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Why these McMaster students are starting with the ACE Future Innovators Bootcamp

The program offers a practical introduction to commercialization and entrepreneurship for students with ideas at different stages.
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Leading journal publishes lab tech’s undergrad experiment

Daniel FitzGreen spent eight years turning Einstein’s calculation for gravitational lensing - a rare cosmic phenomenon - into a first-of-its-kind undergraduate physics experiment.
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Engineering a different way of learning: McMaster graduate working to bring Indigenous perspectives to engineering education

Recent Mechanical Engineering & Society graduate Kileigh Harrington is developing a course that brings Indigenous perspectives, land-based learning and traditional teachings into engineering design.
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$8-million gift from Red Wilson will launch Futures Institute at Wilson College 

Students will explore emerging issues, develop strategic foresight skills and learn how today’s decisions shape tomorrow’s world.   
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The Mo Salah of online education — Ryan Ahmed’s journey to teaching 1 million learners 

The Mechanical Engineering assistant professor has taken his teaching to new heights, reaching a million online learners across Udemy, Coursera and YouTube.  
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‘Leadership always includes community’: Insights from Wilson College practitioners-in-residence

Monique Pitt and Dana Cramer share their expertise on artificial intelligence, leadership and the importance of play for a new generation of leaders.
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New School of Integrated Social Sciences to be hub for interdisciplinary collaboration

Bringing together and strengthening programs in Globalization, Social Psychology and Public Policy, the new school in the Faculty of Social Sciences will create opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.
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President’s Awards celebrate teaching excellence

Meet the five exceptional recipients of the 2026 President's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning.
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Sound effect: Student team takes acoustic levitation capstone work to China

Five Engineering students developed a way to manipulate physical particles using only sound waves. Now they’ll present their work to global academics and industry leaders in China.
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How to empower students to be active partners in learning

This year’s Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education conference brought together educators, administrators and students to explore innovative and collaborative approaches in education.
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$50M McCall MacBain Foundation gift propels McMaster’s leadership in helping people live longer in good health

The largest philanthropic gift to kinesiology in Canadian university history supports a long-term vision for global healthspan research, education, health policy and community impact.
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$2M gift from Walter and Maria Schroeder boosts nursing and physician assistant programs

This latest gift creates support and opportunities to enhance the student experience for a new generation of outstanding clinical care staff.