A four-person team from York University joined hundreds of competitors in a prestigious AI challenge with one goal: to be recognized among those leading advancements for medical decision-making. PhD students Israt Jahan and Md Tahmid Rahman Laskar, along with professors Jimmy Huang and Chun Peng, have been tackling a critical dilemma in health care by […]
York University Professor Jane Heffernan’s leadership in developing the next generation of researchers has earned her University-wide recognition in postdoctoral supervision. Heffernan, a professor in the Faculty of Science, was named the 2025 Postdoctoral Supervisor of the Year by the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS). The award recognizes supervisors whose excellence in mentorship shapes scholars’ […]
A new Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) award will help underrepresented scholars balance research with caregiving and community responsibilities, providing financial relief and supporting equity, inclusion and access. Students who identify as Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) often face inequities in access to funding – particularly those with caregiving responsibilities, community obligations or […]
Divya Sharma, assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science at York University, has earned the prestigious 2025 Petro-Canada Emerging Innovator Award, recognizing her research in artificial intelligence (AI) for health care and her vision for building more equitable and inclusive systems. The Petro-Canada Emerging Innovator Award, a joint initiative between Petro-Canada (now Suncor […]
Wild bumblebees across Canada face significant threats linked to agricultural methods, a new study out of York University finds. Published in Conservation Science and Practice, the study examines how Canadian agricultural practices contribute to disease spillover from managed pollinator bees—used to support crop production—to wild bumblebees. Led by Faculty of Science Professor Gordon Fitch along […]
Four PhD candidates from York University are recipients of this year's prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, which support exceptional doctoral students studying in the areas of social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering, and health. Presented by the Government of Canada, the program aims to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting those […]
Sixty-eight grants for innovative research projects in science and engineering at York University will drive positive, real-world change with more than $12.1 million in funding support from the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Announced by the federal government July 9, the funded initiatives are included in NSERC’s 2025 Discovery Grants, Discovery […]
Three York University scholars—Jonathan David, Phil Henderson and Karolina Krzyś—are among this year’s recipients of the prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for work investigating video game addiction, dysfunctional eye contact and labour studies focused on decolonization and Indigenous land defence. The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program, awarded by the Government of Canada, provides funding to innovative postdoctoral […]
Justin Kerr is part of one of the world’s largest collaborative scientific experiments. The third-year PhD candidate at York University's Faculty of Graduate Studies is contributing to the ATLAS experiment, where physicists are studying what the universe is made of, and how it works. The LHC is a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets, cooled to […]
More than 20 York University community members have been recognized with a prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal, a commemorative honour awarded to individuals in recognition of their outstanding contributions to public service and society. Recipients of the King Charles III medal are recognized for their meaningful impact across various sectors, including education, research, public […]