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Posted on May 20: International workshop on machining operations meets today

An international workshop on the modeling of machining operations will be held on Tuesday, May 20 in conjunction with the 2003 North American Manufacturing Research . . .

Posted on May 16: Province reduces restrictions on access to Ontario hospitals

Restrictions on access to Ontario hospitals are ending, as cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) have diminished in the province. Today, individual screening for SARS for anyone entering acute care hospital buildings ended, after local hospitals received new directives from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. That includes the McMaster Health Sciences Centre, the home of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Restrictions on access to Hamilton hospitals will end by midnight tonight. All main entrances to hospital buildings will reopen tomorrow (Saturday), however some minor entrances at hospital sites will remain closed. Previous parking practices at hospitals will resume on the weekend. The screening and restricted access to hospitals was begun at all Ontario hospitals in early April to contain the growth of SARS cases which began in Toronto from an international traveller. No probable or suspected cases of SARS were identified in Hamilton. Although the hospitals have been reopened, the province is requiring vigilance for SARS to continue in what will be considered the "new normal." On an ongoing basis, all hospitals will post signs at entrances, requiring those entering the building to self-screen themselves. People are being asked to report to a hospital emergency department if they have, in the past 10 days, been in contact with a SARS patient OR in a health care facility closed due to SARS OR returned from an affected area AND has any of symptom of unexplained muscle aches, severe fatigue, headache, recent cough, unusual shortness of breath or fever. The signs are to be changed weekly to update the affected areas. At this time the affected areas are China, Hong Kong and/or Taiwan. McMaster's SARS protocol on international visitors remains in effect. The details can be found at http://www.mcmaster.ca/sarsupdate.html At hospitals, SARS screening will remain in emergency departments, and SARS patients will be handled appropriately. Hospitals will maintain preparedness for a deterioration of the SARS situation, and changes in access would occur again if a hospital had unprotected exposure to a SARS patient. Proper hand washing and healthy behaviour, such as not coming to work or visiting a hospital if unwell, will be strongly encouraged for everyone in the province on an ongoing basis. John Kelton, dean and vice-president of the Faculty of Health Sciences, said the extraordinary courtesy of McMaster staff to accommodate classes and sessions moved out of hospital buildings was thoroughly appreciated. "We were faced with an emergency situation of having to move all of our students out of hospital buildings, not just for one or two days, but six weeks. Everyone on campus was extremely helpful in allowing us to move in with them. We certainly enjoyed their hospitality."

Posted on May 16: 279 graduands to receive degrees at Health Sciences Convocation

Two hundred and seventy-nine students in the Faculty of Health Sciences will receive their degrees this afternoon (Friday, May 16) at the 496th McMaster Convocation held at Hamilton Place. Degrees to be conferred are: Doctor of Philosophy (5), Master of Science (22), Doctor of Medicine (113), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (95), Bachelor of Health Science (2), Bachelor of Health Science Midwifery (14), Graduate Diploma in Advanced Neonatal Nursing (1), Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (11), Diploma in Child Life Studies (11), and Diploma in Environmental Health (6). Honorary degrees will be presented to Michael Bliss and C. Barber Mueller. Bliss will give the Convocation address. For biographical information about these honorary degree recipients,

Posted on May 16: Why teach ethics to health care practitioners?

A patient refuses life saving treatment. A doctor may want to refuse treatment to a smoker with lung cancer. Quick decisions must be made about . . .

Posted on May 14: New Faculty of Humanities dean appointed

Nasrin Rahimieh will join McMaster July 1 to assume the post as the new dean of humanities. She comes to McMaster from the University of Alberta where she is a professor of comparative literature and former associate dean of the Faculty of Arts for Humanities. "We are fortunate to have found a candidate for this important position who is so closely aligned with McMaster's goals to build on strong, innovative teaching and research programs, and to bring the benefits of research into the classroom," says provost Ken Norrie. "Nasrin is an accomplished scholar who has been recognized by students as a great classroom teacher, a supporter of graduate education, and a strong administrative leader." A graduate of Dalhousie University and the University of Alberta, Rahimieh joined Alberta's department as an assistant professor of comparative literature, religion, film/media studies in 1989. She specializes in the study of modern Iranian fiction, writing by Iranian and Middle Eastern women, and literature of exile and displacement. "I have always been energized by the experience of working across different disciplines and the interdisciplinary nature and innovative programs for which McMaster is so well known are a perfect fit," Rahimieh says. "I'm looking forward to becoming more familiar with the departments and programs in the Faculty and to getting to know the faculty, staff and students and their goals for moving forward." Rahimieh replaces Daniel Woolf who moved to the University of Alberta last year to become dean of arts.

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