TORONTO, March 8, 2010 -- A major new scholarship program endowed by the Ontario government to commemorate legendary Canadian jazz musician Oscar Peterson will be inaugurated this year at York University. The Oscar Peterson Scholarships will be launched this fall with an entrance award valued at $40,000 and up to four $10,000 scholarships for current undergraduate […]
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Researchers developing next generation of data analysis and visualization tools
$11.5 million interdisciplinary project includes computer scientists, vision scientists, designers, artists and social scientists at York, OCAD and U of T, with 14 industry partners TORONTO, March 3, 2010 -- How do you look at millions of genomic patterns and see the diagnostic implications? How do you assimilate satellite data to better predict and visualize […]
Author Maureen Jennings to speak at York U
TORONTO, March 2, 2010 -- York University’s Victorian Studies Network will host a talk by author Maureen Jennings on Thursday, March 4, part of a new lecture series featuring contemporary writers who reinvent Victorian society and its characters. Jennings is best-known as the creator of Detective William Murdoch, and the re-creator of Victorian Toronto […]
Free speech: a reminder of our rights and responsibilities
President’s statement - February 26, 2010 Dear Members of the York Community: The first week of March has become a time where issues and events in the Middle East are discussed and debated at university campuses around the country. As we head into this period of increased – and sometimes impassioned – […]
Olympic athletes may seem faster in red: York U vision study
TORONTO, February 24, 2010 -- Wearing red at the Olympics may give an athlete an easy advantage, according to a York University study that shows perceptions of motion are subconsciously affected by colour. “All things being equal between two figure skaters – including their actual speed on the ice – the judges will perceive a […]
Cutting calories may accelerate ALS, York researchers suggest
TORONTO, February 24, 2010 -- Cutting calories may speed the progression of the fatal neuromuscular disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) because of changes that occur at the molecular level, a study from York University has found. The research, which looked at the effects of caloric restriction in a mouse model of ALS, found that restricting […]
York U prof consulting with Ghanaians on good governance
TORONTO, February 22, 2010 -- A York University professor is reaching out to Ghanaians for their views on good governance, in the hopes of giving developing countries a voice in a conversation dominated by academics and aid agencies in the developed world. “Our concern is that we have little or no input from the developing […]
