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Nineteen exceptional scholars awarded Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships

The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research has announced its 2024-25 graduate scholarship recipients.

Lassonde students awarded for space-related innovations

Lassonde School of Engineering students Fuzhen Yao and Ahmad Al Ali received separate awards recognizing their work to advance sustainability-oriented space innovations. 

York U community members among Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards winners

Three York University alumni and one former faculty member are among this year's list of the top 25 immigrants or refugees who have made a major impact on Canadian society.

York University SDG toolkit earns prestigious nomination 

Following the SDGs-in-the-Classroom Toolkit being named an international finalist for the Green Gown Awards, which recognizes exceptional sustainability initiatives, the team behind the resource share how the toolkit was created.

Doctoral student named Trudeau Scholar

Zoe M. Savitsky, a doctoral candidate at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School, has been selected as a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar to pursue work in corporate accountability.

New funding supports training in vaccine production at York U

The Faculty of Science has received funding from the Ontario Ministry of Colleges & Universities to launch a micro-credential in vaccine production at York University's Markham Campus in 2025. 

Seven York community members named to the Order of Canada

The seven individuals are among the 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest honours which recognizes those who have positively impacted communities across Canada. 

York U prof co-curates international art exhibit

Professor S. D. Chrostowska has co-curated an exhibit called Marvelous Utopia with the Paris Surrealist Group, taking place this summer in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, France. Dedicated to the persistence of surrealism as a living movement, it brings together some 100 artworks from around the world.

York U researchers receive CIHR funding to study dementia care

Faculty of Health professors Matthias Hoben, Tamara Daly and Liane Ginsburg have been awarded $750,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging (CIHR-IA) to support their study of adult day programs for individuals living with dementia.

Three York U graduate students earn Governor General's Gold Medals

Three York University graduates –Jennifer Porat, Carly Goodman and Alison Humphrey – received this year’s Governor General's Gold Medals, which recognize the outstanding scholastic achievements of graduate students in Canada.