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April 29, 2021

Safety and Health Week

Safety and Health Week is an annual occupational health and safety celebration that focuses on the importance of preventing injury and illness in the workplace . . .

April 28, 2021

Microsoft Teams increases meeting capacity 

An update to Microsoft Teams will allow McMaster meeting organizers  to host a Teams meeting with overflow capacity, allowing up to 10,000 attendees to join a Teams . . .

April 28, 2021

Call for Nominations – Teaching Staff Representatives seats on the University Planning Committee

Elections will be held on May 31, June 1, and June 2, 2021, to fill vacant teaching staff representative seats on the University Planning Committee. . . .

April 26, 2021

New McMaster Employees Invited to Attend Online Orientation, May 13

New employees are invited to join fellow new employees for an online session to learn about McMaster University, Thursday, May 13 from 10:00 a.m. – . . .

April 19, 2021

Microsoft 365 student workshops for Outlook, Teams and OneNote 

With the McMaster student email migration starting in May 2021, learning opportunities will be available ahead of time so students can make the most of features and benefits from the start. . . .

April 16, 2021

Flags at half mast to mark the funeral of Prince Philip

The university flags are lowered today to mark the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who passed away on April 9 at the age . . .

April 14, 2021

Applications open for McMaster’s spring Knowledge Leaders Program

Applications are open for McMaster’s spring cohort of the Knowledge Leaders Programs. This program will help you build your leadership capabilities and expand your McMaster . . .

April 14, 2021

Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia and Peace Studies program changing their names

Name changes are coming to the Faculty of Humanities. The Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia will become the Department of Communication Studies and Media . . .

April 12, 2021

Search Committee for Vice-President (Operations and Finance)

The search for a replacement for Roger Couldrey, who steps down as Vice-President (Administration) on June 30, 2021, is now underway. This role is critically . . .

April 9, 2021

Flags at half mast to mark the passing of Prince Philip

The university flags are lowered today to mark the passing of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on April 9, 2021 at the age of 99. . . .

April 7, 2021

Nominations open for Health and Safety Award of Excellence 2021

Nominations are now open for the Health and Safety Award of Excellence 2021 which is presented to a person or group from the McMaster community . . .

March 31, 2021

Cyber security alert: Phishing campaigns targeting students

McMaster’s Information Security Services team is advising students, staff and faculty to be aware of current online phishing scams. Recent examples of phishing campaigns at . . .

March 29, 2021

Protect yourself online with multi-factor authentication

University Technology Services (UTS) is offering a new service that will make it easier to protect your account. Beginning Wednesday, March 31, free multi-factor authentication . . .

March 29, 2021

New McMaster employees invited to attend online orientation

New employees are invited to join fellow new employees for an online session to learn about McMaster University, Tuesday, April 20 from 10:00 a.m. – . . .

March 24, 2021

March 24 Email issues resolved

Update – March 25, 2021 University Technology Services (UTS) advises that the previously mentioned email issues have now been resolved. McMaster is currently experiencing issues . . .

March 24, 2021

T2200S – Employee Tax Forms

Over the next few days staff and faculty will start to receive their 2020 T2200S form – Declaration of Conditions of Employment for Working at . . .

March 24, 2021

The Mosaic human resources system is getting an update

On March 27th, University Technology Services (UTS) will perform an upgrade to the human resources (HR) modules within Mosaic. This upgrade includes security patches and . . .

March 23, 2021

Update: External email issues resolved

Update March 23 at 2:07 p.m. This morning’s external email issue has been resolved. All new email should be delivered immediately. Email that was queued . . .

March 18, 2021

McMaster student email is changing this summer – here’s what you need to know

It’s true. Starting after exams, McMaster student email move from Gmail into the Microsoft 365 Outlook environment.  “It will take time to adjust, that’s for sure,” . . .

March 15, 2021

Update: Microsoft issues resolved

Update March 16: The Microsoft issues are now resolved.  ________ March 15: Microsoft is currently experiencing widespread issues. McMaster users may not be able to . . .