TORONTO, December 1, 2014 – For the first time, a team of astronomers – including York University Professor Ray Jayawardhana – have measured the passing of a super-Earth in front of a bright, nearby Sun-like star using a ground-based telescope. The transit of the exoplanet 55 Cancri e is the shallowest detected from the ground […]
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Study of York Region youth shows homelessness not just a Toronto problem
TORONTO, Nov. 27, 2014 – Long seen as a big city problem, youth homelessness is as real in suburban York Region as in Toronto and demands a coordinated, systemic response, according to a new study published today. The report Leaving Home: Youth Homelessness in York Region draws on research conducted with 60 young people who […]
Two new baryon particles discovered in agreement with York U prediction
TORONTO, November 19, 2014 – Today an international team of researchers announced the discovery of two new particles in the baryon family, which makes them cousins of the familiar proton and neutron. The LHCb collaboration at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, used CERN’s Large Hadron Collider to make these discoveries. The masses of […]
Schulich’s J. Mark Lievonen Scholarship invests in Future Leaders in Canada’s Health Industry
TORONTO, November 19, 2014 – The Schulich School of Business at York University is pleased to announce the establishment of the J. Mark Lievonen Scholarship for MBA students enrolled in the School’s Health Industry Management Program (HIMP), which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The J. Mark Lievonen Scholarship was established by Sanofi Pasteur Limited […]
Osgoode Hall Law School professor to publish new book on corporate board diversity
TORONTO, November 17, 2014 – New research by Professor Aaron Dhir of York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School offers compelling insights into the role law can play in addressing the lack of gender diversity in corporate boardrooms. In his forthcoming book, Challenging Boardroom Homogeneity, to be published by Cambridge University Press in February, Dhir analyzes […]
York University launches LaunchYU: a campus-wide entrepreneurship program
TORONTO, November 10, 2014 – York University today announced the creation of LaunchYU, a campus-wide initiative that supports early-stage entrepreneurship and helps to accelerate start-up companies within York University and the surrounding community. The LaunchYU initiative will identify students and youth interested in exploring entrepreneurship as a viable career option, foster their entrepreneurial endeavours, and […]
2014 State of Homelessness in Canada report released today
35,000 experience homelessness every night; Canada at an important crossroads VANCOUVER, October 29, 2014 – The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (Homeless Hub) and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) released their second annual State of Homelessness in Canada report today. Highlights of the report include: 235,000 different Canadians experience homelessness each year and 35,000 […]
