May 12, 2020
When it’s time to come back, we’ll be ready: President’s letter“I, like you, look forward to the time when we can safely increase our presence at all of our campus locations.”
May 11, 2020
McMaster Continuing Education receives national award for online caregiver programCaregiving Essentials, McMaster Continuing Education’s free online program supporting informal caregivers, has won a 2020 Program Award from the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education.
May 8, 2020
Searches for two McMaster Vice-Presidents are on trackThe university’s searches for a Provost and Vice-President, Academic and a Vice-President, Research are continuing despite the COVID-19 shutdown.
May 7, 2020
Grants to create Open Educational Resources now availableAt a time when learning is shifting online, a new grant program is making it easier for instructors to create and integrate high-quality online textbooks and other digital educational materials into their teaching.
May 7, 2020
Get a Mac background for your next video callYour mic might be muted, but your presence will still say McMaster.
May 7, 2020
Supporting our Students: Eldina’s storySOS is an ongoing series that highlights how COVID-19 is impacting McMaster students. This instalment is by Eldina Kovacevic, a Student Services professional in the Registrar’s Office, who works directly with students who are experiencing hardships or seeking emergency aid.
May 6, 2020
Welcome to the ArchwayMcMaster launches a new program that connects all first-year students with individual coaches and mentors.
May 5, 2020
Supporting our Students: Carla’s storySOS is an ongoing series that highlights how COVID-19 is impacting McMaster students. This instalment is by Carla Hodal, a team lead for Student Services in the Registrar’s Office. Carla works directly with students who are experiencing hardships or seeking emergency aid.
May 4, 2020
830,000 print books from Library’s collection now digitally available to faculty, studentsThrough the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) program, the University Library is providing faculty, students and staff with digital access to the Library’s print book collection while its physical buildings remain closed during the COVID–19 pandemic.
May 4, 2020
Humanities professor appointed by UN to help monitor human rights around the worldBonny Ibhawoh to focus on the right to development for prestigious UN posting.
May 4, 2020
Why we need the arts now more than ever: a conversation with journalists Kate Taylor and Simon HouptGlobe and Mail journalists will discuss the meaning of the arts in uncertain times in a Socrates Project online conversation on May 6 at 7 p.m.
May 1, 2020
How a high-tech firefighting helmet became a tool to help fight COVID-19Longan Vision, a company made up of engineering alumni and current students, have created a scanning device based on temperature-sensing technology the company had originally intended to help firefighters.
May 1, 2020
Supporting our Students: Matt’s storySOS is an ongoing series that highlights how COVID-19 is impacting McMaster students. This instalment is by Matt Horner, a Student Services professional in the Registrar’s Office, who works directly with students who are experiencing hardships or seeking emergency aid.
April 30, 2020
Principles guiding our decision-making for fall and beyond: President’s letterThe President and Vice-Presidents’ group has developed a framework for guiding decision-making across the university.
April 29, 2020
Supporting our Students: Faith’s storySOS is an ongoing series that highlights how COVID-19 is impacting McMaster students. This instalment is by Faith Ogunkoya, team lead for student services, who works directly with students who are experiencing hardships or seeking emergency aid.
April 29, 2020
Short-term residence rooms available for students moving in or out of off-campus accommodationsA new program will make sure that both tenants and landlords are able to maintain social distancing.
April 28, 2020
Learning how to help students in stressful times — a new program for McMaster faculty and staffMcMaster has launched a new program called the Professor Hippo-on-Campus Student Mental Health Education Program for Educators and Navigators, which has been designed to help McMaster faculty and staff address student mental health issues.
April 27, 2020
Arkells surprise McMaster grad with front-lawn serenade“We’re the grad photographers for the day!” Max Kerman and Mike DeAngelis celebrate convocation by singing "Years in the Making" on BHSc grad’s front lawn.
April 27, 2020
Go behind the lab door in new online series featuring McMaster’s top COVID-19 researchersA new online series will give McMaster's top COVID-19 researchers a chance to talk about their work and explain how they're making a difference in the global efforts to fight the pandemic.
April 27, 2020
Connecting communitiesMcMaster’s Office of Community Engagement is doing exactly that: engaging the community to help during COVID-19.