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June 26, 2020
Meet McMaster’s 2020 Schulich LeadersTen outstanding incoming science and engineering students are the recipients of Canada’s most valuable undergraduate scholarship.
June 25, 2020
Our commitment to targeted hiring and anti-racism: President’s letterMcMaster is committed to the strategic, accelerated hiring of Black faculty members and to advancing inclusive excellence in teaching and research across all academic programs.
June 25, 2020
Canada Day holidays extended by two daysIn appreciation of faculty and staff's contributions during the COVID-10 pandemic, Thursday, July 2 and Friday, July 3 will be university holidays this year.
June 25, 2020
How do Canadians feel about COVID-19? A Socrates Project webinar with Clifton van der LindenIn the final Socrates Project event of the academic year, political science associate professor Clifton Van der Linden maps the evolution of Canadian public opinion about the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 22, 2020
Writing Home: Community storytellers reflect on home and life in the time of COVID–19A special podcast project produced by Janet Rogers, the Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence, features Hamilton writers’ stories of what home means to them and the varied ways in which they’re experiencing the COVID–19 pandemic.
June 22, 2020
MacChangers help address COVID-19 challenges in HamiltonAn interdisciplinary program is holding a hack-a thon for change, trying to find innovative solutions for community challenges.
June 19, 2020
Safe cities, smart data and identical twins: McMaster researchers awarded Banting and Vanier scholarshipsSix McMaster graduate and postdoctoral researchers have received Canada’s most prestigious awards for their work in medicine, science, engineering, social sciences and humanities.
June 19, 2020
Welcoming the Class of 2024McMaster’s Welcome Week and all orientation activities will be held virtually.
June 19, 2020
New reimbursements for working remotely; help for academically stranded studentsUpdates on New reimbursements for working remotely; Help for academically stranded students; Welcome Week
June 19, 2020
Campus and community: Connecting the dotsThe Connection, a new program offered by McMaster’s Office of Community Engagement, will make building partnerships between McMaster and community organizations easier under COVID-19 restrictions.
June 18, 2020
McMaster co-signs charter with Canadian universities to address climate changeMcMaster has joined several other leading Canadian universities by pledging to work together on climate change initiatives across invested assets.
June 17, 2020
Taking care of business during COVID-19Online sessions connect community organizations and postsecondary schools with employers looking for support navigating the new world of work in a pandemic.
June 16, 2020
Under the Archway: When in doubt, go to the libraryThis series explores support services for students at McMaster. These supports align with the university’s new Archway program, which provides a personal support program for incoming first-year students.
June 16, 2020
McMaster Engineering alumni inducted into Canadian Academy of EngineeringSix McMaster Engineering-affiliated professionals have been elected to join a prestigious academy that offers key advice on matters of critical importance to Canada.
June 15, 2020
Vintage Mac footage provides glimpse of convocations pastIn 1934, the first students to begin their studies at McMaster’s new Hamilton campus received their degrees. Footage of this and other convocations from decades past are among the historic films that can be found online in McMaster University Library’s Digital Archive.
June 15, 2020
The Socrates Project presents Complexity in the Universe: From Simple Beginnings to Where We Are NowJoin Laura Parker, associate professor of physics and astronomy at McMaster, for a discussion of beauty and complexity in the Universe, from very simple beginnings to galaxies, stars, planets and, ultimately, people.
June 12, 2020
COVID-19 update: accessing campus space for faculty; parking changesAn update on how faculty can access campus space, and changes to campus parking.
June 12, 2020
“Telling is not enough: people have to see and feel what’s being done.”McMaster’s Associate Vice-President Equity and Inclusion, Arig al Shaibah, talks about anti-Black racism, the long haul of institutional and cultural change, and why, through it all, she’s hopeful.
June 12, 2020
“A treasured colleague, friend and coach who is missed by many.”Kelly Dunham, who passed away on May 24, inspired hundreds of young athletes over her career as a basketball coach. Now, both McMaster and Mohawk have created memorial funds in her honour.
June 12, 2020
Meet Lacey Wice, Faculty of Engineering valedictorian"If I cannot teach someone else what I have learned, then I haven’t succeeded." Meet Lacey Wice, one of the valedictorians for the Faculty of Engineering.