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Academic Integrity Month is a pan-University event that will take place throughout October. The event is organized by the Office of the Vice-Provost Academic and brings students, faculty and staff together for a series of discussions that focus on academic integrity facilitated through seminars and panel sessions.
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Synopsis of the most recent meeting of Senate is now available
The synopsis of the 688th meeting of the Senate of York University, held on Sept. 22 via Zoom, is now available.
Innovation York’s Commercialization Fellowships open to applicants
The fellowship is open to post-graduate students and post-doctoral Fellows with approval from their academic supervisor. It provides $7,500 in funding to support commercialization of research.
New book explores global scope of LGBTQ+ comics criticism
York University Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Professors Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren have published The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader, the first book of its kind, with the University Press of Mississippi.
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Professor Emeritus Adrian Shubert received the Encomienda de la Orden de Isabel La Católica, a prestigious medal granted by King Felipe VI of Spain for contributions to the field of modern Spanish history
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Patrick Phillips, an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, combines the rigours of the academy with an ancient and revered form of martial arts and through his journey, he is changing lives.
York University President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda Lenton recently celebrated an important milestone, and completed her first five-year term as president. As she turns her focus to setting priorities for the next five years, she took a moment to meet with YFile to look back at how the University, and the president, have changed.
A conference on topics exploring modern Spanish history will take place at the Archives of Ontario at York University’s Keele Campus on Sept. 16 and run alongside a temporary exhibit that features Spanish Civil War-related archive material that includes children’s drawings.
research & Innovation
York professor partners with Town of Penetanguishene to develop park focused on climate change solutions
The innovative Climate Change Solutions Park will also served to build community awareness of reconciliation and Indigenous knowledge.
Research: Even smartest AI models don’t match human visual processing
A York University study highlights how deep-network models used in artificial intelligence (AI) take potentially dangerous shortcuts in solving complex recognition tasks.
Contributions of the acclaimed economic theorist Nanak Kakwani will be celebrated Sept. 28
The international event will feature a number of keynote presentations and is organized by Glendon Professors Omar F. Hamouda and Betsey Price. Pre-registration is required, all are welcome.
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AMPD celebrates a ‘Year of the Arts’
From September 2022 to May 2023, the York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) will host a Year of the Arts to celebrate the power of imagination in creating positive local and global change.