TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2013 – York University’s students and faculty will have the chance to pose their transit questions to the Honourable Olivia Chow, federal NDP MP for the downtown Toronto riding of Trinity-Spadina on Thursday, Jan. 31, from 7 to 8pm. Chow will present her plan, “End Gridlock, Get Canada Moving”, in a public […]
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Scientists from Canada and Brazil joining forces to fight infectious disease
Toronto, January 28, 2013 – Canadian scientists from York University will meet with Brazilian researchers Feb. 1-2 in São Paulo, an international collaboration that is expected to lead to important advances in the control of many diseases including West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever, and drug resistant strains of tuberculosis. The two-day workshop, organized by York […]
McCarthy Tétrault Gift Creates Business Law Internships for Osgoode Students
TORONTO, Jan. 24, 2013 – Juris Doctor (JD) students at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School who are looking for hands-on business law experience have received a major boost from McCarthy Tétrault LLP. The eminent Canadian law firm announced on Jan. 23 that it will provide $150,000 to create a new business law internship program […]
SirT1 protein presence vital to regulate metabolism, but exercise-dietary antioxidant combination can help diabetic and obese people even when absent: new study
TORONTO, January 23, 2013: If you feel lack of energy, it could be due to deficiency in sirtuin-1 ((SirT1) — the protein that plays an important role in regulating the metabolism of the body, according to a new study by York University researchers. “Mitochondria must function well to generate the energy for muscle contraction and […]
Obese patients can improve their health even without weight loss: York U study
Toronto, Jan. 22, 2013 – Obese adults who follow lifestyle-based diet programs can significantly improve their health, and some even see improvements without shedding the pounds, according to a new study out of York University led by Jennifer Kuk, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science in York’s Faculty of Health. The […]
York and Laurier enter agreement to make research more accessible
TORONTO, Jan. 21, 2013 – York University and Wilfrid Laurier University have entered into an agreement that will help maximize the impact of faculty research using clear language research summaries, or ResearchSnapshots. The agreement between the respective knowledge mobilization offices in each institution will provide a procedure for creating summaries of peer-reviewed research written in […]
CFI awards York U vision scientist more than $790,000 in research infrastructure
TORONTO, January 15, 2013 — Professor Laurence Harris, director of York University’s Centre for Vision Research, has been awarded $790,891 in funding by the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Leading Edge and New Initiatives Fund to support the Full-Field Perceptual Environment (F2PE) project. The funding will be used to build a suite of state-of-the-art display […]
