Schulich professor earns Minister's Award of Excellence for developing COVID-19 dashboard

Schulich School of Business Professor Murat Kristal has received a Minister’s Award of Excellence from the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities. He was recognized for developing an analytics dashboard to provide daily insights into the spread of COVID-19 in countries around the world. This vital information helps policymakers, healthcare administrators and public health officials make evidence-based […]

Attention all women entrepreneurs! ELLA is accepting applications

  The Entrepreneurial Leadership & Learning Alliance (ELLA) program, led by York University in partnership with the Small Business Enterprise Centers of Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan and York Region, will launch in 2020 with a mission to reduce the gap of gender inequality in entrepreneurship. The unique program, built for women and by women, is […]

Funding guidelines for research and scholarly outreach activities have changed

The Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation offers seed funding to support events or outreach activities that strengthen the research culture and build the profile and reputation of research at York University. There have been new and improved updates to the guide and applications for Funding for Scholarly Events & Outreach Activities and for Funding for Indigenous […]

Professor Kean Birch takes a deeper dive into Web of Science’s ‘most cited’

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Professor Kean Birch recently learned that two of his papers were the “Most Cited” and “Most Read” articles at the world’s leading science and technology studies journal, Science, Technology, & Human Values, at the same time. And this got him thinking. Kean Birch What other sorts of metrics are out there […]

New book co-authored by Professor Rob Bowman showcases Toronto’s vast concert history

York University Professor Rob Bowman, from the Department of Music in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, is co-author of a just-published book showcasing Toronto’s vast concert history. Born from the popular Instagram account of the same name, The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History serves as a time capsule of Toronto’s most iconic concert […]

Interdisciplinary research team at York makes breakthrough discovery in vision research

A breakthrough discovery by York University researchers shows that children have difficulty suppressing irrelevant visual details when having to resolve other specific details. The purpose of the research was to determine if young children can suppress their visual surroundings when attempting to inspect a specific detail in front of them (i.e. to recognize if someone […]

York researchers publish paper on effectiveness of mindfulness virtual community for undergraduate students

York University Professors Christo El Morr, Farah Ahmed and Paul Ritvo from the School of Health Policy and Management and the School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Faculty of Health, have published a paper discussing the design of a mindfulness virtual community (MVC) for undergraduate students. The paper “Design of a Mindfulness Virtual Community: A […]

Innovative research celebrated at graduate scholars reception

From the LGBTQ experience in South Asia to epileptic zebrafish, a range of cutting-edge research was on display at the 2019 Graduate Studies Scholars Reception. Held on Nov. 20 at the Schulich School of Business’s Executive Dining Room, and hosted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS), the event was an informal opportunity for FGS […]

Blade Filters wins top startup award in York University’s LaunchYU program for entrepreneurs

A startup company that is significantly lowering the cost of indoor air filtration has taken the top prize in an annual York University competition for entrepreneurs. The three finalist teams in the competition, whose members have all graduated from York University’s LaunchYU Accelerator program, were judged on their ability to take their venture to market […]

Professor Michael Daly a panellist at ROM Connects event on OSIRIS-REx mission

Lassonde School of Engineering Professor Mike Daly will be a featured guest at the ROM Connects panel discussion called “Getting to know Bennu: updates on the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission,” taking place Jan. 25. Daly, a professor in Lassonde’s Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering at York University, will be on the panel […]