June 24, 2020
York engineering Professors Yong Lian and Zheng Hong (George) Zhu have been inducted as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). They are among the CAE’s 52 new fellows.
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June 24, 2020
York University President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda Lenton is pleased to acknowledge the recipients and nominees of the 2019 President’s Staff Recognition Awards.
June 24, 2020
York University Postdoctoral Fellow Salman Hussain (Anthropology) has been named as one of this year’s recipients of the prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Banting is valued at $70,000 per year for two years and supports postdoctoral researchers who will positively contribute to the country’s economic, social and research-based growth.
June 21, 2020
When the novel coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, the York International team worked closely with program leaders and faculty members from across the University to make sure York students were able to return home safely. With the students spread out across 31 countries, the endeavour was a challenging one, but the York community rose to meet that challenge.
June 21, 2020
The Schulich School of Business achieved a spectacular 47.5 per cent participation rate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to win the 2020 NSSE Champion Cup. This is the third time the school claimed bragging rights to the coveted prize.
June 21, 2020
Osgoode Hall Law School Dean Mary Condon announced this year’s Faculty Teaching and Faculty Service award recipients, which include eight faculty members.
June 17, 2020
Isolation prescribed to stop the spread of COVID-19 is not only adding to the stress and distress of older people, but events related to the pandemic are reinforcing ageism, say researchers at York University.
June 17, 2020
York University Professor Paul Delaney was featured in a CTV News story on June 16. Read full story. Impact of COVID-19 on the International Economy Bernard Wolf, professor emeritus at York University, was included in a Countercurrents.org story on June 17. Read full story. Coronavirus: Ontario’s worst hit nursing homes and who owns them York […]
June 17, 2020
Professor Leah Vosko is among a group of researchers and infection control and occupational health and safety experts on the Migrant Worker Health Expert Working Group, which aims to bring attention to the unsafe working conditions of the more than 50,000 temporary migrant workers who ensure that Canadians have food on the table every year.
June 14, 2020
Professor Emeritus David Paul Lumsden died suddenly on May 27. He was a long-serving professor of anthropology at York University, the former Master of Bethune College, the past-president of the Toronto Chongqing Association and a Chair and member of countless boards and associations.
