The paper by Professor George Zhu of Lassonde’s Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering won one of three best paper awards at the recent CANCAM 2013 conference organized by the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Read moreYork University’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit has joined forces with NeuroDevNet, a Network of Centres of Excellence, to provide knowledge translation leadership and services within the network. NeuroDevNet exists to help children affected by brain-based development disorders.
Read moreYork kinesiology Professor Anthony Scime will test 15,000 compounds to find one that will affect stem cells in a way that will encourage weight loss and help control diabetes, thanks to a $75,000 Drug Discovery Grant recently awarded by the Stem Cell Network.
Read moreAs part of a one-day symposium bringing Korean and Canadian diabetes researchers together Aug. 2 at York, two experts will talk about the latest news and treatments of the disease.
Read moreIsabelle Blain, NSERC vice-president of research grants & scholarships, met with researchers, administrators and students July 10 to discuss and seek input and provide information on recent programs and policy developments.
Read moreIsabelle Blain will visit York July 10 to discuss, and seek input and feedback on Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada programs and policies.
Read moreRachel Koopman’s Wonderful to Relate: Miracle Stories and Miracle Collecting in High Medieval England has won the 2012 Margaret Wade Labarge Prize for Books in Medieval Studies.
Read moreAn international cohort came together in Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights, a research and documentary film project examining the legacy of British criminal laws affecting sexual minorities. The researchers will share their findings at a book launch in Toronto on June 26.
Read moreThe Canada Foundation for Innovation has awarded $241,677 to Professors Suzanne Tank and Georg Zoidl. Tank is a professor of geography in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Zoidl is a Canada Research Chair in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. He is also a professor of psychology in the Faculty of Health and is co-appointed to the Department of Biology in the Faculty of Science.
Read moreYork kinesiology and health PhD student Kara Hawkins is one of eight outstanding women at Ontario universities being awarded more than $165,000 to improve the health of women through the 2013-2014 Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Awards. Hawkins received the award for her work on the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.
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