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Posted on Oct. 8: Great Romantics Festival offers musical treats

Romance will be in the air this week as McMaster hosts its eighth international Great Romantics Festival. The festival, founded in 1994 by Alan Walker, takes place Thursday, Oct. 10 to Saturday, Oct. 12. Walker is emeritus professor of music at McMaster and author of the standard (and international award-winning) biography of Franz Liszt, the famous 19th century composer. "The festival is an unusual and perhaps unique event," says David Palmer, academic skills counsellor with the Centre for Student Development. "It brings together renowned musicians from around the world to perform music from the Romantic period -- mostly of the 19th century. These musicians pay their own expenses, and appreciate this opportunity to meet each other and perform for each other, as well as for other music-lovers."

Posted on Oct. 9: Open forum challenges disability barriers

Many of the 300 McMaster students, faculty and staff who have a disability face barriers on campus every day. McMaster's Centre for Student Development (CSD) wants that to change. A disabilities awareness forum on Thursday, Oct. 10 will address disability issues that exist on campus. "Many people on campus, when they think of disability and disability issues, usually think of just physical disabilities and wheelchair accessibility," says Amber Rutherford, disabilities awareness co-ordinator with the CSD. She hopes the panel will educate people about disabilities issues on campus and also inform people about their rights. A panel of speakers, including students with visible and invisible disabilities and University representatives, will address questions such as, "What is your understanding of disabilities and disability issues on campus", "Who is responsible for change", and "what would a barrier-free campus look like to you?" The audience will be invited to share their own experiences, ideas, insights and concerns and ask the panel questions, says Rutherford. "We hope this will act as an avenue for students to contribute their ideas for the development of a barrier-free campus," she says. "Hopefully people will take away with them an understanding of disabilities, that they will be aware of the daily struggles of students, faculty and staff with disabilities and of the supports that are available for people with disabilities." People are invited to sign up to be involved in a working advocacy group following the panel discussion. The forum will be opened by Alan Shain, a comedian and disability activist, and concluded with a reception. The event takes place in the McMaster University Student Centre, Room 315 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Posted on Oct. 7: Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation contributes $1 million to create neonatology research chair

A pioneer in the care and treatment of critically ill newborns is being honoured today with the creation of an endowed research chair in neonatology at McMaster University. The Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation has contributed $1 million to create the Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation - Jack Sinclair Chair in Neonatology. The University will match the endowment. "We are proud to make this contribution," says Liz Newman, chair of the Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation Board. "It represents an investment in people and in the knowledge they bring to our hospital. "By creating this position, Hamilton Health Sciences will be better able to continue to recruit the best and the brightest in neonatology. We know it will help to ensure that babies and families in this region benefit from leading-edge care." The research chair is named in honour of Jack Sinclair, who is renowned for establishing neonatal intensive care in Hamilton and recognized internationally as an expert in evidence-based neonatology.

Posted on Oct. 4: Globalization and autonomy experts convene at McMaster

Globalization and autonomy scholars from Canada, China, Taiwan, Europe and the United States will converge at McMaster this weekend to help set the agenda for a major collaborative research project. Under the auspices of McMaster's Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, team members will explore the terms "globalization" and "autonomy" during the institute's first full-team meeting, Oct. 4 to 6. "One of our objectives is to create a virtual research centre on globalization and autonomy issues to which all team members will belong and which will become a leading research centre on globalization issues in North America," says professor William Coleman, director of the Institute. The meeting includes plenary sessions, sub-groups, discussions and presentations. Sub-groups will finalize the research for the project and agree upon the organization and content of the academic publications from the project. "Although independent of McMaster's Globalization Institute, this virtual centre will be managed and maintained at the University," Coleman says. "McMaster University's support for our efforts has been crucial to our receiving a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant and to our being able to embark on this initiative." Project team members will also be introduced to the 'Globalization Compendium', which will make findings available in accessible, multimedia formats to a wide public audience. There will be discussions based on papers prepared and submitted for the meeting from both Globalization and Autonomy literature. Presentations will be made by all of the project partners: Shishir Priyadarshi, The South Centre, Mark Hecht, executive director of Human Rights Internet, Roy Culpeper, president of North-South Institute and Lauren Posner, Rights & Democracy. More information about the project, including the individual research proposals, can be found at http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~global/gaa.htm

Posted Oct. 4: Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada honoured

The Royal Society of Canada is a national academy whose object is the promotion of learning and research in the arts and sciences. Election to a Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada is the highest academic accolade available to scientists and scholars in Canada. McMaster University currently boasts 56 Fellows and on October 1 the university celebrated the contributions of this elite group with a recognition dinner held at Hamilton's LIUNA Station. Peter George, President and Vice-Chancellor, thanked all of the 33 Fellows able to attend the event and praised their individual accomplishments. "It is clear that we could not have made such significant strides if it were not for your outstanding contributions. You are the backbone of this university. You have helped to shape McMaster and, as a direct result of your scholarship, we have grown into one of the country's most research-intensive universities. You are the reason we enjoy such a stellar reputation and are now able to recruit some of the most outstanding faculty, staff and students. You have truly made a difference. For this, we applaud you." McMaster University's Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) This list indicates the year in which the individual was elected as a Fellow and includes the number of the Academy to which he or she belongs. Academy I Academie des lettres des sciences humaines Academy II Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences Academy III Academy of Science, which includes the following Divisions: Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) Life Sciences (LS) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) 1980 Richard Bader (Chemistry)III-MPS 1962 Bernhard Banaschewski (Math) III-MPS 1986 John Bandler (Electrical Engineering)III-ASE 1992 John Bienenstock (Medicine & Pathology)III-LS 1964 Arthur Bourns (Chemistry) III-MPS 1962 Bertram Brockhouse (Physics)III-MPS 1984 Colin C.K.Campbell (Electrical Engineering)III-ASE 1983 E.J.Moran Campbell (Medicine)III-LS 1974 Jules P. Carbotte (Physics)III-MPS 1969 Pierre Conlon (French) II 1998 Martin Daly (Psychology) II 1993 Edwin E. Daniel(Medicine)III-LS 1979 W. Ross Datars(Physics)III-MPS 1971 John A. Davies (Physics) III-MPS 1984 Frank Denton (Economics)II 1991 J. David Embury Materials Sciece & Engineering III-ASE 2001 John Eyles (Geography)II 2001 Harvey Feit (Anthropology)II 1988 Derek Ford (Geography & Geology)III-EOAS 1997 Jack Gauldie (Pathology)III-LS 1965 Ronald J. Gillespie (Chemistry)III-MPS 1999 Frank Graham (Biology)III-LS 1987 Archie Hamielec (Chemical Engineering)III-ASE 1993 Rhoda Howard-Hassmann Sociology II 1980 Simon Haykin (Electrical& Computer Engineering) III-ASE 1999 Jack Hirsh (Medicine)III-LS 1993 Gyan P. Johari (Materials Science & Engineering)III-ASE 1958 Martin Johns (Physics & Astronomy)III-MPS 2002 John Kelton (Medicine) III-LS 1980 Ken Kershaw (Biology)III-LS 1972 Gerald W. King (Chemistry)III-MPS 1993 James King (English)II 1988 Les King (Geography)II 1975 Jack Kirkaldy (Materials Science & Engineering) III-ASE 1977 John Kuehner (Physics & Astronomy) III-MPS 1982 David B. MacLean (Chemistry) III-MPS 1965 Alexander McKay(Classics) II 1970 Gerry Middleton (Geology)III-LS 1975 Warwick J.B. Owen (English) II 1992 David Parnas (Computing & Software) III-ASE 1961 Melvin Preston(Physics & Astronomy)III-MPS 1991 Gary Purdy (Materials Science & Engineering)III-ASE 1992 David Sackett (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics III-LS 2001 Shelley Saunders (Anthropology)II 1999 Gary Schrobilgen (Chemistry)III-MPS 1984 Henry Schwarcz (Geograpy & Geololgy) III-EOAS 1961 Denis Shaw (Geograpy & Geololgy) III-EOAS 1985 Leslie Shemilt (Chemical Engineering)III-ASE 1991 Shepard Siegel (Psychology) II 1986 Victor Snaith (Mathematics)III-MPS 1980 Ian Spenser (Chemistry) III-MPS 1980 Donald Sprung (Physics & Astronomy)III-MPS 1995 Thomas Timusk (Physics & Astronomy)III-MPS 1984 Alan Walker (Music)II 1998 Margo Wilson (Psychology)II 1996 Sandra Witelson(Psychiatry)III-LS Photo Caption: McMaster's Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) gather with President George at their Oct. 1 recognition dinner. Front Row (Seated L to R): Ron Gillespie; Melvin Preston; Rhoda Howard-Hassmann; Sandra Witelson; Martin Johns; Alexander McKay; Bertram Brockhouse; John Kelton; Tom Timusk ; Jack Kirkaldy; Second Row (L to R): Peter George; Denis Shaw; David MacLean; Ian Spenser; Ross Datars; Archie Hamielec; Les King; Les Shemilt; Jules Carbotte; Donald Sprung; Gerry Middleton; John Kuehner; David Parnas Third Row (L to R): Gary Schrobilgen; John Eyles; Harvey Feit; Gerry King; Richard Bader; John Bienenstock; Alan Walker; Jack Gauldie; David Embury; Shelley Saunders.Photo by Ron Scheffler

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