TORONTO, May 25, 2012 − During its meeting on Thursday, May 24, the Senate of York University approved the establishment of a new Faculty of Engineering, which will be known as the Lassonde School of Engineering (LSE).
“I am pleased to see our engineering aspiration become a reality,” said Mamdouh Shoukri, York’s president and vice-chancellor. “Since our founding, a comprehensive engineering school has long been a goal for our institution. With this historic, unanimous vote, we are now on the path to redefining engineering for the 21st century.”
Work on shaping the new faculty will begin July 1. New program streams in chemical, mechanical and civil engineering will be developed. The Departments ...
TORONTO, May 23, 2012 – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced Wednesday that 60 researchers at York University were awarded more than $7 million in NSERC grants while eight graduate students have received a total of $318,500 in funding for scholarships and fellowships. The funding was awarded following national, peer-reviewed competitions conducted by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Canada (NSERC).
“On behalf of the York research community, I am very pleased by this announcement,” said Robert Haché, York’s vice-president research & innovation. “NSERC’s investment in science, engineering and technological research reflects the exceptional quality of the research activities undertaken by York’s researchers, graduate students ...
TORONTO, May 22, 2012 – Osgoode Hall Law School of York University honoured seven distinguished Osgoode alumni with awards for their exceptional contributions to the legal profession and service to the community at the Dean’s Annual Alumni Reception on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto.
Dianne Martin Medal for Social Justice through LawFrank Addario (LLB ‘82), who practises with Addario Law Group, received this year’s Dianne Martin Medal for Social Justice through Law, which is named in honour of a deceased Osgoode professor who was a passionate defender of social justice. Addario successfully led the Criminal Lawyers Association initiative to secure funding for the Ontario Legal Aid ...
TORONTO, May 15, 2012 – York University’s Faculty of Environmental Studies will welcome a new dean on August 1, as Noël Sturgeon, a scholar of feminism and environmental justice, begins a five-year term leading the Faculty.
The announcement was made yesterday by York President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. The appointment of Sturgeon was made after extensive consultation and was approved by the Board of Governors Executive Committee on May 10.
“The provost and I are pleased to welcome Dr. Noël Sturgeon back to York University,” says Shoukri. “I look forward to working with her in this important portfolio, and I hope all members of the Faculty will join me in congratulating her ...
Will meet southern Ontario’s growing demand for postsecondary offerings in French
TORONTO, May 15, 2012 – York University’s Glendon College today officially opened the Centre of Excellence for French-language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education.
“I am proud that we are able to provide opportunities for the growing Francophone population right here at York’s Glendon Campus,” said Mamdouh Shoukri, President and Vice-Chancellor of York University. “The Centre of Excellence for French-language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education will help to accommodate an increased student base, will attract more international students, and allow York to offer a broad international curriculum so that we can continue to educate Canada’s future leaders.”
The centre will enable Glendon to broaden its ...
TORONTO, May 11, 2012 – York University President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and Janusz Kozinski, Dean, Faculty of Science & Engineering, are extremely pleased to announce that Douglas Bergeron and his wife Sandra Bergeron are generously donating $2 million to create The BEST (Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science & Technology) program at York. The funds will be used to support entrepreneurial programs and initiatives focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors.
“We are thrilled to be the recipients of $2 million from Doug and Sandra Bergeron,” said Mamdouh Shoukri, York’s President and Vice-Chancellor. “This generous gift will allow York University to create a unique interdisciplinary program in entrepreneurship that will ...
TORONTO, May 9, 2012 – University Professor Emeritus Ronald Pearlman of York’s Faculty of Science & Engineering has been named president of the prestigious Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the Advancement of Science.
Pearlman, currently first-vice-president of the RCI, is the director of York’s Core Molecular Biology/DNA Sequencing Facility and former dean and associate dean of York’s Faculty of Graduate Studies. He will be formally inducted at the institute’s Annual General Meeting on May 10, 2012.
The Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the Advancement of Science is the oldest scientific society in Canada, founded in Toronto in 1849 by a small group of civil engineers and surveyors led by Sir Sandford ...
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