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‘Your presence has a purpose’: Black students learn from industry leaders

Inaugural Black Leadership Academy provides a forum for Black students to learn about leadership through relationships.
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Innis Library opens in McLean Centre for Collaborative Discovery

McMaster University’s beloved business library is on the third floor of the McLean Centre.
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From forests to farms to cities: Long-term Canadian environmental data informs global climate science

For over twenty years, Altaf Arain has been researching how forests and agricultural crops can act as carbon sinks and mitigate the effects of climate change. His team’s work has been used to inform Canada’s climate policy and guided hundreds of researchers worldwide.
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Royal Society of Canada recognizes seven McMaster researchers

Five have been elected to the RSC as Fellows, a distinction awarded to Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to the arts, the humanities, the sciences or Canadian public life. Two have been named to the RSC’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
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Analysis: A big assumption has kept women out of health and fitness studies for years. What if it’s wrong?

The assumption that has kept women out of so many physiology studies for years — uncertainty about potential fluctuations due to menstrual cycles or hormonal birth control — turns out to be incorrect, writes expert Maureen MacDonald.
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In photos: Welcome Week 2026

Hundreds of student reps. Thousands of incoming students. More than 140 events. Here are some scenes from Welcome Week 2026.
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Analysis: Qualified but overlooked: How bias keeps Indigenous job seekers from getting hired

New research shows that Indigenous applicants can face discrimination at the hiring stage, even when they have the same qualifications and experience as other candidates.
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McMaster scientists develop tech to reproduce rare medicinal molecules 

The novel technology efficiently produces lab-created copies of some of nature’s most sought-after molecules, a discovery that could accelerate broad drug development efforts.
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Heavy lifting: Engineering students set to pull bus for charity  

A long-standing McMaster Engineering tradition returns to Bayfront Park this week to raise money for Hamilton’s Neighbour to Neighbour Centre. 
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Have planetarium, will travel

McMaster professor and students bring Giizhebaa Giizhig: Revolving Sky event to Mattagami First Nation.
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McMaster to launch Bolder Together on Sept. 16 with community event and livestream 

The launch of the strategic plan will feature voices of faculty members, students, alumni, staff and community partners, as well as a Q&A with senior leaders.
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Welcome to an exciting new term: A message from President Susan Tighe 

We enter this new school year with great momentum, as the energy of the incoming class fills our campus and reminds us why we’re here, writes President Susan Tighe.