TORONTO, December 21, 2011 – Channelling your inner Santa Claus could land a few duds under the tree this holiday season, according to a new study out of York University. Researchers found that some shoppers subconsciously rely on what they call the “Santa Claus syndrome”: an underlying belief in a just world, in which everyone […]
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York University Faculty of Fine Arts delegation visiting India in January
TORONTO, December 19, 2011 − The Faculty of Fine Arts at York University is expanding its international relations and deepening existing relationships with an 18-day trip to India, January 1 to 18, 2012. A team of senior academic and administrative staff will visit Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai, with stops at notable universities, fine […]
Can’t keep your eyes to yourself? York U study finds primitive part of brain to blame
TORONTO, December 15, 2011 – Why is it so hard to suppress a glance at an attractive person? Why do we find ourselves rubbernecking at traffic accidents? According to a York University study, the brain’s primitive “inner eye” is to blame. The study, published yesterday in the Journal of Neuroscience, focuses on the superior colliculus, […]
Bee study reveals battle of the sexes is in the brain
TORONTO, December 15, 2011 – Why do male honey bees receive the royal treatment, while female bees do all the work? It’s all in the brain, according to a new study by bee researchers at York University in Toronto and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Researchers at the two institutions set out to study […]
High school students to build “Mars” landers at York U
TORONTO, December 7, 2011 – More than 200 Grade 11 physics students will try to “land” eggs in the rotunda of York University’s Vari Hall on Wednesday using landers they have built in one hour. The event, part of Engineering Day at York, will teach students about the challenges of designing landers such as NASA’s […]
York University speaker series will look at back-to-work legislation
TORONTO, Dec. 6, 2011 – York University’s speaker series “Conversations on Work and Labour” will tackle the topic of back-to-work legislation in the public sector on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Labour lawyer and legal scholar Eric Tucker, of Osgoode Hall Law School, will speak with Denis Lemelin, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Tucker […]
Climate change could cause missed connections between bees, plants: York U co-authored study
TORONTO, December 5, 2011 – Bees may miss pollinating entire species of plants if climate change continues unchecked, according to a study released today by a group of academic and museum collaborators including a York University researcher. The study, led by Rutgers University, finds that bees are emerging earlier each spring, advancing their life cycle […]
