At 77 years of age, Elizabeth Pitt is heading back to school and she couldn't be happier. A grandmother of a York University fine arts student, Pitt is a member of the York Circle, a legacy initiative of York University’s 50th anniversary. The York Circle is an ongoing program that offers curious people like Pitt […]
Have you ever wanted to have dinner with a scientist? Ask questions about Canada’s laser radar on NASA's 2007 Phoenix mission to Mars, the role of human genomes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the consequences of dwindling fossil fuels or perhaps how biochemical pathways affect obesity? The Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the […]
In 2009, York Professor Seth Feldman in the Faculty of Fine Arts' Department of Film marked the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s transformational and contentious book, On the Origin of Species, by producing his 26th documentary for CBC Radio’s "Ideas". Feldman is the director of York’s Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies. His series […]