The April 26 launch event features a keynote lecture by Paola Antonelli, research director and curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and an interactive exhibition showcasing digital media research underway in the Faculty of Fine Arts.

“Admirers and detractors of Margaret Thatcher can agree that she will be remembered as one of the key political architects of our times,” wrote Andrew Jackson, Packer Professor of Social Justice at York University, in The Globe and Mail.

On Friday, April 19, faculty, staff and students at York University will be volunteering their time to give the Keele and Glendon campuses a bit of “spit and polish” as part of the annual 20-Minute Makeover.

Students living in the Bethune Residence are declared the winners of the 2013 Res Race to Zero competition, which saw students in York U’s nine residences reduce their energy consumption.

Five leading education researchers will debate the question as part of a panel discussion convened to celebrate research underway in the Faculty of Education. Wednesday’s event is part of an ongoing series of research celebrations at York University.

Ontario’s next generation of game designers will show off their creations at Toronto’s Design Exchange on Wednesday night, reported CityNews, including students from York University and 11 other colleges and universities across the province.

Among the winners of the Red & White Day spirit day photo competition are Faculty of Health Professor Walter Dyba’s Coaching – KIN 2475 class photo, the Kendo Club, and a staff pic from the Office of Admissions, Recruitment and Marketing.

On Tuesday, at the annual case-study competition that challenges students to create a business plan for a brand, the third-place team of Telly Carayannakis and Mishba Bholat, both from York University, won $1,000 courtesy of Chevrolet, reported Marketing magazine.

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy’s archive of more than 600 publications and consultants’ reports, dating back 25 years, will be available to researchers through Work in a Warming World.

The paper provides a detailed road map for turning the province’s renewed focus on energy conservation into reality, outlining 20 recommendations to strengthen the sustainability of Ontario’s electricity system.