York students place second in international 2010 University Mars Rover Challenge

York University has a great track record in designing instruments, satellites and other devices for space exploration. This year, York students compeated in the fourth annual University  Rover Challenge, which designs and builds the next generation of Mars rovers. The teams faced off in Utah's Mars Desert Research Station. Last year, York won the competition. […]

Disappearing bees may leave us with a bland diet

Bee expert urges public to create bee-friendly gardens in their yards Breakfast may be toast if we don’t take action to save the bees, according to York biology Professor and bee expert Laurence Packer. “Consider breakfast. Eggs, maybe a slice of watermelon, toast with butter and jam, and a cup of coffee with a dash of […]

Professor Emeritus Jerome Durlak mentored many York students

Professor Emeritus Jerome (Jerry) Durlak, a mentor to many generations of York students in numerous programs, died on Friday, May 21, in Toronto. For more than 50 years, Prof. Durlak worked on applied research and development projects internationally. He introduced innovations ranging from hybrid corn in Costa Rica to agricultural television programs in Guatemala and […]

Researcher and City Institute director shifts the lens to suburbs around the globe

The suburbs have often been dismissed as cultureless wastelands of cookie-cutter housing and strip malls. But York environmental studies Professor Roger Keil, principal investigator of a major international research initiative, says there’s a lot more happening in suburbia than people think and researchers have ignored it for far too long. Most urban growth these days […]

Economic fallout and social activism top agenda at Historical Materialism conference

The effects of the global economic crisis on poor and working class people around the world will be the focus of the 2010 Historical Materialism conference at York starting today and drawing hundreds of scholars to hear some 250 papers. Speakers will come from Canada, the United States, Mexico, India, South Korea, Britain, Australia and […]

Researchers collaborating across borders to battle invasive plants in Ontario

Alien invaders are among us. In spring and summer you see them every day. They are everywhere and respect no borders. Fortunately, York biologist Chris Lortie and his colleague José Hierro at Universidad Nacional de La Pampa in Argentina are on the case. With a team of students from around the world, they are looking for […]

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 […]

Tubman Research Centre to host free international film festival

From January 31 to February 5, 2010, the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples will present The International Research Film Festival: Slavery, Memory, Heritage and Contemporary Forms. Funded in part by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the festival addresses issues of slavery in its […]