Spotlight

York philosophy Professor David N. Stamos is the author of a new book Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka and Scientific Imagination published by SUNY Press

Kazi Abdur Rouf, visiting scholar in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, has authored a book titled Green and Social Entrepreneurial Basics

Biology Professor Sapna Sharma was in a TVO documentary about Canadian lakes and the impact of climate change

Anita Majumdar, an MA candidate in the Graduate Program in Theatre & Performance Studies, has a solo show called "Boys with Cars" - a Nightswimming Theatre co-production at Young People's Theatre. Majumdar is the playwright, choreographer and performer for the show, which runs to April 1.

Theatre student Yasaman Nouri was interviewed by Gill Deacon for CBC Radio's "Here and Now" on March 22. She spoke about the Devised Theatre Festival at York U and her show, Inverted Spotlight, on until Sunday, March 26 in 209 Accolade East.

York School of Administrative Studies Professor Richard Leblanc offers an expert opinion on the federal government's investigation into Canadian banks

Journalist and activist Desmond Cole among speakers presenting at the School of Social Work event to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, from 4 to 6pm

Glendon Professor Marie-Helene Larochelle's new novel earns a rave review in Le Devoir

Saber Saleuddin, University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology, has co-edited a new two-volume collection

York Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar Glen Norcliffe has been awarded a Visiting Fellowship at Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge. Norcliffe will use the fellowship to work on his next book on post-global geographies of industry.

"Impulse to Act: A New Anthropology of Resistance and Social Justice" is a new book edited by York Anthropology Professor Othon Alexandrakis. The publication explores a wide range of activist movements from the December 2008 protests in Greece to the recent chto delat in Russia.

"A Different Kind of Ethnography" is a new book co-edited by York anthropology Professor Denielle Elliott. The volume builds on the sensory ethnographic trend in contemporary sociocultural anthropology.

LA&PS Professor Jay Goulding presents Foundational Grounds in Crisis: Classical Philosophy, East and West on March 16

In a new blog post, Osgoode Dean Lorne Sossin explores learning and leading at the law school

On March 6, Cancer researcher Alberto Martin will give the next Biology Seminar Series talk "Repairing DNA damage in B cells during antibody production"