Teaching Assistant (TA) applications for the Fall 2024 academic term are now OPEN! Refer to our SIS Student Opportunities Website for more information or if you have questions or concerns. You are also welcome to contact sis@mcmaster.ca for additional questions. Apply only using our Application Portal. Deadline: Tuesday June 4 @ 11:59pm EDT. There are no […]
Explore 3IS3 Icleand Field Trip- The Land of Fire and Ice Pictured above students on the EXPLORE 3IS3 Field course giving a presentation on the volcanic history of Iceland at Stampar crater on the Reyjkanes Penninsula in southwestern Iceland. 26 students are taking part in this course May 6 – May 17, 2024. […]
Some great news to share! Mahsa Gholiof was awarded Teaching Assistant Excellence Award from the Faculty of Health Sciences. This is the 2nd year in a row Mahsa has received this award. Mahsa is a graduate of the Honours Life Science Program, and has been a TA in LIFESCI 3L03 (among other courses) for the […]
SEVEN YEARS OF PLANNING FOR 90-SECOND ECLIPSE? TOTALLY WORTH IT FOR ASTRONOMY PROFESSOR story originally posted in the April 2024 edition of the Science Matters newsletter Robert Cockcroft spent seven years getting ready to deliver the planetarium show of his life on April 8th. The show, and the build-up to the total solar eclipse, exceeded all […]
story originally posted in the April 2024 edition of Science Matters newsletter Over the past three years, Bianca Mammarella’s clocked more than 500 hours as the volunteer chair of Synthesis: The Integrated Science Student Symposium. The end-of-year symposium isn’t a one-day affair. It spans seven days because every first to fourth-year student’s invited to present […]
Story originally posted in Science Matters Newsletter March 2024 Integrated Science student Isaac Begun is in the Campus Store ready to shell out $34.99 for the official and ubiquitous McMaster-branded white lab coat. But there are no lab coats left in stock. The overseas supplier’s run into supply chain issues. Isaac’s out of luck and running out […]
Science Stories speaker: Raven the Science Maven We have an exciting Science Stories event coming up on Thursday March 14 at 7 pm. Our speaker is Dr. Raven Baxter, AKA Raven the Science Maven. Raven uses music, fashion, pop culture and social media to translate complex science into fun and engaging narratives. The virtual event […]
Featured image: Part of a Ramesside star clock on the ceiling of tomb KV6 in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. This is the tomb of pharaoh Ramses IX, c. 1131-1112 BCE during Egypt’s New Kingdom. Image Credit: Sarah Symons. Read full story originally published by the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo Luna Zagorac’s day […]
The “valley of death” is a cornerstone metaphor in discourses of innovation, venture capital and technology transfer. It refers to perceived gaps between basic research and the development of new products, platforms, spaces and services. The valley of death might be considered, what Emily Martin (1991) has called, a “sleeping metaphor,” one so common in […]
Our fall speaker for Science Stories is Emily Buder, a Pulitzer prize-winning science filmmaker and senior video producer for Quanta Magazine. Emily’s virtual talk is next Thursday November 9 at 7 pm over Zoom. Registration is free, Poster attached and registration link below ? https://bit.ly/emilysciencestories Thank you All the best, Katie Katie Moisse, Ph.D. (She/Her) […]
