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April 13, 2005

McMaster professor awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

McMaster University professor Richard Harris has been awarded a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship. He is the only academic from a Canadian university this year to receive the distinction. As one of 186 artists, scholars and scientists to receive a 2005 award, Harris was selected from more than 3,000 applicants. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment.

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April 13, 2005

Empowerment through the Arts

Faculty and students of McMaster's Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition (IGHC), today are participating in a globalization conference which introduces high school students to global issues. The event is being held at Iroquois Ridge High School in Oakville, a public school that has organized its curriculum around the theme of "Education for a Global Perspective."

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April 12, 2005

IBM rewards software engineering students

Software engineering students at McMaster once again impressed IBM Canada at its fifth annual competition. Of the 15 senior thesis teams that presented their software engineering capstone design projects to IBM, four were awarded cash prizes. Two representatives from IBM were on hand to watch the final demonstrations last week and awarded first and second place prizes. Due to the quality of this year's projects, there was a two-team tie for both first and second place.

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April 12, 2005

Finally, dry hands

Engineering design students at McMaster University may have solved the problem of drying your hands after washing them in a public washroom. They have developed a hands-free, roll-towel dispensing machine that presents the customer with a folded towel. The double thickness of the towel eliminates the problem of wet hands weakening the towel strength and tearing, resulting in partially dry hands.

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April 12, 2005

Working together to make the right choices for cleaner air

Brian McCarry, chair of the department of chemistry and the Stephen A. Jarislowsky chair in Environment and Health, is optimistic that we can find a solution to reduce the fine particulate material, nitrogen oxides, ozone and other gaseous pollutants in the air around us. McCarry will speak about his research at Tuesday's (April 12) Science in the City lecture, titled Air Pollutants: Sources, Fates and Health Impacts.

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