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  Bee I.D. study will help scientists research biodiversity   TORONTO, August 31, 2010 -- A York University doctoral student who discovered a new species of bee on his way to the lab one morning has completed a study that examines 84 species of sweat bees in Canada. Nineteen of these species – including the […]

TORONTO, August 30, 2010 -- The human cost of sport concussion and the science of preventing and managing it will be the focus of a symposium at York University on Tuesday evening. The event is being held in memory of former York University student Donald Sanderson, a defenceman with the Whitby Dunlops hockey team, who […]

TORONTO, August 27, 2010 -- A York University psychologist researching how brain-injured Vietnam and Iraq war veterans reason and process emotion will speak at an upcoming conference on brain informatics and intelligent information technology taking place at York University August 28-30, 2010. The Brain Informatics – BI 2010 International Conference, chaired by York professor Jimmy […]

TORONTO, August 23, 2010 -- York University, already a venue for tennis at the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games, is in discussions with organizers regarding the construction of a stadium on its Keele campus that would host track & field events during the Games. The University has signed a letter of intent with the Pan/Parapan American […]

TORONTO, August 17, 2010 -- A York University graduate student is curating this year’s Bookmark Project for the Toronto Jewish Book Fair and is looking for submissions. Every year, the Koffler Gallery invites artists to design bookmarks and then tuck them into books on the sales tables at the annual book fair. This year, Anisia […]

TORONTO, August 10, 2010 -- York University researchers will participate in a mission probing the atmosphere of Mars for sources of methane, part of the ongoing search for evidence of life on the red planet. Researchers from the Faculty of Science & Engineering will be part of a team of Canadian scientists responsible for a […]