October 26, 2000
posted on Oct. 26: New sprinkler system to be installed in Health Sciences CentreA new sprinkler system will be installed and fire alarms replaced in the Health Sciences Centre. Design work and the tendering process have started after the Board of Governors approved the project at its Oct. 19 meeting. The total cost of the work is $9 million, with the University's share amounting to an estimated $3.7 million.
October 25, 2000
posted on Oct. 25: Teaching awards nominations go high-techKnow a prof who deserves a teaching award this year? You can now nominate that prof for an award with the simple click of a button. The McMaster Teaching Awards Committee (TAC) and the McMaster Students Union Web page editor have brought the teaching award nominations on line. Just click here to nominate your prof for an award. Nominations are being accepted all this week. McMaster students can put forward the names of deserving professors for one of the following: Faculty-specific awards, merit awards, lifetime achievement award.
October 25, 2000
posted on Oct. 25: E.T. Clarke Centre upgrade plans under way[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/etclarkecropped.jpg” caption=”E.T. Clarke building”]The design and tendering process for two upgrade projects totalling $11 million at the central utilities plant in the E. . . .
October 25, 2000
posted on Oct. 25: Microsoft brings its technology to campus“TechTalk,” a Microsoft-sponsored forum held at McMaster on Friday, Sept. 29, attracted over 300 students eager to learn about the company's recruitment process for summer . . .
October 25, 2000
posted on Oct. 25: Ovide Mercredi to speak about residential schoolsOvide Mercredi will give a talk titled “Residential Schools: Injustice, Reconciliation, Restitution and Justice” on Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in HSC-1A1. Sponsored by the . . .
October 24, 2000
New MSU Rhodes club boasts 1,000 membersA new campus club dedicated to upholding the academic, physical and moral beliefs espoused by Cecil J. Rhodes has blossomed to 1,000 members. MSU Rhodes is a club geared to encourage students to excel in their academic and physical pursuits as well as develop a strong commitment to volunteerism and helping others. Club president David Nagel, a Level IV Faculty of Science student, says the club evolved from discussions with friends. "We wanted to improve student life," he says, "and we wanted to help people prepare for their post-grad life and future careers." Nagel says the founding group admired Cecil J. Rhodes (a British financier and Oxford graduate who made his fortune from the diamond mines in South Africa and left most of it for the establishment of the Rhodes Scholarships)and decided a club based on Rhodes' guiding principles would be an asset to campus life at McMaster.
October 24, 2000
posted on Oct. 24: Redman lecturer enthralls audienceRedman lecturer Brian Greene drew large crowds to McMaster last week for two lectures he gave on Oct. 18 and 19. Redman lecture committee chair . . .
October 23, 2000
posted on Oct. 23: McMaster faculty promote peace in war-torn country through grantAmong professor Graeme MacQueen's memories, one stands out. It was 1995 and he was in Herat, a province in the west of Afghanistan, talking to . . .
October 20, 2000
posted on Oct. 20: McMaster Pension SurplusThe Board of Governors of McMaster University has endorsed a proposal that furthers a process to unlock surplus in the McMaster University Pension Plan for Salaried Employees (the "Plan"). The proposal is supported by all representatives of stakeholders in the Plan including the McMaster University Staff Association (MUSA), the McMaster University Faculty Association (MUFA), the McMaster Clinical Faculty Association, the McMaster Retirees Association (MURA) and The Management Group (TMG) of the University.
October 20, 2000
posted on Oct. 23: Four new scholarships established under Futures FundChildren of members of the University's salaried pension plan are eligible for four new scholarships created by the McMaster University Futures Fund (MUFF) Committee. Three . . .
October 20, 2000
posted on Oct. 20: Name the new University CentreSeptember 2001 will begin an academic year very different from any previous year on campus. The University Centre, the long-awaited spiritual centre and unifying force on campus, will be open. Student services will be centrally located and easy to find. Study spaces, meeting rooms and lounges will be available and accessible to the McMaster community. A new, tree-lined food court, and a new bar and restaurant will provide dining and entertainment to students, staff and faculty. But before then, the University Centre will need a name. The University Centre Naming Committee has been established to help gather and recommend possible names for the new facility to the Student Representative Assembly (SRA). Once selected, the name will be put before the Board of Governors for approval.
October 20, 2000
posted on Oct. 20: University to house new national sport training centreMcMaster will be home to a new national sport training centre, developed to coincide with a world road racing event to be held in Hamilton . . .
October 19, 2000
McMaster campaign breaks through $100 millionJust over a year after the official launch of McMaster University's Changing Tomorrow Today campaign, the campaign has surpassed its $100-million private-sector target. The breakthrough of $100.5 million is more than eight months ahead of schedule. "It's an incredible accomplishment," says President Peter George. "The outstanding support we have received from individuals, corporations, foundations, the campus and the community reaffirms McMaster's place as one of Canada's premier universities. Our supporters have demonstrated in a very tangible way that they share our vision of a University that will lead Hamilton and Canada well into the new century."
October 19, 2000
Health sciences dean leaving McMaster on Dec. 31Russell Joffe, dean and vice-president, Faculty of Health Sciences, is leaving McMaster University to pursue another opportunity. His Dec. 31 departure was announced this morning by President Peter George. "When Dr. Joffe assumed his role as dean and vice-president in 1997 he tackled three key challenges: development of a planning process so the Faculty's priorities could be identified and met; improved integration of the Faculty with both the University and the teaching hospitals; creation of an effective program for fundraising. He has achieved great success in all of these areas," said George in an e-mail to the internal University community. Joffe says the decision to leave is entirely a personal one and taken for his own and family reasons. "Though it is never the right time for a change in leadership, we are emerging from three particularly difficult years and I am optimistic that the future holds considerable promise for the Faculty of Health Sciences and McMaster University. It seems a reasonable juncture to begin new leadership of the Faculty as we face the enormous challenges and opportunities that the next few years hold." Joffe has not publicly announced what other opportunities he plans to pursue.
October 19, 2000
posted on Oct. 23: Quiz bowl team will compete in EnglandMcMaster's quiz masters are off to Oxford. Four Level IV students who make up the University's Quiz Bowl Club will compete in the Oxford University . . .
October 16, 2000
Lecturer will address moral arguments for and against bedside rationingPhysicians are often asked to be "gatekeeper," determining their patients' access to medical technologies. At the same time, most physicians have been taught they should act as patient advocates, pursuing patients' best interests regardless of cost, according to Peter A. Ubel, associate professor of medicine, and director of the program on medical decision-making at the University of Michigan. Ubel will give the annual Labelle Lecture, titled "The Unbearable Rightness of Bedside Rationing," on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 1 p.m. in Room 1A1, Health Sciences Centre.
October 16, 2000
posted on Oct. 17: Rehabilitation science celebrates its 10th anniversary this yearThe School of Rehabilitation Science, established at McMaster in 1990, is celebrating a decade of unique programming and important research activities. “We were the first . . .
October 16, 2000
posted on Oct. 17: Jean Vanier to lead one-day retreatJean Vanier, well-known Canadian philosopher and founder of the L'Arche community living experience for those with disabilities, is visiting McMaster on Saturday, Oct. 28 to . . .
October 16, 2000
posted on Oct. 17: Physicist and author is 2000 Redman LecturerFor hundreds of years, physicists have been searching for a unified theory or "master equation" that would provide a framework for describing nature's forces and all matter. In his talk, "The Quest for the Unified Theory," Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, will follow the history of that search since the time of Isaac Newton to the present. Greene, this year's Redman lecturer, will be speaking on campus in the evenings of Oct. 18 and 19. His second talk, "Space and Time Since Einstein," will provide insights into the nature of both, from the development of the theory of relativity to the present-day string theory. Both lectures are at 8 p.m. in HSC-1A1.
October 12, 2000
posted on Oct. 12: 400 high school students will gather at McMaster for Engineering Olympics"Now that the Olympics are over in Australia, we want a crack at it," enthuses Bob Loree, director of Level I engineering. Vying for McMaster entrance awards, a coveted trophy and bragging rights, more than 400 students from over 26 high schools from across Ontario will compete in a "mental track meet" as they race against the clock in battles of logic, strategy and mental endurance. Throughout the day tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 13) participants will engage in a smorgasbord of events at McMaster which are designed to whet their appetite for engineering.