Daily News

September 22, 2004

Two professors in McMaster's School of Nursing, Maureen Dobbins and Maureen Markle-Reid, have received $50,000 career awards from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The awards are granted for five years with a total contribution from the Ministry of $50,000 each plus benefits. The awards will allow these two promising health researchers to devote a minimum of 75 per cent of their time towards health services research and aid them to establish themselves in their field of research.

September 20, 2004

From the fifth century through to the 20th, Japan has a diverse and prolific artistic history. Don McCallum, Professor of Art History at UCLA and a specialist in Japanese art, will share his knowledge of Japanese Art Sept. 22 and 23 at McMaster. A Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, McCallum will lecture on two examples of Japanese art, one from the Second World War era and one from the seventh and eighth century.

September 20, 2004

Over 900 McMaster employees and their families were invited to enjoy a fun-filled afternoon at the McMaster Marauders versus University of Toronto Varsity Blues football game on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004. This represented a record-breaking attendance for the third annual employee football event. The event was capped off with a sound victory by the Marauders over the Varsity Blues with a final score of 77-14. The event was sponsored and organized by the McMaster Employee Spirit Society (M.E.S.S.!) in partnership with the Department of Athletics and Recreation.

September 20, 2004

MDA, the company that developed the famous Canadarm used in space by NASA, is partnering with the Engineering Faculty at McMaster University to do research into medical robotics. The $450,000 commitment from MDA will launch the Faculty of Engineering's new school in BioMedical Engineering and create a medical robotics laboratory.

September 20, 2004

Strange things happen on a football field when opposing teams end up separated by more than 60 points. In a game that saw McMaster's season-opening starting quarterback Jon Behie start at wide receiver and catch four balls, University of Toronto's starting quarterback Mark Stinson rush for a touchdown, catch a pass, and still manage to throw a couple passes, luckily some things stayed the same in second place McMaster's 77-14 win over the U of T Varsity Blues.

September 20, 2004

Participants in the events of Global Arts Week at McMaster will gain a new appreciation for the world we live in. Indigenous communities in southern Mexico, military conflicts in Argentina, the AIDS crisis in Africa, artists in Cuba, and music from India are just some of the topics of films, lectures, and performances that will be presented Sept. 20-24 during the weeklong festival.

September 17, 2004

Kitchener area students attending the Ontario Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner program at McMaster University don't have to commute to the Hamilton campus. They're taking their classes at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. In a unique collaboration, McMaster and Conestoga have arranged for classes, tutorials and lab time for the nurse practitioner students to be spent at the college's Doon campus on Doon Valley Drive. Clinical work will be done at Kitchener-Guelph area medical practices.

September 17, 2004

For the third consecutive year, McMaster academic leaders and administrators joined in a friendly five-kilometer run and 2-kilometre walk Thursday in support of McMaster's varsity cross-country team. Head coach Brad Young commented, "There's a very strong connection between leadership and sport, and this event allows our varsity runners to connect with University leaders around an activity that we all feel passionately about - running. I can't think of a better way to kick start our season."

September 17, 2004

While the school year has only just begun, thoughts about life after graduation are already on many students' minds. On Monday, students will have an opportunity to meet with prospective employers at the annual Career Fair, organized by Career Services. More than 72 employers are registered to attend, ranging from GE Canada, General Motors, Research in Motion, Christian Horizons, TD Bank Financial Group, Ecolab, AstraZeneca and Dofasco.

September 15, 2004

Researchers at McMaster University and McGill University have identified a new player in breast cancer. This gene, beta1-integrin, has been shown to be critical in the initiation of tumour growth and development in a mouse model of cancer. "We are the first to demonstrate the requirement for beta1-integrin in the induction of breast cancer in genetically engineered mice," says senior author William Muller, formerly of McMaster and now a professor of medicine and biochemistry at McGill. "Our findings show that blocking the function of this gene halts tumour proliferation. We also show that in our model of breast cancer, tumour cells do not grow without beta1-intergrin. These results demonstrate the importance of this gene in tumour biology. The next step is to look for therapeutics which block this gene in humans."

September 15, 2004

McMaster's Faculty of Engineering will sponsor a lunchtime talk on Sept. 15 as part of a major manufacturing conference being hosted by McMaster's Centre for Continuing Education. Doug Barber, a distinguished professor-in-residence in the Faculty of Engineering and co-founder and former CEO of Gennum Corporation, will provide the keynote address.

September 14, 2004

Anthropologist Hendrik Poinar wants you to time travel with him in the first lecture in the next series of Science in the City public lectures on Tuesday, Sept. 14. But unlike H.G.Wells' time traveler, Poinar hasn't built a time machine to the future. He's built a million dollar lab that provides a window into the past. From this lab, Poinar and his research team are in the midst of fascinating research, extracting DNA from fossils to answer questions about ancient humans and extinct megafauna (mammoths, horses, camels, sloths).

September 14, 2004

The expertise, skill, enthusiasm and commitment of many people across McMaster have helped shape the University into the institution it is today. At a reception on Tuesday, employees who retired from McMaster between September 2003 and August 2004 reflected on their contributions to McMaster and celebrated the beginning of a new chapter in their lives.

September 13, 2004

McMaster running back Jesse Lumsden decided to put on a show for the sold-out crowd at Les Prince Field on Saturday as the Marauder football team coasted to a 55-17 victory over the Waterloo Warriors. With a capacity crowd on hand for the Marauder's home opener, Lumsden, a fourth-year geography student, ran for 344 yards on 24 carries, including three touchdowns. During the game, he became McMaster's all-time leading rusher, with 2922 career yards. His final tally for the contest, in only a little over three quarters of play, was also the second-highest total in OUA history.

September 13, 2004

The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) presented one of its major awards to Matthew McQueen of McMaster University at its annual meeting. Dr. McQueen won the AACC Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Chemistry. He is a professor in the department of pathology and molecular medicine at McMaster University, director of the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, and chief of the departments of laboratory medicine at Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph's Healthcare.

September 10, 2004

Classmates of Olympic gold medallist Adam Van Koeverden rose to their feet yesterday as they celebrated the McMaster student's double medal accomplishment in Athens. Van Koeverden, a 22-year-old Kinesiology student, who lives in Oakville, won gold in the K1, 500 metre kayak finals and bronze in the K1, 1000 metre kayak event. He took the 2003-04 academic year off of school to train for the Olympics and is returning to his studies this month.

September 9, 2004

After nine years as dean of the Faculty of Science, Peter Sutherland has decided it's time for a change. He has announced that he will complete his second term as dean one year early. "It wasn't an easy decision," says Sutherland who has held the office since 1996. "Being dean during a time of enormous change and working with such inspiring faculty, staff and students has been a wonderful part of my career. But it's time to rebalance my personal and work life. I want to do more teaching and explore new research and other opportunities at McMaster."

September 8, 2004

McMaster University Security Services are investigating thefts from residence buildings over the Labour Day weekend. Reported thefts included computers and other electronic equipment stolen from residence rooms. These thefts occurred when several of the rooms were left unlocked and unattended.

September 8, 2004

First-year and returning students at McMaster attend their first classes of the 2004-05 academic year today. To help them make the transition from high school to university—or from summer holidays to full-time school—the University has a wealth of services that students can access on-line or in person. As McMaster's student embark on another educational year, staff across campus stand ready to teach them the secrets of success. Best of luck to all students for the coming year.

September 7, 2004

As students arrived at McMaster University on Labour Day weekend, they were greeted by the usual fanfare of Welcome Week. Across the campus, there were many groups of students, staff and faculty to welcome new students to McMaster and to aid them in finding their place within their particular student organization, department or faculty. Students who come to McMaster will each have their own, individual experience during Welcome Week, but they will also have shared experiences with their peers.