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Posted on April 27: CFI boosts nine McMaster research projects

Nine McMaster research projects have received more than $1 million in the latest round of the Canada Foundation for Innovation's New Opportunities Fund (NOF). The funding will allow new and talented researchers to conduct their research in world-class facilities. To date, 85 McMaster projects have received a total $14,477,113 from the NOF. Thirty-three Canadian institutions across the country received $29.9 million under this program to help them attract and retain 164 high-caliber researchers in 145 projects. NOF enables eligible universities to provide research infrastructure for newly-recruited faculty members, in their first full-time academic appointment in Canadian degree-granting institutions, so that these researchers can undertake leading-edge research. The fund also enables institutions to recruit new faculty members in the areas of research identified as priorities in their strategic research plans.

Posted on April 23: Students bid McMaster campus farewell for another year

More than 2,900 students will move out of residence April 25 to 29, with almost 2,723 of these moving out between Tuesday, April 27 and Thursday, April 29. Student residences on-campus officially close on Thursday, April 29. It will be busy on the roadways near the residences in both the north and west quads, particularly during the peak periods between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. University staff who travel the roadway and/or park in Zone 2 opposite McKay Hall, the Commons Building and Woodstock Hall will find this area particularly busy over the next few days. To avoid the bustle of cars pulling in and out of the parking spots and the general increase in pedestrian and vehicular traffic in this area, staff are encouraged to park in Zone 2 south of the tennis courts for the next few days.

Posted on April 23: Tuberculosis health notice

The McMaster community is advised that a McMaster student was recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB). The part-time student is now receiving medical attention. The student does not live on campus. TB is not easily spread and those at greater risk must have had close, day-to-day contact with the student. Hamilton's Public Health and Community Services Department will be sending a letter to anyone who may have had possible direct contact with the student and will advise them to visit their family doctor for a tuberculin skin test now and in three months to determine if infection occurred. The testing procedure is a precaution as there is a low risk that others have contracted the disease.