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December 13, 2005

Clinical behavioural sciences student wins caregiver award

Debra Charlesworth, a Faculty of Health Sciences student and mother of four, has been honoured with a 2005 Grey Power Caregiver Award. Charlesworth, a student in the clinical behavioural sciences program, was selected for her selfless devotion to her three adult children with special needs. The award, sponsored by Grey Power Insurance Brokers, recognizes non-professional caregivers who go above and beyond to provide ongoing care and support to loved ones with an illness or disability.

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December 12, 2005

Personal finance course helps students plan for the future

Wondering where you're going to find the money to pay for presents this season, never mind rent, food, or tuition? Worried about paying off your student loans when you graduate? An innovative new course at the DeGroote School of Business can help plump up your piggy bank. The Finance and Business Economics area at DeGroote is offering a course on personal finance (Commerce 4FP3) beginning in January.

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December 12, 2005

Funeral services for Oded Bar-Or

Funeral services were held today for Oded Bar-Or, professor emeritus of pediatrics, who passed away on Thursday, Dec. 8 due to cancer. Bar-Or made significant contributions in the field of sports medicine for nearly four decades. He was a graduate of Hadassah medical school in Jerusalem, with postgraduate work at Penn State University in the U.S. before joining McMaster in 1981. He was the founder and director of the Children's Exercise and Nutrition Centre located at Chedoke Hospital from its inception in 1983 to its current status as an international training centre for researchers.

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December 9, 2005

Feeling good is good enough for a man

It doesn't take much to make a man feel satisfied with his body: a look in the mirror and a sense of well-being seem sufficient. For women, however, changes in body image need to be supported by hard, physical evidence. The findings surprised the study's author, Kathleen Martin Ginis, associate professor of kinesiology at McMaster University.

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December 9, 2005

Industry minister explores the future of McMaster Innovation Park

Federal industry minister David Emerson visited the McMaster Innovation Park Thursday -- where Ottawa is relocating its special materials technology laboratory -- to hear more about the Longwood Road South facility from McMaster University officials. More than 100 of the best materials scientists in Canada are relocating from Ottawa to the park by 2008. They are set to be installed in a $40-million state-of-the-art building with $20 million worth of new equipment paid for by the federal government.

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