Call for submissions: President's Prizes Creative Writing Competition

Think you can write? Submit a piece of poetry, short fiction, a play or screenwriting to the President's Prizes Creative Writing Competition by Jan. 11, 2013.

Green tip of the week: Make your voice heard

The Sustainability Council invites faculty, staff and students to attend one of two sessions Nov. 13 or 14 to have their say on a new business plan that will be used to establish a permanent sustainability office at York.

Faculty of Graduate Studies Teaching Award: Call for nominations

This award celebrates faculty members who have displayed sustained excellence and enthusiasm in teaching at the graduate level.

York and Bruyere Research Institute studying how to live well in residential care

York sociology Professor Pat Armstrong will collaborate with Ottawa's Bruyere Research Institute in a major project that seeks to identify healthy aging strategies in long-term residential care.

2011 Employment Equity Report is now available online

The report highlights the designated group representation at York University and activities related to employment equity that took place during the 2011 calendar year.

Nov. 12 lecture examines the US as world's largest 'free market' and biggest penal colony

York political economy Professor Jonathan Nitzan will explore how the increase in the population in US correctional facilities is related to the onset of neoliberalism and the rise of dominant capital.

Unplug: Don't forget to turn off computers and appliances before the weekend

Switch off and unplug before leaving for the weekend to help York reduce its energy consumption by 25 per cent.

Budweiser, Stolichnaya upset by use in Denzel Washington film

In the longer term, there's a risk to companies if they don't protect their cash-cows. That brand value can be chipped away, bit by bit, Alan Middleton of York's Schulich School of Business said in the Toronto Star Nov. 7.

One in 88 children now diagnosed with autism

York Professor Jonathan Weiss, Canadian chair in autism research, spoke to the Toronto Star Nov. 6 about why autism rates are higher than they were before.

York's President delivers keynote address to The Empire Club of Canada

The president's speech, titled "The Endless Campus: How the Export of Education will Define our Future Economy and Workforce," was delivered to a capacity audience at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.