Daily News

June 21, 2005

McMaster University received top honours at the national conference for Canadian Association of Career Educators & Employers (CACEE), held in Ottawa, June 5-8, 2005. Representatives from McMaster's career services departments received the Educational Institution Recognition Award. This award is offered annually to an educational institution in Canada that has shown exemplary support and contribution to CACEE at a national level.

June 21, 2005

The following are highlights from McMaster's University Senate meeting on June 15 and Board of Governors meeting on June 16.

June 21, 2005

An annual report of the Campus Master Plan was presented to both Senate and the Board of Governors last week. McMaster's campus has been the focus of significant growth during the last year including: the addition of an atrium to the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning & Discovery; the commencement of construction of the Athletics and Recreation Centre; a new front entrance to be finished by the end of August; the continued renovation of Burke Science Building; and numerous smaller renovation projects.

June 20, 2005

McMaster has joined a new multi-year collaborative marketing plan that aims to make Hamilton known as an "education city". Through the three-year plan, local institutions will work together, and in co-operation with a range of public and private sector partners, to promote Hamilton's learning system as an advantage for the City as it competes for new companies and business development.

June 20, 2005

The Joint Job Evaluation Steering Committee (JJESC) has received a number of questions from people who are either on leave, will be going on leave, or working as a replacement for someone on leave. They all want to know if and when a Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) needs to be submitted.

June 20, 2005

McMaster's Burlington Campus project has acquired new, focused leadership in the person of Bob McNutt. McNutt has been named as an advisor to the provost to oversee the project's co-ordination. His specific responsibilities include recommending the governance structure and co-ordinating the preparation of program proposals and a financial business plan.

June 16, 2005

Ron Joyce, the former police officer who turned Tim Horton's into an iconic international franchise, has donated $10-million toward the construction of McMaster University's new stadium. The stadium will be built next to the University's Athletics and Recreation Centre, which is currently undergoing a major expansion. The announcement, made today at McMaster University, is the largest private donation made to a Canadian university athletics facility.

June 16, 2005

The human body is a remarkable machine. Enormous amounts of information are stored in the DNA of every cell in the body. Maintaining the integrity of this information is absolutely essential to the health of an individual; however, DNA is at constant risk of damage and for this reason the body has elaborate and complex systems designed to fix damaged DNA.

June 15, 2005

At 6 a.m. McMaster is calm, the deer and beaver are out of hiding and the dew begins to dry. Amid the calm are McMaster's Mark Tarnopolsky, Mike Waddington and Simon Donato, who train on McMaster's grounds every morning, seven days a week throughout the year. For them, the morning is the perfect time to train, before the heat and smog arrives, and on top of that, McMaster's campus is breathtaking.

June 14, 2005

For outstanding contributions to educational excellence at McMaster, professors with the Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Program and professor Anna Moro were selected as this year's recipients of the awards for Excellence in Instruction, and Excellence in Course or Resources Design. Established in 1993, the awards recognize outstanding contributions to education. Each winner receives a citation and memento at Spring Convocation and a $5,000 honorarium. Their names and photographs will be included on McMaster's Wall of Recognition in Gilmour Hall.

June 14, 2005

Results of an all-Canadian study demonstrate that patients with type 2 diabetes can safely achieve target blood sugar (glycemic) levels faster and more frequently when insulin glargine (a basal, long-acting insulin) is added to therapy, versus using oral agents alone. In addition to achieving better glycemic control, patients using insulin glargine expressed increased satisfaction with their treatment and experienced improved quality of life.

June 13, 2005

It's fun to learn as part of a group tackling problems. Now McMaster University students want to share the fun at a new, innovative summer camp for children aged 11 to 14. The Junior Inquiry Camp is founded on an increasingly popular method of education called inquiry-based learning which maintains that learning and personal development are inseparable.

June 13, 2005

Patricia Harvey, assistant clinical professor of surgery, was presented with a Meritorious Service Decoration by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on May 31. The award was given on behalf of all Canadians to recognize exceptional deeds or activities that bring special credit to Canada.

June 13, 2005

Last week, President Peter George presented honorary degrees to nine distinguished individuals. This week, his role will be reversed. The President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto today at its Convocation ceremony.

June 10, 2005

It's that time of year when prospective university students begin weighing the future of their education. Their offers of admission have arrived and they have until June 13 to make a decision. For prospective McMaster students, the recruitment CD they received with their offer, might help make the decision a little easier. After all, they can see what McMaster is really all about by hearing directly from McMaster students.

June 10, 2005

While five McMaster students chilled out at Jay Ingram's Muskoka cottage, they were really learning how to communicate about science. Students Elliott Beaton, Graeme Moffat, Marie-Pierre Schippers, Reuven Dukas, Jessica Phillips-Silver and Carl Gaspar were invited by the co-host and producer of the Daily Planet, as part of his annual retreat. Every year, Ingram selects journalists or university students to spend a weekend at his cottage discussing issues relevant to their field and how to properly communicate science.

June 10, 2005

One night in September 1994, 40-year-old stay-at-home mom Ruth Nicholson attended her first night class. That week, she began a long path towards a McMaster degree. It was a tough week for Nicholson as she just ended a 20-year marriage. Although things were sure to brighten for the mother of three, that first week, she wasn't so sure.

June 9, 2005

McMaster University will grant degrees to 259 nurses from the McMaster-Mohawk-Conestoga Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) Program, at its very first convocation ceremony on Thursday, June 9. The collaborative degree program, with students from McMaster University and Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology in Hamilton, and Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Kitchener, began in September 2001.

June 9, 2005

During their time at McMaster, five students have been models of leadership to their peers. This week, McMaster President Peter George recognized the exemplary scholarship and community service of Jaimini Chauhan, Elaine Cheng, Dionne Matthew, Avita Sooknanan and Mark Yep, with distinguished President's Award of Excellence in Student Leadership. Established in 1993, the award recognizes students who have demonstrated a commitment to the University's belief in excellence in its student body. The students received their awards during this week's Spring Convocation.

June 9, 2005

McMaster will confer degrees upon 259 nursing students and 626 engineering students at today's Convocation ceremonies in the Great Hall at Hamilton Place. At the morning ceremony, Nursing will present an honorary degree to Cathy Crowe, and in the afternoon, Engineering will present an honorary degree to Mike Lazaridis. Both will give the Convocation addresses at their respective ceremonies.