TORONTO, April 23, 2004 -- York University will close the Assiniboine Road West parking area (Unreserved Lot) effective May 1, 2004 to make way for construction of a park. For information about parking options, please contact Parking Services at 416-736-5335 or www.csbo.yorku.ca/parkingservices.
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TTC, City holding open house to hear York community’s comments on subway, bus lanes to Keele Campus
TORONTO, April 19, 2004 -- The York University community is being invited to a special open house this Thursday, April 22 to hear details of recently announced plans for Environmental Assessments on improvements to transit service to the Keele Campus and provide their comments and ideas. The Toronto Transit Commission and the City of Toronto […]
York U. team still ready to test Einstein when NASA launch resumes tomorrow
TORONTO, April 19, 2004 -- York University’s Gravity Probe B team will resume the countdown watch tomorrow after the launch was postponed four minutes before lift off today due to high winds in the upper atmosphere. Gravity Probe B, the $US700 million mission to test Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, is now scheduled for launch […]
York U. scientists participate in NASA test of Einstein’s theory
TORONTO, April 16, 2004 -- A team of astrophysicists from York University will be watching with special interest Monday as NASA launches its latest space probe into orbit around Earth. They are the Canadian contingent in Gravity Probe B, a US$700 million project more than 40-years in the making, scheduled for launch from Southern California’s […]
Law School team wins prestigious international competition -- Showcases law leaders of tomorrow
TORONTO, April 14, 2004 -- A team of students from York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School has won a major international legal competition in Vienna which featured 136 entries from 42 countries. It is the first win by a Canadian team in the 11-year history of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, the […]
York U. president welcomes review of post-secondary education funding
TORONTO, April 8, 2004 -- Lorna R. Marsden, president and vice-chancellor of York University, today welcomed the announcement of a tuition freeze and compensation funding for universities and colleges by Mary Anne Chambers, Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities. The minister made the announcement at a media conference in the new Student Services Centre […]
York U. joins ad campaign in support of university funding
TORONTO, April 8, 2004 -- York University, in partnership with other Ontario universities, is helping to fund a cooperative radio and print public awareness advertising campaign to drive home the message to the Ontario government that its universities are cash strapped and under funded compared to universities in other provinces. Ontario has set out some […]