$11.5 million interdisciplinary project includes computer scientists, vision scientists, designers, artists and social scientists at York, OCAD and U of T, with 14 industry partners TORONTO, March 3, 2010 -- How do you look at millions of genomic patterns and see the diagnostic implications? How do you assimilate satellite data to better predict and visualize […]
Author Maureen Jennings to speak at York U
TORONTO, March 2, 2010 -- York University’s Victorian Studies Network will host a talk by author Maureen Jennings on Thursday, March 4, part of a new lecture series featuring contemporary writers who reinvent Victorian society and its characters. Jennings is best-known as the creator of Detective William Murdoch, and the re-creator of Victorian Toronto […]
Free speech: a reminder of our rights and responsibilities
President’s statement - February 26, 2010 Dear Members of the York Community: The first week of March has become a time where issues and events in the Middle East are discussed and debated at university campuses around the country. As we head into this period of increased – and sometimes impassioned – […]
Cutting calories may accelerate ALS, York researchers suggest
TORONTO, February 24, 2010 -- Cutting calories may speed the progression of the fatal neuromuscular disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) because of changes that occur at the molecular level, a study from York University has found. The research, which looked at the effects of caloric restriction in a mouse model of ALS, found that restricting […]
Olympic athletes may seem faster in red: York U vision study
TORONTO, February 24, 2010 -- Wearing red at the Olympics may give an athlete an easy advantage, according to a York University study that shows perceptions of motion are subconsciously affected by colour. “All things being equal between two figure skaters – including their actual speed on the ice – the judges will perceive a […]
Researchers expanding GTA’s capacity for 3D film production
$1.4 million interdisciplinary project includes filmmakers, vision scientists, psychologists and industry partners TORONTO, February 22, 2010 -- Filmmakers, vision scientists, and psychologists at York University have secured over $1.4 million to fund the 3D Film Innovation Consortium (3D FLIC), a two-year academic-industry partnership that will expand capacity for 3D film production in the GTA and […]
York U prof consulting with Ghanaians on good governance
TORONTO, February 22, 2010 -- A York University professor is reaching out to Ghanaians for their views on good governance, in the hopes of giving developing countries a voice in a conversation dominated by academics and aid agencies in the developed world. “Our concern is that we have little or no input from the developing […]
