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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.
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New graduate academic certificate in science communication

The School of Interdisciplinary Science has launched a graduate academic certificate in science communication for students and professionals.
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Nobel laureate Donna Strickland is working to ‘put the fun back in physics’

The Mac grad sat down at McMaster with a fellow Nobel laureate and leading educators to talk about sparking curiosity, fostering critical thinking and teaching a generation that's growing up with AI in their pockets.
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New major announced in nuclear engineering

The new program is critical to the growth of Canada’s nuclear workforce amid rising demand for low-carbon energy and an aging workforce.
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Award-winning TA Nabil Rajput supported 12 courses

Rajput, who received an MSU teaching award, closed out his fifth and final year having been a TA 19 times. He estimates he taught upwards of 1,300 undergrads in his tutorials.
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‘He is the GOAT’: Students select MSU Teaching Award winners 

In their own words, here's what students had to say about their instructors’ teaching, kindness, communication, energy and commitment to student success. 
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Library partnership with new academic program strengthens student learning

Through hands-on workshops and fall-term sessions, the Health Sciences Library team teaches students in the Integrated Rehabilitation and Humanities program how to search and evaluate evidence.