Associate Professor Karen Bridget Murray was an invited speaker at a juried workshop at King’s College in London, England. Murray’s talk was part of a two-day interdisciplinary workshop aimed at building an international research network that focuses on the ways that race and biomedicine are mobilized beyond the lab in the 21st century.
Read moreProfessor Emeritus of theatre Don Rubin, an original faculty member of York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, hosted an international conference for the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship at the world-famous Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Conn. this past fall.
Read moreChallenging the divide between academic and applied research, the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research invites York University community members to attend and participate in the Critical Perspectives in Global Health workshop taking place Dec. 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (location to be determined). Community members interested in attending the workshop should register by Nov. 25.
Read moreFaculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Professor Kean Birch recently learned that two of his papers were the “Most Cited” and “Most Read” articles at the world’s leading science and technology studies journal, “Science, Technology, & Human Values,” at the same time. This got him thinking about what other metrics were out there about him, so he did a deep dive.
Read moreThe director of the City Institute at York University unpacks some critical debates in urbanization in a timely new article that will be of interest to many: academics in disciplines ranging from sociology and economics to geography and environmental studies; urban planners; and government stakeholders at all three levels.
Read moreYork University Assistant Professor Usman Khan, from the Department of Civil Engineering, contributed to a paper on sustainable stormwater management technologies that has recently been published in the “Journal of Water Management Modeling.”
Read morePeople who have lost an eye early in life show changes not only in how the visual system is wired in their brain, but also in the wiring of their auditory sensory system. These findings are the result of a new study led by York University and published in “NeuroImage: Clinical.”
Read moreNew research by a business professor digs deep on two Toronto charities from nearly a century ago and, through an examination of their records, discovers a great deal about the roles of the rich and poor in society. These findings have application for today’s fundraising ventures and charities, says the researcher.
Read moreA breakthrough discovery by York University researchers shows that children have difficulty suppressing irrelevant visual details when having to resolve other specific details. The research was conducted by Department of Psychology PhD student Audrey Wong-Kee-You and her primary supervisor, Professor Scott A. Adler, as well as Lassonde Professor John Tsotsos.
Read moreA psychology professor at York University ran two separate studies – one with non-Black minority children in Canada and one with Malay and Chinese children in Southeast Asia – and found pro-white bias in both groups. It is important to understand why and how this is happening, especially since these unconscious preferences are also found in adulthood.
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