.

March 23, 2006

A chemical engineer, Andrew Bruce Douglas was the founder of Bartek Ingredients Inc. and known as a man of action, a problem-solver. When he died in 2004 of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), he was unable to speak, move, or even close his eyes.

March 22, 2006

What do you get when you cross an arts-loving lawyer with a poetry-loving scientist? Give up? The answer: Allison Sekuler, McMaster's newly appointed associate vice-president of research.

March 22, 2006

McMaster University has hired Greg Knox as the new defensive coordinator of the McMaster Marauder football program. Greg Knox will replace Joe Sardo who stepped aside after 6 seasons at the helm to focus on his family and full-time job.

March 22, 2006

How would you feel if every time you needed to send an email you had to pick up a pen and paper, write out your thoughts, find a stamp and envelope, walk to a mailbox, deposit your message and then wait a couple of weeks for a response? Human communication has been revolutionized in only a few short decades. It is a commonly held belief that where we are heading is shaped by where we have been and this week, McMaster's Communication Studies & Multimedia Department welcomed an information and technology expert to share thoughts and inspire discussion on this timely topic.

March 22, 2006

In the early evening as students mill about the campus, former students often return to join the hustle and bustle and to participate in a variety of activities offered by the McMaster Alumni Association (MAA). Representing over 120,00 McMaster graduates, the MAA seeks to keep alumni connected to their alma mater by offering a variety of events, services and benefits to the thousands of grads that live across the globe.

March 21, 2006

Cosmonauts and astronauts are awed by the "blue marble", the face of the living Earth from space. The Gaia hypothesis, a product of the lively imagination of British atmospheric chemist James E. Lovelock and the international space program, states that the atmospheric temperature and reactive chemical composition of the biota, that is the estimated 30 million species of flora, fauna and microbiota depend ultimately on solar and geothermal energy. Lynn Margulis, distinguished university professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts, is visiting McMaster on Thursday, March 23 as a guest of the Origins Institute to present a free public lecture on this topic entitled, "Gaia's Cells: towards a science of environmental evolution".

March 21, 2006

The winner of McMaster's Brain Bee competition in February has placed second place at the International Brain Bee held last weekend at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Kim Cai, a Grade 12 student from Centennial CVI in Guelph, had competed in McMaster's third annual competition.

March 21, 2006

Next week, Suzanne Shulman and Valerie Tryon will be paying homage, not surprisingly during a month that celebrates the contributions of women in history, to forgotten women composers. Tryon and Shulman choose to perform works by particular composers of note for their significant addition to the rich tapestry of classical music.

March 20, 2006

Clean drinking water, Great Lakes protection and the Government of Ontario's extensive agenda of environmental initiatives will be featured in a public address next week by Laurel Broten, Minister of the Environment for Ontario. Broten, a McMaster alumna,'89, will be on campus in the Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery (MDCL), room 1102 on Friday, March 24 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend.

March 20, 2006

On Wednesday, March 15, the annual MSU Teaching Awards were held in the CIBC Banquet Hall at the Student Centre. The MSU Teaching Awards is a student run service that allows students to vote for their favourite professor. This could be a professor that best challenged them, motivated them, or simply took the time to connect with the students.

March 17, 2006

Here is your chance to participate in building a McMaster community where we all welcome, value and listen to each other. On Monday, March 20, the Inclusive Community Project will initiate a campus-wide survey of every member of the McMaster community. The survey will arrive in your e-mail inbox and will contain the words 'Inclusive Community Survey' in the subject line.

March 17, 2006

Over the February 'reading week', eight members of McMaster's Emergency First Response Team (EFRT) traveled to Montreal to compete in the National Conference of Campus Emergency Response (NCCER). The team placed first overall, translating to a safer campus environment for the McMaster campus community.

March 17, 2006

Dr. Marla Shapiro, will share her experiences and expertise to help others in the quest for "Finding Balance" at the eighth annual Carl Moore Lecture in Primary Care, on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at Liuna Station in Hamilton.

March 16, 2006

Recent upgrades to the undergraduate anatomy and physiology lab in the Institute for Applied Health Sciences were showcased with a grand opening and tour Wednesday, March 15. McMaster President Peter George, faculty and administrators were on hand to explore the newly improved space and the innovative use of technology intended to enhance teaching methods for more than 1,000 students from several Faculties.

March 16, 2006

The McMaster Chaplaincy Centre will be presenting a special talk by Dr. Gary Warner, recent recipient of the Order of Canada as well as Hamilton's new 'Citizen of the Year'.

March 16, 2006

The Graduate Students Association (GSA) and the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) are proud to announce the 11th Annual McMaster Graduate Students Recognition Day, which this year will include a poster competition and awards ceremony on Monday, March 20, 2006.

March 15, 2006

For our grandparents, grocery shopping meant a trip of several miles, often in the snow, and of course uphill both ways. However, these days, a trip to the supermarket can be replaced by a few simple mouse clicks in front of our computers. Technological advances have brought us to the point where nearly anything can be ordered online - and if we choose to make the trek to the store itself, we can usually do a simple online stock check to ensure the trip will be successful.

March 14, 2006

A landmark Canadian-led study involving researchers from 41 countries has found that a simple anti-blood-clotting drug significantly reduces death and repeat heart attacks, without increasing the risk of bleeding. The OASIS-6 randomized trial, presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Atlanta, U.S. today, showed that in patients experiencing a major heart attack fondaparinux (ArixtraTM), a novel antithrombotic therapy, was effective at lowering death and repeat heart attacks without increasing the risk of bleeding.