McMaster’s Office of Public Relations highlights McMaster’s experts making local, national and international headlines.

Research:
The Globe and Mail (including its main photo on the front page, and a double-page spread inside), NBC News, Canadian Press, National Post, Vancouver Province, Calgary Herald, Huffington Post, CBC News, CTV National News, Global News, Science 2.0 , The Hamilton Spectator and many others featured research involving Eduard Reinhardt (Geography and Earth Sciences), who was part of a team that recovered and analyzed the remains of a girl who died in a Mexican cave 13,000 years ago. The cave was later flooded, and today is accessible only to specialized divers, including Reinhardt, who visited the site as part of his work.

Teaching, learning and student success: 
The Toronto Star, Global News and The Hamilton Spectator highlighted the work of student Nick Schoenhoff (Life Sciences), who was a runner-up in the province-wide Innovative Designs for Accessibility competition, organized by the Council of Ontario Universities. Schoenhoff developed a mapping system to indicate which pathways at McMaster are most accessible.

The New York Times’ obituary of former United Steelworkers president Lynn Williams described his studies in English and philosophy at McMaster, including his activism having been influenced by reading The Dynamics of Industrial Democracy: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Era of the New Deal.

The Toronto Star quoted map specialist Gord Beck (Mills Memorial Library) who has been providing resources to a Star team walking the Western Front in France and Belgium.

Community  engagement:
The Hamilton Spectator published an op-ed by Michel Grignon (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics) on the potential for improved health care funding methods to save thousands of lives. Grignon also spoke to CJNI radio in Halifax on the same topic.

The Prince Albert Daily Herald and the Moose Jaw Times Herald covered a lecture by Jean Clinton (Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences) where she talked to child-care professionals, educators and child-welfare advocates about brains being built by experiences and the importance of making sure that kids are surrounded by relationships that help them.

Expert opinion:
TVO’s The Agenda featured Nicole Goodman (Political Science) as a panelist on engaging voters.

Global National News (see clip at 8:53) interviewed Alex Sevigny (Communications and Multimedia) on new revelations about the US government covertly collecting even more personal data than previously suspected.

Global National News spoke to Marvin Ryder (Marketing) about the latest GM recall.

CTV News Channel interviewed Manish Kacker (Marketing) on Sears’ announcement it was putting its Canadian stores up for sale. CHCH TV and CHML-AM talked to Marvin Ryder (Marketing) on the same topic.

CTV News Channel talked to Karen Mossman (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences) about the threat posed by the MERS virus.

The Weather Network interviewed Paulin Coulibaly (Engineeering) about his research into predicting floods through the organization FloodNet.

CTV News Network interviewed Arthur Sweetman (Economics) via Skype, about ongoing issues with the Temporary Foreign Workers Program.

CJOB radio in WInnipeg interviewed emeritus professor Derek Ford (Geography and Earth Sciences) about sinkholes.

The Calgary Herald interviewed Paul Keith (Medicine) about a new ragweed pill coming to Canada.  The Rogers Network’s Toronto Boomers show interviewed Dr. Keith about how to manage allergies as you age.

CHML-AM talked to Peter Graefe (Politlical Science) about the provincial election.

In the news:
The Hamilton Spectator quoted Dawn Martin Hill (Indigenous Studies) on the possibility that forcing chemotherapy on a child from the New Credit First Nation would provoke protest.

The Hamilton Spectator published a substantial obituary on retired professor Jack Sinclair (Pediatrics), a pioneer in neo-natal intensive care.