Megan Crewe, left, studying in the Faculty of Arts and Alex Keuroghlian, studying biology in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science

What do an award winning synchronized swimmer, a recipient of three medals at provincial sprint and relay competitions, a maritime musical star/Muscular Dystrophy spokesperson and multilingual debating champion have in common? They are all part of York University's outstanding new student body, and ready for a challenge.

These students are among a 10,500 strong first-year class that hail from more than 150 countries. Along with the increase in the number of applications for undergraduate study - 12 per cent from last year and 13.6 per cent for graduate studies, the incoming students have shown exceptionally high levels of achievement - academically and within their communities.

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Contents

• York's new award winning students
• York hosts Central American Women's Forum as finale to two-year project
• University-Wide Teaching Award Recipients
• York hosts international conference on public health in the tropical colonies
• Team awarded $1.6-million for brain imaging research
• Canadian translation studies group and European counterpart sign agreement of cooperation
• Program helps York students with psychiatric disabilities
• Seventh international congress of Somali studies examined problems faced by the diaspora
• York cornerstones: What's in a name
• Shelf Esteem
• York maturing, employees retiring - retirement centre swamped!
• John G. Diefenbaker Award recipient professor to spend one-year tenure at York
• York PhD grad appointed director of Asian Business Consortium
• York Hosts the Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research
• York Links
• York staff member receives national award
• Research