Centre for Vision Research study pinpoints part of brain that suppresses automatic responses

Research from York University is revealing which regions in the brain “fire up” when we suppress an automatic behaviour, such as the urge to look at other people as we enter an elevator. A York study, published recently in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, used fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to track brain activity […]

Professor Marin Litoiu recognized for cloud computing achievements

This has been a banner year for Marin Litoiu. The computer scientist has won two major awards and just received a $500,000 grant to expand his research at York. Litoiu has won awards before, but these particular ones stem from his pioneering work in cloud computing, the next big evolution in computing technology. “It’s one of […]

VIDEO: PhD student Helen Papagiannis' TedxYorku talk on wonder and creative process

Helen Papagiannis, a PhD student in the Faculty of Fine Arts' Department of Film, participated in York's inaugural TedxYorku event earlier this month. Her talk on how wonder guides the creative process is the now available on youtube: Papagiannis is an artist, designer and researcher specializing in augmented reality (AR). Hailed as being among the […]

PhD student Kara Hawkins wins CIHR award to diagnose Alzheimer's early stages

On Saturday, Kara Hawkins stepped forward to receive a $2,500 award recognizing her as the highest-ranking applicant in Canada for a graduate scholarship in the field of aging. She accepted the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging Recognition Prize in Research in Aging at the annual conference of the Canadian Association on Gerontology in […]

Professor, Canada Research Chair, and mathematician Jianhong Wu wins 2010 Award of Merit

What do math and the flu epidemic have in common? Just ask York Department of Mathematics & Statistics Professor Jianhong Wu, who studies disease progression and infection using math. Wu, a Canada Research Chair in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, is leading two prominent Canadian teams on modelling and geo-stimulation of disease spread, and coordinates a […]

PhD student defends thesis in Mi'gmaw language, a York first

While researching the historical rights of his First Nation’s community of Listuguj in the Gespe’gewa’gig district of the Mi’gmaw on the southwest shore of the Gaspé peninsula for his doctoral thesis, York PhD candidate Alfred Metallic came to believe there was something missing in what he was doing – an integral piece of a larger […]

VIDEO: Professor Stephen Gaetz's Ted talk on homelessness and research in Canada

Professor Stephen Gaetz in the Faculty of Education participated in York's inaugural TedxYorku event earlier this month. His talk is now available on youtube: Gaetz’s research agenda foregrounds social justice and attempts to make research relevant to policy and program development. He comes to this work at York University after several years of working in the […]

President Shoukri names internationalization, online learning and changing demographics among challenges facing universities

York President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri published an op-ed in the Toronto Star Oct. 29 exploring the challenges facing higher education and possible responses: We live in a time of unprecedented change characterized by ever-increasing challenges facing higher education. Evolving cultural and social environments, heightened demands for a postsecondary education, rising costs and expectations surrounding […]

Knowledge Mobilization launches 28 new ResearchSnapshots; part of United Way of York Region partnership

York’s Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit is expanding its repository of clear language research summaries – RsearchSnapshots – as part of its mandate to maximize the impact of research. Using peer-reviewed York research, students working within the KMb Unit developed 28 new summaries over the summer. This brings the existing searchable database of ResearchSnapshots to over 120 summaries. […]

York University invests $5 million in technology to support life sciences research

York University has strengthened its commitment to research in the life sciences by investing more than $5 million for the procurement of high-tech research support tools. The equipment will support advanced research in the Faculty of Science & Engineering and the Faculty of Health. "This unique investment demonstrates the bold new vision for life sciences […]