Four undergraduate and six graduate students have been awarded the Lillian Meighen Wright Scholarship, recognizing academic excellence, leadership and growing contributions to maternal and child health research. The scholarship is awarded to Faculty of Health students who demonstrate excellence in interdisciplinary education and research in the field of maternal and child health. The 2026 recipients […]
Four York University professors from the Lassonde School of Engineering have received funding from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to advance research supporting future space missions while giving students hands‑on experience in space‑focused science and technology development. The $1.3-million funding was awarded through CSA’s Flights and Fieldwork for the Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST) […]
York University graduate students Martin Barakov, Massimiliano Muci and Sepideh HajiHosseinKhani may have different focus points for their studies, but they will all pursue research in Germany this year as recipients of an academic exchange grant. DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service, is the world's largest funding organization for international academic exchange. Through its Research […]
Bold scholarship with global reach has earned York University's Christina Sharpe one of Canada's most prestigious academic honours. A professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Sharpe has been named a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowship recipient, recognizing the impact of her award-winning scholarship in Black studies and the humanities. The Pierre […]
Humanity is consuming natural resources much faster than the planet can replenish them, according to new global data from York University. Eric Miller is director of York’s Ecological Footprint Initiative – a multidisciplinary group of scholars, students and organizations working to advance understanding of the world’s ecological footprint and biocapacity. He warns that data reflects a 70 per cent overshoot of the planet’s […]
This summer, the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) will introduce a new way to recognize and celebrate professional development across the York graduate community. Beginning in May 2026, digital badges will be launched to acknowledge participation and achievement among graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, administrative staff, and graduate-appointed faculty. The initiative marks an important step in […]
For muscle health researchers, understanding how disease affects daily life can be difficult to capture. At York University, researchers are addressing that gap by bringing patient partners into the conversation to learn from lived experience. Through its Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC), York is advancing research that connects scientific inquiry with the lived realities of people affected […]
York University researchers are exploring how to better secure a digital world increasingly shaped by the Internet of Things (IoT) by understanding how malicious bots operate and developing stronger defences against them. “As devices proliferate globally, so do the botnets that exploit them,” says Arash Habibi Lashkari, a professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional […]
A new York University-led study considers how the ways people move, sit and sleep are related to onset of dementia. With people living longer than ever before, dementia is becoming a common part of aging worldwide. Parmis Mirzadeh, a Faculty of Health doctoral candidate in kinesiology and health science, says “Dementia is a growing global public health […]
York University researchers have produced the first comprehensive map of Canada’s data centre landscape, offering new insight into where facilities are, where they are being built and what their rapid growth could mean. “There is very little systematic evidence to inform that discussion,” says Alexander Carlo, a postdoctoral researcher at Schulich. “At a basic level, we […]