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September 22, 2005

McMaster opens Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery

McMaster today celebrated the official opening of the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery, a $71-million building that will house more than 250 scientists, put Canada on the international research map and speed the discovery of new medicines. The opening highlighted a new medical discovery complex that puts Canada on the international map of advanced gene-based therapeutics research into treatments for breast cancer, HIV/AIDS, West Nile, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, SARS, and other life-threatening and disabling diseases.

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September 22, 2005

Michael G. DeGroote forever cast in bronze

A bronze portrait statue of Michael G. DeGroote, created by local artist Juliet Jancso, has a home in the atrium of the Michael G. DeGroote Centre of Learning and Discovery, which opened officially today.

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September 21, 2005

Great Lakes specialist recruited to lead new public policy centre

One of North America's foremost experts on the Great Lakes ecosystem and environmental sustainability has been appointed director of the new Centre for Engineering and Public Policy established at McMaster University in partnership with Dofasco. Gail Krantzberg joins the university from the Great Lakes Regional Office of the International Joint Commission (IJC) where she has been director for the past four years.

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September 21, 2005

Park ‘n’ Ride established in Ancaster

McMaster staff, faculty and students can now park their cars at Zellers in the Ancaster Meadowlands and hop on the bus to campus. A new Park 'n' Ride service has been established, allowing at least 20 vehicles to use the Zellers parking lot and take an HSR bus from Martindale Crescent. The transit trip costs regular fare for employees and students without an HSR sticker on their student cards.

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September 21, 2005

Government plan increases access to higher education

The McGuinty government is doubling its financial aid program to give 135,000 Ontario postsecondary students from low- and middle-income families more assistance starting this year, Chris Bentley, minister of training, colleges and universities, announced recently at McMaster. "Under our plan, a student's ability -- not their wallet -- will determine whether they reach higher through postsecondary education," Bentley told students. "In addition to doubling student aid funding by 2009-10, our government is taking immediate steps so all qualified students can have access to a college or university education. These are the most significant improvements to student aid since the Ontario Student Assistance Program was set up more than 25 years ago."

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