Research – School of Graduate Studies

Tuition in the age of COVID-19

Posted on June 10, 2020 (June 10, 2020) by pattisj

Your biggest tuition questions answered It isn’t surprising that some students are asking why tuition rates are not being reduced even though learning for the fall is moving online. Your education is a significant investment. Our investment in and commitment to delivering the very best teaching and learning to our students is unchanged; in fact, […]

830,000 print books from Library’s collection now digitally available to faculty, students

Posted on May 5, 2020 (May 5, 2020) by pattisj

McMaster University Library may be physically closed, but thanks to a new agreement with an international consortium of research libraries, the McMaster community can still access more than 830,000 print books in the Library’s collection, though in a very different way. The Library is now participating in the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) program […]

Graduate student choice of non-numeric grades or withdrawal for 2020 Winter Term courses

Posted on April 20, 2020 (April 20, 2020) by pattisj

Senate recently approved two transcript final assessment options in addition to traditional (numeric/letter) grades for courses completed at the end of the Winter 2020 term. These additional options may provide relief to students who passed their course but are unhappy with their final grade (Pass = P), or those who did not pass (No Credit […]

Information for students: COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Posted on March 11, 2020 (March 11, 2020) by pattisj

Resources that will help answer your questions about the effects of COVID-19 on your health, academic work, travel plans, financial aid, and fees. […]

Call open for MacDATA graduate fellowship

Posted on February 11, 2020 (February 11, 2020) by pattisj

The advent of large collection of data and ensuing development in data analysis techniques has made collaboration between data scientists and content experts necessary for cutting-edge research. Furthermore, there is a need for trainees to be exposed to both aspects of such research, namely for data science trainees to learn about real life practical projects […]

Tell your research story in the 2020 Three Minute Thesis Competition

Posted on January 14, 2020 (January 14, 2020) by pattisj

Could you explain years of research in just three minutes? That’s the challenge for graduate students at McMaster’s 2020 Three Minute Thesis Competition, happening March 18 to 19. Competitors will present their research – and its wider impact – to a panel of non-specialist judges from campus and broader Hamilton communities. Participants have just 180 […]

Life and death of the stars: Researchers investigate extreme galaxy environments

Posted on September 23, 2019 (February 26, 2020) by pattisj

An international team of 30 scientists—led by researchers at McMaster—is using one of the world’s largest telescopes to investigate and map extreme galaxy environments in brilliant detail. Where galaxies live in the Universe, how they interact with their surroundings and with each other is a major influence on star formation over cosmic time. But exactly […]

MIRA awards Mac researchers more than $500,000 for work in mobility and aging

Posted on September 23, 2019 (February 26, 2020) by pattisj

Faculty members speak to students during a poster session.

Thirteen McMaster research projects, from every faculty and a wide range of disciplines, have received funding totalling more than $500,000 from the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) and its affiliate Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging. MIRA has awarded Labarge Catalyst grants totalling $240,000 to six interdisciplinary research proposals, each with team members […]