A brain or nervous system illness or injury will affect one in three Canadians in their lifetime. As such, understanding the brain and nervous system to address neurological and mental health disorders is one of the most pressing scientific challenges of our time. That’s why the Faculties of Health and Science have joined forces to create an interdisciplinary undergraduate Neuroscience program at York University.
The Faculty of Science hosted its annual Honours & Awards Ceremony on Jan. 29 to celebrate the hard work and achievements of faculty and students. Certificates were presented to graduate and undergraduate students for both academic excellence and extra-curricular involvement, as family members in the audience cheered.
The reason why there is a lot of matter in the Universe, such as electrons and protons, but no anti-matter (anti-electrons and antiprotons) is a riddle many scientists worldwide are still trying to solve. York University Distinguished Research Professor Eric Hessels of the Faculty of Science recently received two grants to begin a program that he hopes will help bring clarity.
Ramón Alain Miranda Quintana, a postdoc and York Science Fellow at York University’s Faculty of Science, is the John Charles Polanyi Prize winner in chemistry, the Ontario’s Ministry of Colleges and Universities announced today.
Science students interested in gaining hands-on, paid research experience during summer 2020 are invited to apply the Faculty of Science Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards (DURA) program and the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) program.
Wilson was awarded a grant worth $1,040,000 for his project “The Technology-Enhanced Biopharmaceuticals Development and Manufacturing (TEnBioDev) initiative.” With additional cash and in-kind contributions from industry, the total funding comes to $2.2 million over four years.
A new gift to the Faculty of Science will enhance learning and research opportunities for students studying optical physics at York University by creating awards for graduate and undergraduate students and upgrading a hands-on teaching laboratory for optical physics.
Kimberly Badal (BSc ’12) was the recipient of a Bryden Alumni Award from York University in the One to Watch category, reserved for alumni who have made a significant impact in their field or community within 15 years of a bachelor’s degree or 10 years of a professional or graduate degree.
York University is now home to a new one-metre custom telescope that will enhance hands-on learning experiences and undergraduate research opportunities for the York community and beyond.Installed at the Allan I. Carswell Observatoryon Aug. 16, the telescope is expected to be the largest situated on a university campus in Canada.