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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Students at York University captured early-morning images of NASA’s Artemis II Orion capsule from the Allan I. Carswell Observatory (AICO), contributing tracking data and a moving image as the spacecraft carried Canada’s first astronaut to fly around the moon. The observation was led by graduate student Sunna Withers and supported by Nakul Sethuram Ramjee, an undergraduate student. Ramjee […]
A new international study involving York University researcher expertise shows that AI could help make liver transplant decisions more consistent, transparent and evidence-based, especially when resources are limited. “Liver transplantation is a rare case in medicine where access to a life-saving treatment is limited by organ availability,” explains co-senior author Divya Sharma, assistant professor in the Faculty […]
Two York University chemists are among the recipients of one of NASA's highest honours for their role in a major North American air quality campaign – work that could help improve how wildfire smoke risks are understood and communicated in Canada. Faculty of Science Professor Cora Young and Associate Professor Trevor VandenBoer were recognized through the NASA Group Achievement Award […]