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Posted on Feb. 25: Two McMaster researchers awarded prestigious Killam Fellowships

McMaster researchers Katherine Dunbabin and Mike Brook will dedicate the next two years to full-time research and study, after being awarded prestigious Killam Research Fellowships. They are among 17 Canadian scientists and scholars to receive a total $2 million in the 36th annual competition administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. Dunbabin is one of just nine researchers chosen as a new Killam Research Fellow for 2004. "The great thing about this is to have the uninterrupted time to dedicate to research," says Dunbabin, a classics researcher who focuses on "Art and popular Culture in the later Roman Empire." Dunbabin will dedicate most of her time to seven public lectures that she will present at Cornell University in the spring of 2005. The lectures will look at the representations of theatrical performance and spectacle in the art of Roman Empire. Dunbabin will also use the time to produce a book based on these lectures.

Posted on Feb. 24: Research and education: undergraduate students show off their work

From climate change and precipitation to the environment of disasters to the pedagogy of peace studies to the ethics of neuroscience, more than 125 McMaster undergraduate students spent last summer looking at these and a variety of other issues. The students -- recipients of the Undergraduate Student Research Awards -- had 15 weeks, the advice of a faculty advisor and $5,000 to delve deep into their research. Their results were on display Tuesday at a poster session in the Council Room, Gilmour Hall, Room 111. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice-President (Research & International Affairs), the Faculties of Social Sciences, Humanities and Business, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the USRA awards are designed to help undergraduate students explore career opportunities in the research environment, investigate and learn more about an area of interest, enhance their academic experience and prepare for work at the graduate level.