TORONTO, December 11, 2007 -- A study co-authored by a York University professor has linked winter blues with seasonal movements in US Treasury returns. The study examines the economic impact of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a form of clinical depression often occurring in winter months. It finds a previously-unnoticed seasonal pattern to returns from holding US […]
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Charisma can be a liability for leaders: York U study
TORONTO, December 10, 2007 -- Charisma can actually hurt a team leader’s performance and have a destructive effect on the team itself, a recent study by two York University researchers has shown. Igor Kotlyar, a part-time instructor in Administrative Studies, and Len Karakowsky, an associate professor of Human Resources Management, examined leadership styles to learn […]
Politicians in touch with public's views on media fairness: study
York U prof finds MPs’ attitudes closer to public than those of journalists TORONTO, December 6, 2007 -- A study co-authored by a York University professor has found that politicians and the Canadian public agree on what constitutes fair news coverage, but journalists don’t share their opinions when it comes to the “rules of engagement.” The […]
York U prof in running for Ontario’s Best Lecturer
A York University professor has been selected as a semifinalist in TVOntario’s 2008 Best Lecturer competition. L. Anders Sandberg, Associate Dean of York’s Faculty of Environmental Studies, was chosen as one of 38 semifinalists for the show, which will air on TVO’s lecture series, Big Ideas. A panel of independent judges selected the semifinalists from […]
Canada Research Chairs program awards $1.9 million to York
Renewed funding to support research in chemical mass spectrometry; migratory forest birds TORONTO, November 29, 2007 -- The federal government has renewed two Canada Research Chairs at York University, enabling Professor Diethard Bohme to advance his groundbreaking research in chemical mass spectrometry and Professor Bridget Stutchbury to continue her innovative research into migratory forest birds. […]
York U prof’s research aims to improve management of forest fires
TORONTO, November 28, 2007 -- A York University professor has devised a method of predicting the area burned by large-scale forest fires, which could help improve their management. Justin Podur, a professor in York’s Faculty of Environmental Studies, has developed a simulation model of the growth and suppression of large fires in Ontario, based on […]
World AIDS Day: research underway at York University
TORONTO, November 27, 2007 -- World AIDS Day, on December 1 of each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. Twenty-five years into the epidemic, the percentage of people worldwide who are living with HIV has leveled off, and the number of new infections has […]
