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Canada’s York University lands a top 40 spot in the 2025 THE Impact Rankings
In today’s Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings results, York University continues to lead in the world’s top Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), holding firm with a top 40 spot overall and
June 18, 2025 | 9:12 am

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UNITAR Global Water Academy and York University launch free online courses
To empower learners world-wide to respond to the global water sustainability crisis, UNITAR Global Water Academy is launching three new courses today – World Environment Day.
June 5, 2025 | 9:00 am

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New research finds specific learning strategies can enhance AI model effectiveness in hospitals
If data used to train artificial intelligence models for medical applications, such as hospitals across the Greater Toronto Area, differs from the real-the world data, it could lead to patient harm. A
June 4, 2025 | 11:18 am

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Lack of gender lens in tobacco control research could stymie efforts to help smokers quit, York U researchers say
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, York University researchers with Global Strategy Lab (GSL) have published a paper that finds a lack of gender analysis in tobacco control research. The researc
May 28, 2025 | 2:12 pm

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York University launches new $1.6M dedicated space to support student success in science
With a view to student success, York University will launch its new Taihua Wang Science Student Success Centre on May 26 thanks to a $1.6 million donation from the Chinese Canadian scientist and medic
May 22, 2025 | 11:09 am