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More York experts available for Olympics commentary

York alumnae Melissa Humaña-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson compete for gold in Paris today, a first for beach volleyball for Canada, cheered on by Humaña-Paredes' father, three-time Olympic coach and York Professor Hernán Humaña who teaches a course on the history of the Olympics and is available for comment to media. Also this week in Paris, breaking makes its debut at the Games, Olympians get sick with bacterial infection and organizers revise the closing ceremony of the Games this Sunday after a controversial opening. York experts are available to comment on this and more.

Making history, one volleyball punch at a time

York alumnae Melissa Humaña-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson — both coached by Professor Hernán Humaña — will go down in history as the best finish a Canadian women's beach volleyball duo has had at the Olympics.

Raising the voice of HE on the global sustainability stage

Rankings of university sustainability practices and their impact have been “rocket fuel” for institutions that participate, says Professor Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education Towards Sustainability. He was at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), where multiple higher education events took place on the sidelines.