McMaster Archive

March 24, 2021

‘I’m happiest when I’m creating’ — Grad Collins Oghor on the Unconventional podcast

No one ever said that a career journey has to be a straight line. For some, the journey is full of unexpected turns, surprising opportunities, and a . . .

March 22, 2021

McMaster’s Waterloo campus assists with vaccine clinic launch

Faculty, staff and students of McMaster's Waterloo campus are helping ramping up the launch of an onsite vaccination clinic with community partners in downtown Kitchener.

March 22, 2021

Student Partners Program connects students to meaningful work

The MacPherson Institute Student Partners Program is currently accepting student applications until Friday, March 26 to work on collaborative teaching and learning projects with faculty and/or staff for the summer 2021 term.

March 22, 2021

Confirmed COVID-19 cases at McMaster: March 22

The university has received notification of two confirmed COVID-19 cases on campus, involving international students who had already been quarantining in residence in accordance with government guidelines.

March 22, 2021

Residence life staff support first-year transition online and in-person

Applications are open now for residence orientation assistants, community advisors, Archway mentors and more. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sunday, March 28, 2021.

March 19, 2021

Marking 51 years of service: The new Spencer Family professorship in economics

The donation enables the economics department to recruit an experienced researcher with an established portfolio to join the Faculty of Social Sciences.

March 16, 2021

Staff and faculty: Share your feedback to help with a safe return to campus

The university is seeking feedback from staff and faculty about their experiences working this past year, to help inform decision making about a safe return to campus.

March 16, 2021

Confirmed COVID-19 case at McMaster: March 16

The university has received notification of a confirmed COVID-19 case on campus involving a staff member. The staff member tested positive on March 12, and . . .

March 16, 2021

“I have met with some incredible mentors”

Kinesiology doctoral student Michelle Ogrodnik is one of last year’s recipients of the Wilson Leadership Scholar Award. Here she shares her thoughts on the program.

March 15, 2021

BHSc grads create bursary for Black students 

'We hope to reduce the barriers faced by some Black students who seek a post-secondary education and, in turn, encourage more Black students to apply for our program.'

March 12, 2021

Confirmed COVID-19 cases at McMaster: March 12

Two unrelated cases involve staff members who were last on campus March 4 and March 5 respectively.

March 12, 2021

Mac grad and filmmaker turns the camera around in new doc

Emily DeVries Kimanje ’12 tackles the joy and awkwardness of having a baby in a pandemic in her documentary, Lockdown Baby.

March 11, 2021

Looking back on a year of resilience, looking forward with optimism

Promising vaccine news gives us renewed hope of a future that will see us safely welcoming our students to campus.

March 11, 2021

Flags lowered to mark National Day of Observance on March 11

McMaster has lowered flags to half-mast on campus to commemorate the people who lost their lives and the significant impacts we have all felt because of COVID-19.

March 10, 2021

How to change a life: Volunteer program connects students and newcomers

Jordan Salehi's volunteer placement started with him befriending a young newcomer. It wasn't long before he was helping his friend realize a big dream.

March 8, 2021

Mac grad leads engineers at Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization to combat world hunger

Sogol Akef, Head of Engineering at the United Nations World Food Programme, who found her passion for humanitarian work during her civil engineering classes at McMaster.

March 8, 2021

Solving period poverty, one pantry at a time

Two undergraduate students in the Faculty of Health Sciences recently launched Period Pop-Ups, an accessible, donation-based pantry filled with free menstrual products that is available to the public 24/7.

March 8, 2021

Students: Changes coming to email and calendaring

McMaster’s student email platform will move from Gmail to Microsoft 365 cloud beginning in May 2021. Student email accounts will migrate beginning in late Spring/early Summer of 2021. 

March 6, 2021

Confirmed COVID-19 case at McMaster: March 6

The university has received notification of a confirmed COVID-19 case on campus involving a student, who was last on campus on Mar. 2 at the Institute for Applied Health Sciences (IAHS.)

March 4, 2021

McMaster’s commitment to divestment

President David Farrar has asked the Board of Governors to put in place a strategy to divest fossil fuels from the university's institutional investment pool as soon as possible.