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The Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) is housed within the Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University. ARiEAL is a research centre that brings together a community of researchers ranging from undergraduate trainees to established scholars, and enables the researchers to excel in their problem-driven language science research in fundamental, experimental, and applied linguistics.
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Researcher Niko Hildebrandt earns prestigious Human Frontier Science Program research grant
An international team of experts led by McMaster Engineering researcher Niko Hildebrandt has been awarded a 2026 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Research Grant to detect molecular signals in plants at levels never before measurable. The HFSP grant, which provides $550,000 annually in research funding for three years, will enable the team to establish an […]
Analysis: Donald Trump’s profane and menacing threats against Iran expose the unhinged language of war
Henry Giroux is the Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The language of war has long wrapped itself in the rhetoric of courage and the honour of vengeance, drawing on […]
McMaster mourns the loss of Flynn Pavlovsky
McMaster University is mourning the passing of Flynn Pavlovsky, a student in the Faculty of Science who was named to the Biology Honour Roll in Fall 2025. The university extends its sincere condolences to Flynn’s family, friends and all those affected by this loss. “This is a heartbreaking loss for our community,” said Sean Van Koughnett, Associate Vice-President, […]