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December 10, 2008

Professor appointed head of McMaster Children’s Hospital

Dr. Peter Fitzgerald, a professor of pediatric surgery and McMaster medical alumnus, has been appointed President of McMaster Children's Hospital (MCH). Fitzgerald has been on staff at MCH for 16 years, and is currently the hospital's medical director as well as chief of pediatric surgery. He will assume his new role in January, succeeding Dr. Peter Steer who is leaving Hamilton to become CEO of a new children's hospital in Brisbane, Australia.

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December 10, 2008

Support McMaster’s libraries by going shopping

It may sound odd, but it's true. You can go shopping at Amazon.ca or Amazon.com and help add new books to the McMaster University Library's collection. The magic begins with special hyperlinks, like those below, containing the Library's unique identification code. Clicking on one of these links leads to the Amazon site of your choice. You can search, browse, compare, and select among various products just as always.

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December 9, 2008

McMaster community remembers victims of violence

Each year, McMaster's Anti-Violence Network hosts a service to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Parliament established this Day of Remembrance in 1991 to mark the anniversary of the murders of 14 women at L'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.

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December 9, 2008

Bookstore’s new printing press offers a variety of titles

Stuck on ideas for inexpensive stocking stuffers? How about a copy of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? Or a piece of original Canadian fiction? Titles Bookstores is using its hot new press to reproduce classics (such as the first edition of the Dickens' favourite) under the Classic Titles imprint. A Christmas Carol is the first in a series of low-priced versions the bookstore will start unveiling in the New Year, and it sells for $2.50.

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December 8, 2008

Astronaut launches space medicine lecture series

Imagine coming down with the flu or needing surgery while in a remote environment. Space, Exploration and Remote Care Medicine- a new seminar series at McMaster University, is exploring the history and challenges of providing medical care in various extreme conditions.

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