Toronto, October 23, 2012 – York University is pleased to host top medical researcher and 2012 Canada Gairdner Award-winner Dr. Michael Rosbash as part of Gairdner’s National Program lecture series celebrating biomedical science. He will be presenting a lecture based on his research, titled “Circadian rhythms: Molecules, neurons and circuits.” Among the world’s most important biomedical […]
Emerging dance masters go solo in joint production at York University
TORONTO, Oct. 22, 2012 − Five rising choreographers in York’s Dance MFA program in Contemporary Choreography and Dance Dramaturgy have discovered that, despite diverging interests, they have a lot in common. Dancing alone but coming together to mount a collection of autobiographical solo works, Bee Margot Pallomina, Pamela Margot Rasbach, Catherine Jane Murray, Vanessa Jane […]
York University launches bridging program for internationally educated HR Professionals
HRSDC forecasts future shortage of skilled HR workers Toronto, Oct. 22, 2012 – York University has launched a bridging program for internationally educated human resources (HR) professionals to help skilled immigrants fill the gaps between their credentials and what is required to land a position in their profession in Canada. The program launch addresses an […]
CFI awards York University researchers over $592,000 in research infrastructure
Funding will support four projects in film, biology, chemistry and earth and space science & engineering TORONTO, October 16, 2012 — The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded York University $592,631 in infrastructure funding to support the research of four York professors. Ali Kazimi, associate professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts Department of […]
Genetic ‘remix’ key to evolution of bee behaviour: York University research
TORONTO, October 15, 2012 – Worker bees have become a highly skilled and specialized work force because the genes that determine their behaviour are shuffled frequently, helping natural selection to build a better bee, research from York University suggests. The embargoed study, published today in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), sheds light […]
Theatre @ York launches 2012-2013 season with Howard Barker’s “Wounds to the Face” directed by Geoffrey Hyland
What is beauty? How do we see ourselves and others through the human face? TORONTO, October 12, 2012 − Theatre @ York launches its 2012-13 season with Wounds to the Face, British playwright Howard Barker’s powerful and sensual exploration of vanity, desire and identity. Directed by Geoffrey Hyland, the production runs October 21-27 in the […]
York University gains new Canada Research Chair and one renewed Canada Research Chair
TORONTO, October 12, 2012 – York University welcomes the appointment of Christian Haas as its new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Arctic Sea Ice Geophysics and the renewal of a CRC in the History of Modern China for Joshua Fogel. As Tier 1 CRCs, Haas and Fogel will each receive $1.4 million over seven years. […]
