Faculty of Science mathematics Professor Jianhong Wu and Postdoctoral Fellow Yawen Xu were invited to participate in the Research Matters Parliament Hill Pop-Up Research Park, which took place May 18. Wu and Xu presented research from a collaborative project led by several scientists at York University. In addition to Wu and Xu, the project involves […]
The accolades for Distinguished Research Faculty of Education Professor Deborah Britzman continue. Britzman was awarded the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) at the association’s annual award meeting on May 30 during the CSSE conference at the University of Calgary. The award is in recognition of Britzman’s many contributions […]
Tragedies like the E. coli outbreak in Ontario’s Walkerton in May 2000 could be averted today with a new invention by researchers at York University that detects the deadly contaminant in drinking water early. “We have developed a hydrogel based rapid E. coli detection system that will turn red when E. coli is present,” said […]
An academic-industry partnership led by York University has received a total of $1,650,000 through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Grants Program. Ray Jayawardhana, dean of the Faculty of Science and a professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, is the principal investigator of […]
Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert Haché recently hosted an open forum discussion to report on the consultation draft of York University’s Plan for the Intensification and Enhancement of Research (PIER) and to hear feedback from the York community. The event took place on Wednesday, March 30 at the Keele campus. More than 50 members of […]
Two York researchers have been named recipients of the 2016 President’s Research Excellence Awards. Distinguished Research Professor Bridget Stutchbury, Faculty of Science, has been selected as the recipient of the President’s Research Excellence Award. Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell, Faculty of Health, and York Research Chair in Pain and Mental Health, has been named recipient of the […]
York University President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri was part of a group of government officials, business and postsecondary education leaders from the Province of Ontario participating in a trade mission to India, Jan. 31 to Feb. 5. The trip saw delegates visit four major cities – New Delhi, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Mumbai and provided opportunities […]
York University has been invited to submit a full proposal to the second round of competition for the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF). The proposal to develop a multi-million dollar, seven-year initiative will be focused on how visual systems extract and process information and the application of this research to human health and technological […]
York University has gained six new Canada Research Chairs and two renewed Canada Research Chairs. The announcement of the Canada Research Chair (CRC) appointments was made by the Minister of Science Kristy Duncan on Feb. 9. Tier 1 CRCs will receive $1.4 million over seven years and Tier 2 CRCs will receive $500,000 over five […]
Six York graduate students have received scholarship supplements to conduct some of their research abroad through the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (MSFSS). Doctoral students Lauren Fournier (English), Kyle Gibson (Environmental Studies), Gdalit-Aviella Neuman (Dance Studies), and Laura Pin (Political Science), and Master's students Cara Goldberg (Critical Disability Studies) and Brittany Rosenbloom (Psychology) have all […]
York U researchers are among a team of scientists that has created the first map showing how the Greenland ice sheet has flowed over time, revealing that ice in the interior is now moving more slowly toward the edges than it has, on average, over the past 9,000 years. Greenland's ice sheet In comparing this paleo-velocity […]
York University’s Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit, a national leader with an international reputation for connecting research and researchers to maximize the impact of their findings on society, is celebrating 10 years of service. Since it was founded in February 2006, the KMb Unit has created significant impacts by helping to secure more than $42.9 million […]
In January, six new Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellows joined the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) at York University. “I warmly welcome our most recent cohort of SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellows to York and congratulate them on being awarded this prestigious fellowship,” said Barbara Crow, FGS dean. “I wish them the […]
Researchers from York University and Shaanxi Normal University in China say mass media coverage during an epidemic can help slow the spread of the disease. In a study published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, the researchers found people’s behaviours changed when news of an epidemic was widely published in the media. Researchers looked at […]
York University chemistry student Bach Kim Nguyen was profiled in the North York Mirror Jan. 12. Read full story.
Fulbright Canada has awarded fourth-year Glendon student Tetyana Klimova with a prestigious Killam Fellowship, funding a semester-long exchange to the University of Washington, which she started earlier this month. Born in Ukraine, the international relations and Canadian politics student in Glendon’s Political Science department will be taking her appreciation and interest in global politics to Seattle […]
York University biology Professor Carol Bucking has been awarded the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) President’s Medal for her research and developments in animal biology and physiology. The prestigious medal is awarded annually to young, independent scientists for outstanding research and accomplishments in one of four categories: animal, cell, plant, and SEB + education. “It is […]
The Krembil Foundation has awarded a $330,000 grant to Derek Wilson, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and director of the Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry (CRMS), for his research project “Understanding the Molecular Origins of Neurodegenerative Disease”. Wilson's lab specializes in developing novel mass-spectrometry methods to investigate biomedical problems at a molecular […]
Michael Daly, a York University researcher, is the lead scientist on a laser altimeter that will map the surface and create a 3D model of the asteroid Bennu during a NASA mission launching in 2016. The instrument will also help to guide the spacecraft on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission to a safe spot, […]
The application deadline for participation in York University's 2016 Undergraduate Research Fair is closing in, and work must be submitted for consideration by Jan. 21. Faculty are asked to watch for particularly strong research and creative art projects, and to encourage the students responsible to apply to the fourth annual Undergraduate Research Fair, being held Wednesday, […]