TORONTO, November 28, 2001 -- Dr. Seth Shostak, the Public Programs Scientist at California’s Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) will give a talk at York University, Searching for Extraterrestrials, on Friday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. Shostak will discuss his research and the work of SETI in searching the universe for intelligent life using massive […]
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York U. opens newly-named Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts
TORONTO, November 27, 2001 -- York University will officially open the newly-named Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts today in recognition of the Goldfarbs’ $3.75-million gift to the University’s Faculty of Fine Arts – an impressive collection of art works and a donation towards capital improvements. The art collection will provide students and researchers […]
$3.75-Million Goldfarb Gift Unveiled at York U.
TORONTO, November 22, 2001 -- York University officials, including Board of Governors Chair Marshall A. Cohen, President and Vice-Chancellor Lorna R. Marsden, Chancellor Avie J. Bennett, Faculty of Fine Arts Dean Phillip Silver, and philanthropists Joan and Martin Goldfarb will officially open the newly-named Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, at a reception […]
Groundbreaking partnership - York University and Seneca College launch construction of Technology Enhanced Learning Building
TORONTO, November 19, 2001 -- Officials from York University and Seneca College were joined today by Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Dianne Cunningham at a ceremony marking the official launch of construction on the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Building at York University. The $84-million building, scheduled to be completed by Fall 2003, will provide […]
Osgoode Students Prepare Application to Minister of Justice for Romeo Phillion’s Exoneration
TORONTO, November 14, 2001 -- The Innocence Project, a clinical program at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School that involves law students in the investigation of cases of suspected wrongful conviction, is currently preparing an application to the Minister of Justice for Romeo Phillion’s exoneration under Section 690 of the Criminal Code. Over the past four […]
Groundbreaking ceremony marks official launch of SuperBuild project at York University
TORONTO, November 13, 2001 -- York University and Seneca College will officially launch the construction of the Technology Enhanced Learning building at 12 Noon on Monday, November 19, 2001. The ceremony will begin with remarks in the board room of the Seneca@York building, and will then move to the building site across the street. The building’s […]
York U. conference examines holistic approaches to childbirth
TORONTO, November 12, 2001 -- York University’s Association for Research on Mothering (ARM), in association with Doula CARE, is hosting a conference -- Body and Soul: Reintegrating the Spiritual, Emotional, Physical and Psychological Dimensions of Birth -- examining holistic approaches to childbirth and the strategies necessary to bring them about. The conference, which will take place […]