Daily News

November 11, 2004

Canadian broadcaster Jay Ingram will join other noted educators at McMaster University's fall convocation ceremonies Friday, Nov. 12 at Hamilton Place. Almost 900 students will receive degrees at morning and afternoon ceremonies.

November 11, 2004

Hamilton physician Morris Blajchman has been awarded the prestigious Emily Cooley Memorial Award by the American Association of Blood Banks for his career in transfusion medicine. Blajchman is a professor of pathology and molecular medicine in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University and the medical director of Canadian Blood Services in Hamilton.

November 10, 2004

Tonight, more than 600 people will recognize and celebrate the contributions of six members of the Hamilton community by inducting them in to the Hamilton Gallery of Distinction. McMaster University will be well-represented at the ceremony with President and Vice-Chancellor, Peter George, one former professor, and three honorary degree recipients among the inductees.

November 9, 2004

A license agreement signed Monday will give U.S.-based companies Corgenix and AspirinWorks exclusive rights to the proprietary technology owned by McMaster for the development, manufacturing and marketing of innovative diagnostic tests specific to the pathway by which aspirin acts on platelets. This technology has demonstrated the ability to assess an individual's relative risk for heart attack by measuring the person's degree of aspirin resistance.

November 9, 2004

The fourth-ranked McMaster Marauders claimed 14 Ontario University Athletics all-stars, as voted on by their coaches. McMaster all-stars named to the first team include, on offense, Jesse Lumsden, Fabio Filice and Matt O'Meara. On defence, the McMaster players are Jeff Robertshaw, Andrew Jones Tristan Clovis, Jason Pottinger and Jesse Card. McMaster sencond-team all-stars are, on offense, Dave Forde Kyle Koch and Mike Ray. On defence, Kwame Aidoo, Brandon Little and Rick Andrade were named.

November 8, 2004

McMaster is one of five Canadian universities ranked among the top 10 places to work in international academia by The Scientist magazine. The international magazine for life scientists cites Canada's innovative programs and increased funding for scientists for the high rating of the Canadian universities in The Scientist's 2004 survey of the Best Places to Work in Academia released today.

November 8, 2004

Volunteers from across campus participated in a run/walk event for United Way on Friday, Nov. 5. Sixty-eight McMaster employees partipated, raising more than $1,300 toward McMaster's $175,000 United Way campaign goal. The winner of the early bird prize of two tickets to a Raptors basketball game was Mary Arnold. The team spirit prize (lunch for a crowd) went to Health Sciences Human Resources and the team with the greatest participation was Student Financial Aid and Scholarships, which received a gift certificate from Bistro 1010 in Westdale.

November 8, 2004

A successful bridge training program which helps internationally trained nurses pass the registration exam required in order to practice in Ontario will open an office in Hamilton, Mary Anne Chambers, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, announced today at McMaster.

November 8, 2004

It was a nerve-wracking day for the McMaster Marauders, but it wasn't the Western Mustangs who were responsible for the anxiousness during McMaster's 40-23 win.

November 8, 2004

From the way we see the world around us to how we react to what we see, the entirety of our personal experience results from electrical activity among the several billion neurons in our brain. William Newsome, a professor of neurobiology at Stanford University studies the links between the activity of neurons and how we see motion.

November 7, 2004

McMaster has maintained its strong position as Canada's most innovative university. Maclean's magazine has issued its annual report and McMaster was ranked number one for most innovative university among Canada's 15 research-intensive universities. Overall, McMaster moved into 8th place among medical doctoral universities, a three place gain from last year's rankings. The University placed fourth for Best Overall in the reputational survey, including a 5th place finish in the Highest Quality category.

November 5, 2004

McMaster University has earned the designation of Research University of the Year based on its ability to attract and capitalize on its research income. The Research University of the Year was announced today by Research Infosource Inc. when it released its annual Top 50 Research Universities report. The rankings are based on total sponsored research income, faculty and graduate student research intensity, and the number of publications in leading journals. McMaster was ranked in the medical/doctoral category.

November 5, 2004

Lieutenant Governor James Bartleman paid a special visit to McMaster yesterday to meet with members of the University's Indigenous Studies Program. Bartleman met with Dawn Martin-Hill, academic director of Indigenous Studies, and other program representatives to discuss present indigenous issues, especially those that affect Indigenous Studies directly.

November 5, 2004

The Honourable Joseph Cordiano, Minister of Economic Development and Trade, officially launched the Mohawk-McMaster Medical Radiation Sciences program today. The fully integrated diploma-degree program, the only one of its kind in Ontario, quickly filled all 120 student spaces for this fall's first entering class.

November 5, 2004

Marvin Goldblatt, chairman and CEO of Intermetco Ltd., pledged $100,000 last night in support of McMaster's Jewish Studies Lecture Series.

November 5, 2004

The Honourable Tony Valeri, Government House Leader, today announced a more than $20 million investment in a new Network of Centres of Excellence, AllerGen, at McMaster University. The McMaster-based network, which will focus on allergy and asthma research, will receive $20,865,000 from 2005 to 2009. It will be led by scientific director Dr. Judah Denburg, Professor of Medicine at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University.

November 4, 2004

Flip open the best-selling novel Jurassic Park and you'll find his name listed in the acknowledgements. George Poinar, world-renowned amber expert and entomologist, has spent decades collecting and researching the precious stone that preserves the fossils of the ancient past. Poinar, a professor emeritus at Oregon State University, pioneered research to extract ancient DNA from insects trapped millions of years ago in the tree resin that eventually forms into amber.

November 4, 2004

Hundreds of McMaster employees and students will arm themselves against the flu next week. Hosted by the Campus Health Centre, McMaster's annual drop-in influenza vaccination clinics begin Monday, Nov. 8 and continue Nov. 10, 12 and 16 in the McMaster University Student Centre in the third floor banquet hall (Rm. 319) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. An additional clinic will be held at the Downtown Centre in Rm. 501 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17.

November 4, 2004

Research administration staff have been preparing for "holiday giving" since early October. Led by Barbara Hourigan, financial & administrative co-ordinator, and Sarah Lampson, research contracts officer, Health Sciences, staff in the Office of Research Contracts & Intellectual Property, Research Services and the Office of the Vice President, Research and International Affairs have prepared more than 24 shoeboxes of goodies for distribution by Samaritan's Purse to children in more than 12 different countries abroad, that have been troubled by the ravages of war or weather.

November 3, 2004

McMaster's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine has a long tradition of providing a higher proportion of family doctors than other Canadian medical schools. Now a short film on the history of family medicine at McMaster and in Hamilton has been produced by the Department of Family Medicine. It's part of a project to capture and preserve the department's history, which will include permanent displays and an online volume.