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Faculty of Science Excellence in Educational Leadership Award at the Graduate Level

Complete nomination packages, including all required materials, must be submitted by Friday, October 31, 2025 at 11:59pm ET. Please note that this deadline is for receipt of COMPLETE NOMINATION packages including information such as reference letters etc. The Faculty of Science Excellence in Educational Leadership Award at the Graduate Level is awarded to any graduate […]

Faculty of Science Excellence in Educational Leadership Award

Complete nomination packages, including all required materials, must be submitted by Friday, October 31, 2025 at 11:59pm ET. Please note that this deadline is for receipt of COMPLETE NOMINATION packages including information such as reference letters etc. The Faculty of Science Excellence in Educational Leadership Award celebrates Science faculty (any full-time or contract faculty) who […]

Science Explorations Summer Camp offers new sustainability programming

This year, York University’s Science Explorations Summer Camp for Grades 3 to 8 will feature curricula with a greater emphasis on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including a new week-long program called Sustainable Science. In its 17th year, the Science Explorations Summer Day Camp offers week-long camps exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics […]

Professor awarded access to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Associate Professor in astronomy Adam Muzzin‘s successful application to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore the depths of the universe was one of 1,600 project proposals submitted. He was also one of only 11 out of 54 applying Canadian principal investigators to receive approval, and his is the second-largest successful Canadian program […]

Scientists discover air quality monitoring stations are collecting urgently needed biodiversity

Media release from June 5, 2023 An international team of researchers has discovered that thousands of ambient air quality monitoring stations around the world are unwittingly recording more than just atmospheric pollutants and dust: they are also likely collecting biodiversity data in the form of environmental DNA (eDNA). Until now it was thought that the […]

York mathematicians lead mpox research projects funded by Government of Canada

A research project led by Professor Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima and another co-led by Professor Iain Moyles were among 13 projects selected for funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to advance research on mpox and other zoonotic diseases to improve health outcomes. Woldegerima (principal investigator) received $480,000 for his project entitled “Modelling, predicting and […]

Astronomers in Residence program returns for second year

The Astronomers in Residence (AIR) program, an initiative by the Allan I. Carswell Observatory, partners with the Killarney Provincial Park to enable astronomers to lead presentations and shows using the park’s observatory. It runs this year from May 1 to Oct. 15. Launched in 2022, the program calls on qualified astronomers to apply to run […]

Urbanization leads to more pathogens and inbreeding of wild bees

Media release from May 16, 2023 Wild bees living in cities like Toronto are facing increased environmental stressors compared to those in rural and even suburban areas, such as more pathogens and parasites, found researchers at York University. They also found changes in the microbiomes of wild bees living in densely urban areas and fragmented […]

Professor Mike Haslam to Chair Department of Mathematics & Statistics

A new Chair has been appointed to take on leadership of the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. Effective July 1, 2023, Professor Michael Haslam will assume the role of Chair for a term of three years. Professor Haslam joined the Faculty of Science in 2006 after completing a three-year postdoctoral appointment in Applied and Computational […]