Spotlight

Melina Ghasem-Asad, a student in the Sustainable Environmental Management program, was selected for the inaugural cohort of the Climate75 Fellowship, which empowers youth to lead climate action through an equity-centred lens

Osgoode Hall Law School alum Alan Diner has been appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada by Prime Minister Mark Carney

Osgoode Hall Law School Chief Law Librarian Yemisi Dina and Associate Librarian Sharon Wang presented a discussion at the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians conference that highlighted the growth of digital scholarship and integration of AI

Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow Salmaan Khan and William Edwards, a student in the pure mathematics program, have published a report highlighting inequities in the employment experiences of Muslims in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

Martin Petrin, an Osgoode Hall Law School professor, helped guide a team of Osgoode and Schulich School of Business students towards the top spot of an international legal artificial intelligence competition

Professor Marcello Musto is the youngest recipient ever to be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Marxist Sociology section of the American Sociological Association

York University alum, writer and four-time Aurora Award winner Douglas Smith has released Borderlanz, a new collection of short stories that examines the human condition through the lenses of science fiction, horror and fantasy

York University Professor David Flora has published Statistical Modelling Methods: A Guide for the Social and Behavioural Sciences (2nd Edition) which includes new chapters, updated content and examples of real-world research

Professor Jane Heffernan, a York University mathematician, infectious disease modeller and York Research Chair, has been appointed a Fields Institute Fellow

Bahar Ebrahimi, a master of Public Policy, Administration and Law student, is the the inaugural recipient of the Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan bursary

York University PhD candidate Coral Hillel is among 600 young scientists from around the world to spend a week with 72 Nobel Laureates at the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany

Felicia Tassone, York U researcher and PhD candidate, earned third place in the Hebb Student Awards at the 2026 Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science for outstanding graduate student research

Glendon College Professor Jean-Michel Montsion earned a Certificate of Merit from the International Council for Canadian Studies, recognizing his contrubitions to the development Canadian Studies

Margaret Kierylo, assistant vice-president, institutional planning and chief data officer, is this year's recipient of the Canadian Association of University Business Officers (CAUBO) Leadership in Learning Award (9:22 on video)

Lily Padovan, a member of the Athletics & Recreation’s Fitness & Lifestyles team, created a student-driven powerlifting initiative inspired by her family’s experience with cancer