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January 24, 2002

posted on Jan. 25: McMaster engineering alumnus takes up role as physical plant director

Anthony (Tony) Cupido, a McMaster engineering alumnus, begins his new role as director of the physical plant department Feb. 4. Cupido brings to McMaster more than 20 years' experience in engineering and facilities management, demonstrating an impressive record of administrative leadership and a reputation for striving for excellence in education and administration. A McMaster graduate, Cupido received his master's degree in civil engineering in 1988 and his bachelor of civil engineering science from the University of Western Ontario in 1980. In his new role, Cupido will ensure the efficient provision of physical plant's varied services, such as maintenance, grounds, utilities, major construction projects and capital project planning, by setting priorities and establishing policies, procedures, objectives and standards aimed at attaining peak performance and productivity. Cupido comes to McMaster from the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board where he was the superintendent of plant services. He has a proven ability to communicate and deliver innovative integrated services and has demonstrated exceptional motivational, leadership, and team building capabilities. (End of story)

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January 23, 2002

posted on Jan. 23: Faculty of Humanities celebrates a library’s worth of authors

The Faculty of Humanities gathered recently to celebrate the notable achievements of Faculty members who published books in 2000-01, and to acknowledge the incredible amount of dedication, energy, and hard work which the production of those books represents. Between them, humanities professors have produced a veritable library during the past two years, on subjects ranging from the Austrian novel, to theoretical philosophy; from the art of Sienna, to the 1954 coup in Guatemala; from the health of children in war zones, to the linguistic representations of culture. The occasion was also used to mark the special achievements of Katherine Dunbabin of classics, and Harvey Levenstein of history, who were joint recipients of the Donald Shepherd Humanities Book Prize. The prize is awarded to the best book published by a full-time member of the Faculty in a given three-year period (in this case 1998-2000). Speaking for the judging committee, Lorraine York of English warmly congratulated Dunbabin on her "painstakingly documented...and lavishly illustrated authoritative work, Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World," citing one reviewer who described the book as "a masterpiece of visual, historical technical and social analysis." Levenstein's Seductive Journey: American Tourists in France from Jefferson to the Jazz Age, is, said York, "a superbly researched, well-written account of American tourism in France, that draws upon a rich variety of documents." While never masking the serious purpose behind his study, it was noted by one reviewer, that Levenstein "has accomplished the nearly impossible - making scholarly research readable and fun." Prize Winners: (L-R) Harvey Levenstein, humanities dean Daniel Woolf, Katherine Dunbabin, Lorraine York.(End of story)

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January 22, 2002

posted on Jan. 22: School of Business’s MBA program one of top 100 in world

McMaster's Michael G. DeGroote School of Business has again earned a spot on the Financial Times top 100 list of MBA programs in the world. With more than 1500 MBA programs available across the globe, the Financial Times MBA 2002 list features the elite of the world's full-time business schools. In its third year, the survey provides a comprehensive assessment of the value of an MBA and the schools that offer them. McMaster placed first among the Canadian entries for the second year in a row in the "placement success" category. This category is defined as the percentage of 1998 alumni that gained employment with the help of career advice. The School of Business also led the Canadian delegation in the "FT research rank" category, which is compiled from a rating of faculty publications in 35 international academic and practitioner journals. Rankings were compiled from two questionnaires, one completed by the business school and the other completed by the class of 1998. A response rate of at least 20 per cent was required for the business school to participate in the survey.

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January 21, 2002

posted on Jan. 21: McMaster researchers find shared names make e-mail kindred spirits

In an age of instant communication, what is it that makes us choose to respond to one e-mail over another and when are we more likely to offer help to a complete stranger? The answer is when we share the same name as the other person, according to McMaster researcher Margo Wilson, a professor of psychology, and fourth-year student Kerris Oates. The researchers sent out thousands of e-mails from hundreds of different Hotmail e-mail accounts, asking simple questions about local sports teams. An analysis of the 2,960 e-mail responses showed that people had a perceived connection and a positive attitude with someone who shared their name. The e-mail recipients had a feeling of shared ancestry or kinship, the researchers found. Their findings are to be published tomorrow (Jan. 22) in the British Royal Society's journal Proceedings B. They said: "A shared name has emotional appeal; it reflects our social identity and status as defined by our descent. The importance of our kinship history is reflected in the burgeoning interest in tracing family trees. What this research shows is that shared names are effective in eliciting a minor act of altruism." The McMaster researchers found that when the e-mail sender (who requested some straightforward information) and recipient shared both names, the response rate was 10.33 per cent higher than if both were different and this was especially true for relatively uncommon names, which are better kinship cues than first names. Even where only the first name or surname are shared, the response rate and content are friendlier than when both names are different. The research also found that there were significantly more replies from female names than male names. In Canada, women are more likely to be the 'kin-keepers' as evident from the fact that they can identify more relatives than brothers with the same relatives and they, more than men, maintain contact with distant relatives. The link between a name and kinship was borne out in England recently when millions of people overwhelmed the system as they tried to access the UK Public Record Office's 1901 census Web site. (End of story)

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January 18, 2002

posted on Jan. 18: Marauder Weekend features alumni games in various sports

The basketball courts will be humming. The pool will be churning. Beware errant soccer balls or ipies. Marauder Weekend kicks off tonight (Jan. 18) and alumni athletes from various sports are converging on Ivor Wynne Centre to work up a sweat participating in alumni games during the next two days. In addition to several alumni games, there is an athletic alumni luncheon in the mezzanine of Ivor Wynne beginning at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Saturday night features a baseball banquet in Celebration Hall at 7 p.m. A children's activity area is provided in the Combatives Gym from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with qualified University students on hand to supervise. Varsity games scheduled for this weekend include women and men's basketball and volleyball. For a complete listing of all events go to the athletics & recreation alumni Web site. (End of story)

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