April 4, 2021
Markus Giesler, associate professor at York University’s Schulich School of Business, was quoted in Fortune March 29. Read full story. Scientists figure out how to put the brakes on antimatter atoms York University was mentioned in CBC News March 31. Read full story. Research collaboration achieves world’s first laser-cooling of antimatter York University was mentioned […]
March 31, 2021
The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) has announced the recipients of four inaugural postdoctoral fellowships. Fellows receive a funded, one-year postdoctoral research position to conduct their proposed research project under the guidance of a faculty supervisor.
March 30, 2021
Following on the debut of the University’s first brand positioning strategy, community members are being asked to contribute to a survey that will provide input and help inform plans for positioning York’s multiple campuses and locations. The short survey opens March 31 and will remain online until April 12.
March 30, 2021
York University Assistant Professor Cary Wu was quoted in Global News March 27. Read full story. Nanny state? Hardly. Canada has left its foreign caregivers in a stalled system that’s derailing lives, critics say Ethel Tungohan, assistant professor and Canada Research Chair at York University, was quoted in the Toronto Star March 27. Read full […]
March 24, 2021
This year’s lecture features AMPD Associate Professor Ian Garrett and international scholars Huhana Smith and Rachel Hann, who will reflect on the vital role that artists can play in designing for climate, urban and environmental justice. The lecture takes place online on March 29 from 2:30 to 4:15 p.m.
March 23, 2021
McLaughlin College will host its year-end student event virtually this year on March 25. Delivering the keynote address will be one of McLaughlin College’s most distinguished College Fellows, Justice Michael H. Tulloch, a York alumnus who is the first Black judge to serve on the Ontario Court of Appeal.
March 23, 2021
As cities and towns across Canada and the United States grapple with the logistics of planning COVID-19 vaccine sites, York professors have been busy helping to plan mass vaccinations using different methods, including drive-through vaccination centres.
March 21, 2021
Students and faculty alike are applauding the Indigenous Student Exchange Program, an eight-week pilot program that will end with a virtual public celebration of cross-cultural and transnational learning on April 7.
March 21, 2021
Zhen Ming (Jack) Jiang, associate professor in the Lassonde School of Engineering, has been awarded the CS-Can|Info-Can Outstanding Early Career Computer Science Researcher Prize.
March 21, 2021
The researchers examined user-engagement, specifically user-uptake (people downloading the app) of Digital Contact Tracing mobile apps and found that eight individual, community and system-level factors influence the uptake of these applications.
