April 8, 2020
Professor Jeffrey D. Schall will join York University on Jan. 1, 2021 as the inaugural scientific director of the York Visual Neurophysiology Centre and professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science. Schall comes to York University from Vanderbilt University, where he is a professor in the Department of Psychology and the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Neuroscience.
April 8, 2020
Research projects at York University focusing on gender, urbanization and identity in the Greater China Region and in the diaspora in Canada received funding earlier this year from the Canada-China Initiative Fund at the York Centre for Asian Research.
April 5, 2020
Professor Paul Delaney and the undergraduate team at York University’s Allan I. Carswell Observatory are continuing to host weekly Online Public Viewings featuring images taken by the new one-metre telescope, along with an online chat and radio show, each Monday at 9 p.m.
April 5, 2020
The work of a York University PhD graduate Warren Bernauer has been recognized with a prestigious award that highlights exemplary research in Canadian Studies.
April 2, 2020
Historian Margaret Schotte takes readers back nearly 500 years to discover the multitude of skills that navigators acquired in the immense drive for commercial and naval dominance. The book traces the evolution of sailing expertise, showing how traditional knowledge blended with new scientific rigour.
April 1, 2020
Four students in York University’s School of Nursing were named recipients of scholarships by the Registered Nurses Foundation of Ontario in March: Sandra Agbanti, Samantha Johnson, Rodolfo D. Lastimosa Jr. and Lalezar Tuner.
March 29, 2020
York University Professor Paul Delaney was featured in a University Affairs story on March 26. Read full story. 5 books to read if you loved Canada Reads contender From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle Jesse Thistle, an assistant professor at York University, was mentioned in a CBC story on March 26. Read full story. COVID-19 […]
March 25, 2020
The researchers will look at how supply chain disruptions are affecting medical and pharmaceutical industries and how social media is spreading misinformation and hindering the capacity of public health officials to communicate scientific facts. They will also evaluate how intervention strategies can help decision-makers identify the type and intensity of control measures needed for containment.
March 25, 2020
A distinguished group of review panelists from the Comparative International Education Society CIES) has recently recognized Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Professor Caroline Shenaz Hossein as one of four 2020 CIES – African Diaspora Special Interest Group Emerging Scholars.
March 18, 2020
Tracking glucose levels over 24 hours can help athletes with Type 1 diabetes monitor glycemic control and better manage hypoglycemia overnight, new research from York University has found.
