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How is sports marketing shaping up for Winter Games? York expert available for comment

As York University is also getting ready to cheer on alumna and former York Athletics track-and-field star Cynthia Appiah, who will start competing this Sunday at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games in the Women’s Monobob for Team Canada, York marketing expert Vijay Setlur is available to speak on marketing at the Olympics, including opportunities for athletes in niche sports and how brand and marketing plans are shaping up as we enter the second weekend of the Games.

York expert available to comment on ICE at the Olympics

York University Assistant Professor Amanda De Lisio in the Faculty of Health, School of Kinesiology & Health Science says recent fatal shootings by ICE and Border Patrol officers in the U.S., and their involvement in the  2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games through U.S. Homeland Security Investigations have understandably heightened public concern about the agency’s conduct.

Two chances to catch live gospel music tonight at York U

Media invited to gospel music performance and talk and annual Word, Sound Power event featuring Canadian dub poet, writer and Juno award winner Lillian Allen TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2026 – Media have two opportunities to attend live gospel music at York University’s Keele campus this evening, with two Black History Month events featuring the York University Gospel Choir (YUGC), one […]

York University ranks highly in key categories in THE World University Rankings by Subject

York University posted strong results in global rankings in this year’s Times High Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject, competing against almost 1,500 universities across 11 subjects worldwide. York’s Osgoode Hall Law School’s held firmly with a 65th in the world spot, while rankings for programs in Medical & Health and Engineering & Technology […]

Printing prosthetics for child's play

York University Lassonde School of Engineering Associate Professor Garrett Melenka is working with George Mason University Assistant Professor Quentin Sanders and Jonathon Schofield, an associate professor at the University of California, as part of a collaborative research team working to make high-performance prosthetic limbs more affordable, accessible, and better tailored to the needs of active children. The three received a three-year, $500K grant in the fall from the U.S. National Science Foundation to support the project.