Lassonde program at York U will put money towards programming that will create talent pipeline in STEM and offer opportunities to underrepresented groups TORONTO, July 25, 2023 – York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering k2i (kindergarten to industry) program is receiving a $400,000 injection of funds from 407 ETR that will help the program reach […]
Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film Oppenheimer is a biopic about the theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb. After watching the film, I was inspired to write about my visit to the actual Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb was detonated. As part of my research on nuclear weapons and civil defence, I visited the Trinity Site in […]
York University researchers take novel approach to look at history of deep-water oxygen in Lake Erie through insect larvae in lake sediment over last 150 years TORONTO, July 25, 2023 – Researchers at York University went searching for the fossilized remains of small insect larvae called chironomids, found in sediment in Lake Erie, to find […]
Leadership from Lassonde School of Engineering and 407 ETR available for interviews, as well as Jane and Finch area high school students and undergraduate mentors TORONTO, July 24 2023 – Media are invited to campus tomorrow, Tuesday, July 25, for an announcement between York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering k2i (kindergarten to industry) academy and […]
The children’s show Paw Patrol, launched by Spin Master Entertainment 10 years ago, is broadcast in more than 30 languages across nearly 180 countries and reaches 350 million households. Retail sales of Paw Patrol merchandise have surpassed US$14 billion. Yet, despite its huge international success, it isn’t celebrated as a Canadian success in the same way other Canadian TV shows such as Schitt’s Creek or Murdoch […]
York University and an international team of astrophysicists have made an ambitious attempt to simulate the formation of galaxies and cosmic large-scale structure throughout staggeringly large swaths of space.
Fifty high school students will have the rare opportunity of learning from Juno-winning artists at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD), thanks to a donation from the Nick Nurse Foundation, July 24-28
As academic lead for the Global Water Academy, York hosted a panel for the UN’s High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
