Alumni Matters, October 2007

		Update your information Alumni Perks Alumni Web site YORKinCommon Search Alumni Matters York Alumni @ Toronto FC Cheer for the Toronto FC on Oct. 4th and get 15% off tickets. >> more Power Within tickets offer See Kenneth Cole, Luc Robitaille and Amanda Gore at 40% off. >> more Breakfast with "The Simpsons" Bid on a day with writer & producer Joel Cohen (MBA '92). >> more Homecoming Red & Blue Bowl Watch the Lions face off against the Blues on Sept. 29th. >> more New program is "cutting edge" Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity undergraduate program the first of its kind in Canada. >> more Abolishing Senate difficult Harper's plan is unlikely to succeed: Osgoode experts. >> more Study sheds light on StatsCan report on families Majority of lone-parent families are in dire financial straits. >> more Arrests made in Vanier assaults Two men have appeared in court to face charges for the Sept. 7 attacks. >> more
Law Commission of Ontario launched at Osgoode The new Law Commission of Ontario was officially launched at a plaque presentation ceremony on Sept. 7. >> more YorkU ad campaign set to make a splash With everything from a big fish streetcar wrap to Mars posters, York's 2007 ad campaign will get plenty of attention. >> more PhD students investigate the Tom Thomson mystery Graduate researchers are building an archive to help student sleuths reach conclusions about the artist's death. >> more Biological invasions can begin with just one insect Amro Zayed (BSc '01, PhD '06) and Prof. Laurence Packer show that a lone insect can initiate a biological invasion. >> more
More York News Film grads win second Emmy in five months Xenophile Media, founded by two York film grads, has won its second Emmy Award this year for the their television reality game "Fallen: The Alternate Reality Game." >> more New air quality research facility opens at York Centre for Research in Earth & Space Science opened the Gordon G. Shepherd Atmospheric Research Facility on Aug 27. >> more A stellar global ranking for Schulich in the Wall Street Journal The Schulich School of Business ranked number one in Canada and among the world's top 15 international business schools. >> more Arts alumni win in the Faculty of Arts Writing Contest The first Faculty of Arts Experience Writing Contest for alumni had over 150 entries from grads living in Canada and abroad. >> more	Upcoming Alumni Events Sept. 29: Homecoming Red and Blue Bowl: York vs. UofT Oct. 4: Toronto FC alumni event Oct. 5: Canada Gala in Seattle Oct. 23: Ernest C. Mercier Lecture in Entrepreneurial Chemistry Oct. 27: All-Canadian Universities Alumni Reception in Chicago Nov. 29: Vanier College's 40th Anniversary Reunion >> Events calendar >> York events calendar Links Career Centre Services Continuing Education Media Releases Osgoode Alumni Schulich Alumni York University Foundation York Lions York Research

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