As we look towards a new year, here are our 10 most memorable highlights from 2021: #10 Dean’s Special Advisory Board We launched our inaugural Dean’s Special Advisory Board to drive success and strengthen our collaboration with industry and community. FSc held a virtual public event to introduce board members to our community, including Board […]
Congratulations to Chemistry Professor Cora Young for receiving the Environment Division Early Career Research Award from the Chemical Institute of Canada. The award recognizes an outstanding early career researcher who has made distinguished contributions in the fields of environmental chemistry or environmental chemical engineering, while working in any sector in Canada. Read the full announcement.
Congratulations to Postdoctoral Fellow Don Davies for receiving a grant from the Indigeneity in Teaching & Learning Fund (Office of the Vice Provost Academic, York University) for his project “Dementia Care in the Indigenous Population.” Davies is also among the inaugural recipients of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars. The Canadian Indigenous […]
Media release from December 3, 2021 For decades, scientists have hotly debated the origin of the western honey bee. Now, new research led by York University has discovered these popular honey-producing bees most likely originated in Asia. From there, the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) expanded independently into Africa and Europe creating seven separate geographically and […]
Congratulations to Professors Tamara Kelly, Paula Wilson, and Amenda Chow and Pamela Sargent for receiving grants from the Indigeneity in Teaching & Learning Fund (ITLF), provided by the Office of the Vice Provost Academic, York University. The goal of ITLF is to encourage faculty members to incorporate Indigenous knowledge and perspectives in York’s teaching and […]
Media release from November 17, 2021 Wild bees have a critical role to play in climate change resilience, which makes finding out why they are declining more important. As a winner of this year’s NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, York University Associate Professor Sandra Rehan is tackling this issue through her work in bee genomics, […]
Media release from November 16, 2021 Observational data shows air pollution in India decreased drastically in the first COVID-19 lockdown when emissions from vehicles naturally declined, but York University researchers say those numbers only tell part of the story – blue skies and an absence of visible smog can be deceiving and hide pollutants that […]
Science students graduating at the Fall 2021 York U Convocation had the opportunity to join a virtual Graduation Reception hosted by the Dean’s Office in the Faculty of Science. The event took place immediately after the University’s Graduation Celebration on November 2. View the recording of our Faculty of Science Graduation Reception. The program included […]
Story by Deirdre Kelly in Fall 2021 York University Magazine A newly appointed assistant professor in the Department of Science & Technology Studies, Jesse Rogerson (PhD ’16) is an astrophysicist who believes in bringing science back down to earth. His astrophysical area of expertise is quasars – supermassive black holes at the centres of very […]
The One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections/Réseau une seule santé sur la modélisation des infections (OMNI/RÉUNIS) officially kicked off with a virtual celebratory launch on October 14. The event took place virtually over Zoom, where more than 100 network members who helped develop the modelling network were invited to celebrate in the launch and […]