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Celebrate digital culture at research event on Dec. 6

Celebrate digital culture at research event on Dec. 6

Explore digital cultures research at a celebration co-hosted by six of York’s Faculties in collaboration with the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation on Friday, Dec. 6. The event highlights the research of five York professors, a University Librarian and a former graduate student on topics ranging from sound, affect and digital communities, copyright […]

Professor Myriam Mongrain's psychology study on kindness attracts media coverage

Professor Myriam Mongrain's psychology study on kindness attracts media coverage

There is karma in kindness. It seems that the Biblical adage of doing unto others, as you’d have them do unto you, pays off in happiness, reported the Toronto Star May 17: A York University study found that people who performed small acts of kindness – every day for five to 15 minutes for a […]

Professor Robert Latham speaks to CBC about exploring Middle East protests in the classroom

Professor Robert Latham speaks to CBC about exploring Middle East protests in the classroom

Professor Robert Latham, director of the York Centre for International & Security Studies, spoke to CBC Radio's Metro Morning about the challenges inherent in using the developing situation in the Middle East as a teaching example in the classroom, including the role social media is playing in Egypt, Libya and other places in the Middle […]

Professor Alan Middleton: Small businesses should emphasize in-person contact over social media

Professor Alan Middleton: Small businesses should emphasize in-person contact over social media

Experts on entrepreneurs and marketing say there is no substitute for personal contact when launching a small business, and many successful business owners agree, wrote The Globe and Mail Dec. 8 in a story about using social media for business: While Internet technology and social media such as Twitter and Facebook allow businesses to manage […]