York University announces transformative donation TORONTO, October 28, 2011 – York University President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and Janusz Kozinski, dean of York’s Faculty of Science & Engineering, will announce a significant donation from a private citizen. The announcement will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 at 1pm in the Computer Science & Engineering […]
CityTV visits York U space lab
Reporter (and York U alum) Galit Solomon interviewed Professor Gordon Shepherd about York's unique space science program and facilities. Click here to watch (fast forward to 1:12). For more information about space science at York, visit the Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering website.
Boys shrug off pain, girls “catastrophize”: York U study
TORONTO, October 27, 2011 – Teenaged boys who experience “persistent” pain aren’t all that fazed by it – at least not compared to girls – a York University study finds. The study, conducted at the Ontario Science Centre, looked at more than 1,000 children and adolescents from ages 8-18. While boys and girls reported the same […]
Financial Times ranks Kellogg-Schulich executive MBA #1 in Canada, #11 in world
TORONTO, October 24, 2011 – The Financial Times of London has today ranked the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA (EMBA) at York University the No. 1 EMBA program in Canada and No. 11 in the world. This is the fifth year that Schulich has been eligible to participate in the Financial Times ranking and the fifth straight […]
York U Faculty Concert Series features soprano Janet Obermeyer
TORONTO, October 21, 2011 – Soprano Janet Obermeyer steps into the spotlight November 1 with her long-time collaborator, pianist Leslie De’Ath, in a recital of songs by Richard Strauss at York University’s Tribute Communities Recital Hall. This showcase performance is the second event in the 2011-12 Faculty Concert Series of York’s Music Department. Obermeyer has […]
York's Osgoode Hall Law School hosts copyright law conference in nation's capital
TORONTO, October 19, 2011 – Does Canada have anything to learn from Europe? This is the question posed by IP Osgoode’s international conference on European perspectives on copyright law, chaired by Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino, an associate professor and founder and director of IP Osgoode – the Intellectual Property Law and Technology Program at Osgoode Hall […]
SECURITY BULLETIN: Robbery – On Campus
TORONTO – On Monday October 17th, 2011, at approximately 12:30 hours, a York U. community member was approached by three (3) males on the east side of the Farquharson/Lumbers Link. One of the males is reported to have produced a knife and demanded the victim’s cellular phone. No injuries were reported. The suspects were last […]
