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Here’s some beach / cottage / back deck approved reading about all-star McMaster University students, faculty, staff and friends of the Faculty of Science. It’s another supersized edition of the Science Matters newsletter starring: Mayu Nishimura honoured with President's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning Ben Bolker, Alison Sills and Joanna Wilson named Faculty of Science Research Chairs Sarah O'Dwyer, Mitchell DiPasquale, Ph.D., Katie George, Aaron Parry, Marco Martínez González and Meagan Kinsella receive inaugural Faculty of Science Staff Awards $50 million McCall MacBain Foundation gift propels McMaster's leadership in helping people live longer in good health Pat Chow-Fraser's final challenge - deliver hands-on, high-impact research experiences to as many undergrads as possible Emily Choy, PhD, FRCGS recognized with Canada Research Chair and early career research award Mel Rutherford, PhD, PCC - Mac's first trans academic leader - reflects on five years as department chair Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Mac putting 15 undergrads to work on the leading edge of nuclear research, with a star turn by undergrad Rhyana Martin Eight lessons learned from the Susan Cunningham Science Leadership Academy by Maggie Cockburn Rayna Trepanier with Graduate Studies has called more than 1,000 games as a baseball umpire Origin story - how Elizabeth Weretilnyk launched one of the longest running outreach initiatives in the Faculty of Science And 34 freshly minted grads featured in Convocation Countdown Q&As Read the Summer 2026 edition of Science Matters here: https://lnkd.in/gWmWS-mF