Daily News

Proposal developed to address concerns about Mactron

The President's Advisory Committee on Community Relations held its annual community meeting last night (May 24) at St. Mary's High School and President Peter George took the opportunity to discuss the proposal he will be sending forward to the University's Board of Governors with regard to the ongoing operation of the Mactron, the University's new video message centre and scoreboard. "I recognize that this has been a source of irritation to many people on and off campus," said President George. "It has also been difficult to tell people what we have been doing because we have contractual obligations that we have needed to sort through. However, we believe we now have the agreement of both parties, we have consulted the major stakeholders, and we believe we will soon be in a position to take a formal proposal to the Planning and Building Committee of the Board of Governors about the Mactron."

McGill University receives landmark gift from Richard Tomlinson

An extraordinarily generous gift to McGill University by one of its graduates, Canadian scientist and businessman Richard H. Tomlinson, is the largest-ever single donation to the university and probably the largest in the history of Canadian higher education. "We are dazzled not only by the size of the gift but also by its scope and imagination, which will benefit a host of University priorities," declared Principal Bernard Shapiro, in announcing the gift of more than $60 million today. Tomlinson is a professor emeritus of chemistry at McMaster. To view the full release on the McGill University Web site, click here

Hamilton hospital launches unprecedented doctor recruitment campaign

May 17, 2000-Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation in partnership with McMaster University is immediately launching an unprecedented recruitment campaign to address critical shortages of physicians across all specialty areas within the organization. HHSC is prepared to aggressively seek out the best physicians to join its top-notch health care team. National shortages of physician specialists, attrition, and uncertainty over the future of HHSC's three acute care hospital sites, have all contributed to the critical shortage of health care specialists in Hamilton. Ultimately. HHSC hopes to fill more than 85 physician vacancies.

Gift will enhance McMaster research into brain injuries

Children who have sustained a brain injury will benefit from a donation made to McMaster's CanChild, the Centre for Childhood Disability Research. The Economical Insurance Group dedicated $25,000 to CanChild's Effective Rehabilitation for Children and Youth with Brain Injury program on May 11. "This generous donation will allow CanChild to focus specifically on researching and disseminating research on brain injuries," said Mary Law. "It is also interesting to note that this pledge came from an insurance company. It demonstrates they are dedicated to developing the best care and treatment for their clients."