TORONTO, September 10, 2004 -- Fresh back from the Athens Summer Games, Karen Cockburn, who took Olympic silver in the women’s individual trampoline event and dazzled Canadians from coast-to-coast, will help kick off Yorkfest with a demonstration of her aerial acrobatic talents for York students on campus on Tuesday, September 14 at noon. York […]
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Complexity of Darfur conflict defies simple solution says director of York U. African Studies
TORONTO, September 3, 2004 -- Former Canadian lieutenant-general Romeo Dallaire blasted Western governments, including Canada’s, this week, calling their response to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region “lame and obtuse.” Pablo Idahosa, Director of African Studies at York University, says that frustration is symptomatic of complex problems in the region that defy simple solutions. […]
York U. student one of the top ultimate fighters in the world
Unknown at home, he has 40,000 Japanese fans TORONTO, September 3, 2004 -- When he's not training to subdue his opponents at the brutal martial arts sport of ultimate fighting, 27 year-old Carlos Newton quietly pursues his studies in Japanese and psychology at York University's Glendon campus. At 5' 9” and 195 lbs. of solid […]
York U. author Susan Swan reveals What Casanova Told Me
TORONTO, September 2, 2004 – Venetian adventurer, legendary lover and autobiographer Giacomo Casanova has captured the imagination of celebrated Canadian author Susan Swan. The latest book by the colourful, prize-winning novelist and York University humanities professor, What Casanova Told Me, will be published by Knopf Canada on Sept. 18. What Casanova Told Me embraces two centuries, two […]
York celebrates Olympian Karen Cockburn’s silver medal win
TORONTO, August 20, 2004 -- York University President and Vice-Chancellor Lorna Marsden expressed jubilation over business student Karen Cockburn’s Olympic silver medal-winning performance during the women’s individual trampoline event in Athens today. “We are all incredibly proud of Karen here at York,” said Marsden. “Karen’s silver medal triumph is definitely a joyous occasion for […]
York President Lorna Marsden interviewed on CBC Radio's Metro Morning
TORONTO, July 27, 2004 -- York University President and Vice-Chancellor Lorna Marsden spoke on the role and responsibilities of a university president in an interview on CBC Radio's Metro Morning today. Host Jane Hawtin talked with Dr. Marsden about the demands of the job and how they might have changed in recent years. Dr. Marsden […]
York U. Prof. working towards eliminating post-surgical pain
TORONTO, August 17, 2004 -- York University Professor Joel Katz is studying methods of preventing or significantly reducing pain after surgery by employing preemptive or preventive analgesia to treat pain before it develops. “Basically, we are trying to block surgically-induced noxious signals that can cause a state of central nervous system hypersensitivity in the spinal […]
