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York community at Keele and Glendon create greener campuses

Community members converged across campuses in April to plant fruit trees and shrubs to celebrate Earth Month and expand the University's green spaces. 

York students publish research on workplace gender discrimination

A research paper written by a group of York University undergraduate students, examining the pervasive issue of discrimination against women in the workplace, was recently published in the esteemed International Journal of Employment Studies.

Research Impact Challenge helps boost self-promotion, visibility

The York University Libraries is sharing a series of asynchronous tasks to help faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students make their research more discoverable.

Grad student research recognized with thesis, dissertation prizes

York University's Faculty of Graduate Studies has awarded six graduands with 2024 Thesis and Dissertation Prizes for their outstanding contributions to the local and global community.

Muscle Health Awareness Day event expands its scope

York University's Muscle Health Research Centre looks to advance the field through a lived experience session.

York U and Philippines advance emergency response leadership with MOU

York professors Ali Asgary and Eric Kennedy recently travelled to Manila in the Philippines to sign an agreement with a national organization to further emergency management research and training. 

Students present sustainable solutions, enhance career-readiness at Spring Capstone Day

Five awards were given to teams of students for their presentations at the 2024 Spring Capstone Day, a public event hosted by the York Capstone Network and the Lassonde School of Engineering.

York University brings emergency management journal in-house

York University is now home to the Canadian Journal of Emergency Management, which looks to advance efforts to understand and respond to disasters.

Grads innovate skincare with cutting-edge technology

Anna Kotova and Ksenia Timonina, former York PhD students, have founded a gene diagnostic company that helps people make better decisions about their skincare.

Food Services signs pledges to improve food sustainability on campus

York University's Food Services has signed two major pledges committing to creating a healthier and more plant-forward food environment on campuses.