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August 22, 2005

DeGroote executive lecture series features world-renowned product development expert

McMaster's DeGroote School of Business will present the DeGroote Executive Lecture Series featuring Robert Cooper, a world-renowned expert in new product development. These workshops are ideal for small and medium-sized business owners who want to maximize the returns on their innovation efforts in the fields of business strategy, R&D, new products, marketing and business development.

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August 22, 2005

Parking rates to increase in September

McMaster's Board of Governors has approved new parking rates for campus. Parking in most zones will increase by about 2 per cent as of Sept. 1, 2005. Parking fees help support inflation, infrastructure, maintenance of current lots, and the construction of future parking facilities. Parking rate increases this year are significantly less than in the past few years, when commuters saw a 20 per cent increase in fees. McMaster's fees, which range between $27-$64 are consistent with that of other geographically similar universities, such as the University of Guelph, which charges between $24-$67 and The University of Western Ontario, which charges between $25-$81.

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August 19, 2005

Tsunami devastation healed through hope

When McMaster's Alison Miculan arrived in Kinniya, Sri Lanka last April, she witnessed unimaginable devastation. It had been four months since a tsunami struck the village and left thousands homeless, destitute, widowed or orphaned. To Miculan, it seemed as though the tsunami had just hit. Although bodies had been removed, debris was still scattered among the village, boats ripped in half laid vacant at the edge of the sea, and piles of destroyed beds rested in piles outside the local hospital.

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August 18, 2005

Professor receives national and regional award from Muscular Dystrophy Canada

Mark Tarnopolsky, an associate professor in the departments of pediatrics and medicine at McMaster University, has been awarded both a national and regional award from Muscular Dystrophy Canada (MDC). MDC announced that Tarnopolsky is the double winner of the Dr. David Green Awards in the Ontario region and Canada. The awards recognize excellence in research and the provision of service for those with neuromuscular disorders.

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August 18, 2005

Making better materials, one molecule at a time

Imagine being only the second person in the world to have completed a PhD in inner-shell excitation spectroscopy, only to have the director of your doctoral committee ask, "So, what is your research good for?" For some researchers this would discourage them, but not Adam Hitchcock; he has taken his research above and beyond. Today, he has many answers to that question. From designing a better diaper to improving materials for advanced electronics, Hitchcock has made his research good for many things.

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