Fine Arts Festival Celebrates State-of-the-Art Accolade Project with INAUGURAL GALA CONCERT in New Recital Hall - featuring world premiere of David Mott concerto for Christina Petrowska Quilico - TORONTO, March 3, 2006 --York University and the Faculty of Fine Arts celebrate the official opening of The Accolade Project, an outstanding new $107.5 million state-of-the-art […]
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Fine Arts festival celebrates state-of-the-art Accolade Project at York University
TORONTO, March 1, 2006 -- York University and the Faculty of Fine Arts celebrate the official opening of The Accolade Project, York’s outstanding new $107.5 million, state-of-the-art teaching, exhibition and performance complex with a week-long Fine Arts Festival running March 20-26. The Fine Arts Festival invites the public into this extraordinary new addition to York’s landscape […]
International students work harder, score lower: York U study
Research to be presented as part of upcoming internationalization symposium at York TORONTO, February 28, 2006 -- A new study by a York University professor is challenging the stereotype of the introverted and studious international student -- at least in part. The survey of 1,500 Canadian undergrads revealed that while international students hit the […]
York Launches $107.5 Million Expansion Project
The Accolade Project Building the Future for the Next Generation of Artists TORONTO, February 27, 2006 --York University is undergoing an unprecedented expansion and enhancement that brings visionary new cultural facilities to the GTA. The Accolade Project – a spectacular state-of-the-art teaching, exhibition and performance complex designed in joint venture by two of Canada’s leading […]
Academic perfectionists more prone to depression: York U study
Students who feel defective and hold themselves to high standards at greater risk for recurring major depressions TORONTO, February 22, 2006 -- Parents of students who push themselves a little too hard should be on the lookout for symptoms of depression, according to a new study by York University psychology professor Myriam Mongrain. The study of […]
Former Osgoode dean Peter W. Hogg to assist Supreme Court nominee hearing
TORONTO, February 20, 2006 -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that Peter W. Hogg, Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, will deliver the opening and closing remarks for the country's first-ever televised public hearing for the review of the new nominee for the Supreme Court of Canada. […]
York University nursing resource centre features new ways to learn
TORONTO, February 17, 2006 -- A nurse is caring for a patient admitted to hospital with chest pain. He says he feels sore, weak, and short of breath. While he is waiting for cardiac tests, she assesses his condition. Suddenly, his heart stops. She starts CPR and calls for help. It sounds like a television episode […]
