McMaster News Archive

December 13, 2019

‘Tis the season for giving -- but searching for the perfect gift can be a daunting task. Luckily, there's help, thanks to eight alumni from the Faculty of Engineering.

November 12, 2019

Nine McMaster alumni who served together in the University Naval Training Division remember a fellow sailor.

November 11, 2019

Bernard Trotter, McMaster’s soldier poet, was one of 60,000 Canadians who went to the First World War and never came back. His voice lives on in his poetry.

November 4, 2019

Walter Schroeder, MBA ’69, is following in the footsteps of Wayne Gretzky — not on the ice, but as a champion of higher education.

October 15, 2019

“Margaret was so much more than a steadfast McMaster champion, donor and engaged alumna and volunteer...In our more than three decades of friendship, she opened doors to people and ideas, challenged traditional thinking, questioned old ideas and provoked new ones."

September 26, 2019

A McMaster Indigenous elder and three graduates are among six outstanding citizens to be named to the Hamilton Gallery of Distinction this year.

September 13, 2019

Michael Lee-Chin, the chairman of Portland Holdings Limited spoke to an audience of alumni, friends and prospective students at an event organized by the McMaster Alumni Association and the DeGroote School of Business in Hamilton, Bermuda.

July 19, 2019

Alumnus Bob Fitzhenry ’54 is being remembered for his unbridled enthusiasm and belief in all aspects of McMaster University whether it entailed leading-edge research labs, academic excellence, athletic supremacy or artistic creation.

July 11, 2019

Six years younger, she followed her brother’s lead and enrolled at Mac in 1958. Now Kitsy Fraser ’61 is establishing two awards in memory of her big brother, John Potter ’58.

June 11, 2019

If you could have any superpower what would it be? What is your definition of success? Meet Britney Hawkins, the valedictorian at the June 11 afternoon convocation for the Faculty of Business.

May 31, 2019

Friends and family members mark the murdered man’s legacy with a plaque, bench and tree on campus

May 23, 2019

If you could have any superpower what would it be? What is your definition of success? Meet Owen Luo, the valedictorian at the May 23 convocation for the Faculty of Health Sciences.

May 22, 2019

If you could have any superpower what would it be? What is your definition of success? Meet Micah Zagala, the valedictorian at the May 22 convocation for the School of Nursing.

February 28, 2019

Adrienne Blattel ‘98 founded the Intercultural Outdoor Program to help connect, educate and integrate newcomers to the country through fun-filled outdoor adventures.

January 28, 2019

Women and workplaces with McMaster connections make up more than one-third of all nominees

November 27, 2018

Materials Science and Engineering PhD alumna Lynnette Madsen has had a career that's moved from industry to academia to the National Science Foundation.

October 15, 2018

In a fog about the legalization of marijuana? Artsci grad Ben Barrett-Forrest’s unique strategy makes learning fun.

July 25, 2018

Jamie Tennant, class of ’92, adds to a three-decade career of arts writing with a debut novel and a Hamilton Arts Award

July 12, 2018

When Kwasi Nkansah ’17 began his studies at McMaster in 2013, he had no idea that his interactions with professors and other mentors would help him find a career that combined his passion for both medicine and astronauts.