TORONTO, Feb. 24, 2014 – Boundary-pushing artist, engineer and inventor Natalie Jeremijenko is the featured speaker for the 2014 Wendy Michener Lecture in York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, which will take place March 5 in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall at York’s Keele campus. Jeremijenko has been named one of the inaugural top 100 […]
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Professor Laurence Harris wins York U President’s Research Excellence Award
TORONTO, February 20, 2014 – Professor Laurence Harris of the Faculty of Health has been named the 2014 President’s Research Excellence Award recipient, for his outstanding contributions to multi-sensory research and to York University’s research community. “Professor Harris is a tremendous credit to York University and as such is a highly deserving recipient of this […]
Osgoode Faculty Council Condemns Trinity Western University Law School “Covenant”
TORONTO, February 12, 2014 – Faculty Council at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University has passed a motion, with near-unanimous support, calling on Trinity Western University (TWU) to eliminate language from its Community Covenant Agreement that discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students, faculty, and staff. "The Osgoode motion reaffirms […]
York U’s innovative this is my time campaign wins prestigious gold Accolades Awards
TORONTO, February 10, 2014 — York University’s ‘this is my time’ communications campaign has won five North American 2014 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II Accolades Awards in several categories for its “very well developed and executed marketing campaign directed towards potential future students and current students.” First launched in September […]
Canadians worried about growing income gap: York U study
TORONTO, February 6, 2014 – Almost eight in 10 Canadians think the national income gap is getting bigger, and 70 per cent think this has made Canada a less fair society, according to a national survey published today by York University and the Toronto Star. The telephone survey, conducted in the first three weeks of […]
Slyce acquires YorkU computer vision technology for retail e-commerce
Deal led by MaRS Innovation and Innovation York to strengthen Slyce’s mobile image recognition application for retail e-commerce TORONTO, Feb. 4, 2014—Slyce today announced that it has acquired a computer vision technology developed at York University that quickly analyzes and aggregates similar images. Through the acquisition, Slyce also hired former York PhD student, Dr. Ehsan […]
York U Professor among recipients of 2013 Polanyi Prize
TORONTO, Feb. 3, 2014 – Canadian scientists who were part of an international collaboration that narrowed the gap between sci-fi legend and reality, including York University Professor Scott Menary, will be receiving a prestigious national award at a ceremony in Ottawa today. For their work in creating, capturing, and characterizing the antihydrogen atom, the ALPHA-Canada Team are being presented with the […]
