Faculty of Science Professor Kohitij Kar will welcome award-winning researcher Matteo Dunnhofer to develop artificial intelligence systems that mimic the primate brain in hopes of developing more effective treatment strategies for neurological disorders.
Four York University undergraduate students were chosen among 17 people across Canada to participate in a summer research program at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital to advance work in pediatric disability and developmental differences.
Chantel Thompson, a student success and academic advisor at York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering, is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Lynda Tam Guiding Light & Legacy Award.
York University Professor Patrick Alcedo’s Summer 2024 course, Philippine Folk Dance and Culture, gave students the opportunity to travel to the Southeast Asian nation for three weeks – to learn new dances in their original settings.
The Faculty of Science has received funding from the Ontario Ministry of Colleges & Universities to launch a micro-credential in vaccine production at York University’s Markham Campus in 2025.
Two groups of first-year York University students travelled to Cuba this spring as part of a new Faculty of Health course exploring human rights, Cuban culture and the country’s health-care system.
Newly appointed Canada Research Chair Jeffrey Schall, and renewed Chairs Gillian Parekh and Joel Zylberberg, will use their positions to advance well-being research and innovation.
Faculty of Health professors Matthias Hoben, Tamara Daly and Liane Ginsburg have been awarded $750,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging (CIHR-IA) to support their study of adult day programs for individuals living with dementia.
The York Emergency Mitigation, Engagement, Response & Governance Institute (Y-EMERGE) has partnered with a key research centre in Rwanda to bring students to York to pursue research advancing modelling as a tool for addressing climate change.
A recently published study by Professor Farah Ahmad and her students Fariha Shafi and Amirtha Karunakaran looks at the experiences of South Asian immigrant parents in Canada caring for their children on the autism spectrum.