England

York grad Paul Jones selected as play-by-play man for London Games

Former York University men’s basketball player Paul Jones was hired by CTV Sports to help cover the basketball portion of the upcoming Olympic Summer Games in London, England. Paul Jones Jones, who played for York from 1977 to 1981 and is now well known as the voice of the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors on FAN […]

Professor Stephanie Martin's canticle settings sung by University of Cambridge choir

With the rich monastic history of some of England’s universities, the tradition of choral evensong still thrives, creating a thirst for new settings for the canticles. As Canada is not steeped in the same rituals, few Canadians take this work on, making York music Professor Stephanie Martin the exception. She composed a new setting of the […]

Professor Ellen Bialystok's report on Alzheimer's and bilingualism makes world headlines

Mastering a second language can pump up your brain in ways that seem to delay getting Alzheimer's disease later on, scientists said Friday, wrote The Associated Press and The Canadian Press Feb. 18 [via sympatico.ca], in a story that was featured in reports by more than 300 newspapers, television stations and radio stations around the […]

Professor Rachel Koopmans examines medieval miracle recording

For more than a century, English monks bent over manuscripts scratching out by hand thousands of stories about miracles performed posthumously by saints, many in Canterbury cathedral. Often, all it took was a prayer to a saint or a visit to a saint's tomb for a miracle to take place, and if it was the […]

Professor James Carley launches landmark book on John Leland tomorrow at UK's Bodleian Library

Described as a landmark in the history of medieval, Renaissance and Reformation scholarship, York English Professor James Carley’s new book, John Leland: De uiris illustribus – On Famous Men, will launch at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. Assisted by Caroline Brett, Carley has edited and translated Leland’s original work De uiris illustribus, […]

York professor leads Ghanaian conference on good governance, developing better global model

Good governance can have a positive effect on development – helping countries to create the necessary conditions for the proper functioning of markets, private enterprises, institutions and civil society. Many think-tanks, academics and international development and donor agencies, including the World Bank, devote substantial attention to good governance and its indicators. As York Professor Joseph […]