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LA&PS launches 'E-xplore the World' global learning series

LA&PS launches 'E-xplore the World' global learning series

Come E-xplore the World with the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). With international travel still off the table due to COVID-19, the LA&PS International team has pivoted and introduced a new way to bring international experiences to students. The new E-xplore the World with LA&PS global learning program is a great way to see […]

University of Oxford social anthropologist to give Asia Lecture

University of Oxford social anthropologist to give Asia Lecture

Xiang Biao, a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oxford, will deliver the annual 2012 Asia Lecture in November. Xiang’s talk, “The Intermediary Trap: International Labour Recruitment, Transnational Governance and State-Citizen Relations in China,” will take place Nov. 5 at 519 York Research Tower, Keele campus. A reception will begin at 2:30pm, followed […]

Professor Colin Coates to dig into data on international commodity trading

Professor Colin Coates to dig into data on international commodity trading

A York University research team will comb through digitized 19th-century documents to trace the environmental and economic consequences of international commodity trading during the 19th century. Led by Professor Colin Coates (left), Canada Research Chair in Canadian Cultural Landscapes and professor of Canadian Studies at Glendon College, the project is expected to cast light on the impacts of […]

Two new agreements extend York University's collaboration with India

Two new agreements extend York University's collaboration with India

Following on the heels of the federal government’s new India Engagement Strategy, York University has signed a University-wide collaborative academic agreement with India’s University of Calcutta. The agreement was signed by York President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and Suranja Das, vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta, during a special ceremony on June 20.   Above: From […]

Centre for Vision Research to host conference on vision research and brain plasticity June 15 to 18

Centre for Vision Research to host conference on vision research and brain plasticity June 15 to 18

The brain's ability to change or adapt across a person's lifespan is much greater than originally thought and scientists are still discovering just how far that plasticity goes. At the upcoming International Conference on Plastic Vision at York, some 24 researchers from around the world will discuss their latest findings. "We try to touch on […]

Professor Jennifer Hyndman: Humanitarian aid can fuel a war if not done carefully

Professor Jennifer Hyndman: Humanitarian aid can fuel a war if not done carefully

York sociology and geography Professor Jennifer Hyndman knows a little about disasters. She also knows a benign water project run by humanitarian aid agencies can fuel a war if careful attention is not paid to the political and cultural landscape. Hyndman was in Sri Lanka within months of the 2004 tsunami. She saw first-hand not […]

Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference begins Saturday

Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference begins Saturday

Conference driven by York research in digital media, psychology, vision and computer science The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to […]

York University's rover team finishes second in Mars challenge

York University's rover team finishes second in Mars challenge

The York University Rover Team – just call them YURTs – maintained their record of excellence at the international University Rover Challenge (URC) on the weekend, finishing in second place to a team from Poland in the hot deserts of Utah. (CBC also covered the team's success). Above: Members of the York University Rover Team […]

Professor Scott Menary among international researchers to successfully trap antimatter for over 16 minutes

Professor Scott Menary among international researchers to successfully trap antimatter for over 16 minutes

A York University professor is among an international group of scientists to successfully trap antimatter atoms for more than 16 minutes – 5,000 times longer than previous efforts – according to a study published yesterday in the journal Nature Physics. “We’re a long way off from being able to actually bottle antimatter, like in the movie […]