Internationally acclaimed South Asian classical dance artist and musician Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam is the 2015 Shan and Jaya Chandrasekar Visiting Artist/Scholar at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design. A dancer, choreographer, composer, singer, teacher, researcher, writer and Indologist, Subrahmanyam is one of India’s foremost artist-scholars. With a legendary performance career spanning […]
York University celebrates its outstanding alumni at 2015 Bryden Awards
TORONTO, Nov. 17 – York University’s annual Bryden Awards will celebrate four of its outstanding alumni on Thursday, Nov. 19 for achieving the extraordinary and making remarkable contributions to the university and the community. The four recipients are: Bruce Lourie (MES ’87), president, Ivey Foundation; Douglas Bergeron (BA ’83, Hon. LLD ’13), founder, chairman and […]
York University Partners with Government of Ontario: Project Aims to Enhance Data-Informed Decision Making
York University is partnering with the Government of Ontario to conduct leading-edge research with the potential to transform educational programming and inform targeted approaches to addressing the needs of students. This research will take the form of a feasibility study into collecting additional province-wide data to further inform understanding of student populations and school communities, […]
Two York professors receive prestigious SSHRC Impact Awards
TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2015 – York University Professors Susan McGrath and Stephen Gaetz have been recognized for excellence in research by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. McGrath and Gaetz are the recipients of the SSHRC’s prestigious Impact Awards. The awards were announced Nov. 16 at a special reception in Ottawa. “These […]
York Lions take on Cape Breton Capers in quarter-finals of CIS men’s soccer tomorrow at York U
TORONTO, NOV. 11 – The York University Lions will take on the Cape Breton University Capers in the fourth quarter-final match of the 2015 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Men’s Soccer Championship Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7pm at York Stadium, York University. Earlier in the day, the McMaster University Marauders will go up against the Université […]
York U physicist on winning team for Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
York University physics Professor Sampa Bhadra, and her group, are on the Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) team that received the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics on Sunday. The prize is "for the fundamental discovery of neutrino oscillations, revealing a new frontier beyond, and possibly far beyond, the standard model of particle physics”. The $ […]
York Lions to defend CIS men’s soccer title during national championship at York U
TORONTO, NOV. 6 – The York Lions, the reigning national champions, the will defend their title at home when York University hosts the 2015 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Men’s Soccer Championship from Nov. 12 to 15. “We have high expectations,” says Lions men’s soccer head coach Carmine Isacco, two-time winner of the CIS coach of […]
