Faculty of Science

York and UNITAR tackle global water challenges on UN World Water Day

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Global Water Academy (UGWA) reached its one-year anniversary on UN World Water Day, March 22, 2024, the same day it hosted a side event panel with York as part of the United Nations (UN) World Water Day in Geneva – Addressing Water for Peace: Water Governance in […]

York mathematician receives federal grant to advance mpox research in Canada

A York University mathematician has received nearly half a million dollars from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) to better predict and assess future outbreaks of mpox and other zoonotic threats (infectious diseases that jump from animals to humans). Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the […]