TORONTO, August 30, 2005 -- It makes sense that Deanna Vexler, a third-year student at York University’s Schulich School of Business, is giving advice about money management to first-year students during Orientation Week. “I’ve been there and done that,” says Vexler. “In fact, I’m still there.” Vexler is giving half-hour presentations to first-year York students […]
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Four york profs make "top 30" cut in TVO quest for “Ontario’s best lecturer"
TORONTO, August 25, 2005 -- Four of York’s most popular professors have been named among the top 30 in the run-up to a competition to find Ontario’s best lecturers. The four -- Rob Bowman, Dalton Kehoe, Paul Delaney and John Dwyer (see profiles below) -- were nominated by students and then selected by a panel […]
York profs’ new book helps students translate study skills into successful employment
Back-to-school advice: first step to select courses you love, regardless of job market TORONTO, August 23, 2005 -- With a fresh academic year just around the corner, a new book by two York University professors shows students how to turn their studies into skills that will make employers sit up and take notice. Professors Thomas […]
York U president welcomes grants for low-income students
The tuition grants package announced this week for low-income college and university students in Ontario is good news for some of the most deserving students in the province, said York University President and Vice-Chancellor Lorna R. Marsden. “This initiative by the McGuinty government and the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation will make a tremendous difference […]
Olympic Spirit Coming to York University
TORONTO, August 19, 2005 -- For a few minutes on Monday, York University’s summer camp will carry the Olympic torch. About 70 campers from the York Youth Connection summer camp will celebrate the Olympic spirit by parading the Torch from the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics around York’s Keele campus. “We think it will […]
York profs to present plan for sustainable development in Sudan
Upcoming Sudan Studies Association conference to be attended by ‘Lost Boys’ TORONTO, August 18, 2005 -- A group of York University professors has collaborated on a plan to aid civilians in war-torn Sudan in beginning to rebuild their lives, and offer support for the ongoing peace process. Professor David Wheeler, Director of York’s […]
York prof identifies genes that will help breed better corn crops
Native Americans began domesticating plant 6,000 - 9,000 years ago TORONTO, August 11, 2005 -- York University researcher Stephen Wright is part of a team of scientists that has identified genes responsible for the domestication of corn -- research that will provide important insights in the quest to breed better, higher-yielding crops. Modern-day […]
