CANMET comes to McMaster The Government of Canada has opened the CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory (CANMET-MTL), the first new building at McMaster Innovation Park. The $57-million complex will provide key technology and innovation support to the mineral and metal manufacturing industry in southwestern Ontario and across the country. It will become home to 110 federal employees, most of them scientists and technicians. “CANMET’s move to McMaster Innovation Park represents a huge boost for Hamilton’s economic development and prosperity,” said President Patrick Deane. “Not only will this help to keep Canada’s industries competitive on the global scale, it will ensure that we attract and train the best students and researchers.” Energy experts from Natural Resources Canada’s CanmetENERGY were involved in the design of the new building, which will be considered for certification at the Canada Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum level in late 2011.
Students and researchers in the fields of geology and biostatistics will benefit from two major gifts to McMaster. Susan Cunningham ‘79, a senior vice-president for Texas-based Noble Energy, made a $1-million gift to create the Cunningham Chair in Geology. The candidate will lead research in sedimentary geolNOV 2010
How does McMaster rank? Near the top, every time. Mac is one of only four Canadian universities in the top 100 world ranking, and has also earned top marks from Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail University Report, Research Infosource and the QS World University Report.
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Gifts support geology, biostatistics
Mills Memorial Library celebrates its 60th anniversary this spring. The building was funded entirely by a donation from the Davella Mills Foundation, made in memory of David and Ella Mills. There will be special tours of the library offered during Alumni Weekend, June 2-4.
ogy and help build the program by attracting top notch students and faculty. “Whether it’s oil or gas exploration, mineral and other natural resources, climate issues or protecting and reclaiming the environment, we need to understand the Earth’s composition and history, and the impact that humans are having on the planet,” Cunningham said. The estate of Marjorie Cameron Foucar made a gift of $2.5 million to create a chair in Foucar’s father’s honour. The John D. Cameron Chair in Genetic Determinants of Chronic Diseases will be held by professor Joseph Beyene, of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. His research focuses on developing statistical methods for integrating genomic, clinical and environmental data. “When we look at the mechanics of a disease like cancer or heart disease, we know there must be a genetic cause,” says Beyene. “But it’s a complex relationship because not everyone who is susceptible will develop the disease.” JAN 2011
Mac was the focus of a segment of CBC’s The National on Jan. 3 as part of the Live Right Now campaign to inspire Canadians to get healthy. Several McMaster participants were challenged to take 10,000 steps a day for six weeks while being monitored by kinesiology professors Gianni Parisi and Kathleen Martin Ginis.
What’s in a name? Ask Lindsay Hamilton (above), a second-year communications and theatre and film studies students who is also a singer, songwriter and television host for Family Channel. “It’s fulfilling to be able to pursue my education and to experience university life,” she says. “I chose McMaster for its strong sense of community.”
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