The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) is recognizing the contributions of Professor Emeritus Brayton Polka, one of York University’s longest-serving professors with 55 years of dedicated service to the University. Polka joined York University in 1966 with an initial appointment as an assistant professor of history and humanities. He served as a professor […]
Join us for our Virtual Learning from the Experts session & networking event! The School of Human Resource Management invites you to join them and focus on: Learning from our Alumni: New perspectives on Diversity and Inclusion in time of uncertainty. Our speakers Dean and Krystal will join us for an interactive session and Q&A, followed by networking in […]
The University is a space for critical thinking, innovation and discoveries. It is also a place where emerging leaders are formed, the changemakers who will make an impact in academia, public and business sectors and in our communities. Knowledge Now: Grad Research @ York, presented by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, showcases York’s graduate scholars […]
Fourteen York graduate students shared their research during 3 Minute Thesis (3MT), a fun yet challenging academic competition coordinated every year by the Faculty of Graduate Studies at York University to celebrate and highlight graduate student research. 3MT is an international research symposium where graduate students across various disciplines have three minutes to present their […]
Graduate students from the Faculty of Science’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform with a surprising real-world application: online wig shopping. Andre Huang and Anna Du created the technology for use by Essence Luxe Couture, founded by Schulich alumna and LaunchYU Accelerator entrepreneur, Akosua Asare. Using the power of AI, customers can […]
New research from York University represents a remarkable step forward in personalized breast cancer treatment. Lassonde School of Engineering PhD student Khadijeh Saednia, in collaboration with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, the University of Toronto and others, investigated a novel application of machine learning to detect skin toxicity (or damage) from breast radiotherapy much earlier than […]
Dr. Sheila Harms, MD, a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education, is the recipient of the prestigious 2020 U21 Health Sciences Group (HSG) Teaching Excellence Award. The award was established in 2014 by deans of medicine as a way to celebrate and reward exceptional educational scholarship, particularly amongst research-intensive universities, across the U21 […]
How well do you know your bees? York University researchers have found bee knowledge in Canada lacking with about half of those surveyed thinking honey bees are wild and native to Canada. They’re not. They were brought over from Europe and are managed by beekeepers like other farm animals, such as dairy cattle for example, […]
At York University, we aspire to better understand the human condition and the world around us and to employ the knowledge we gain in the service of society. One way to do this is through Artificial Intelligence (AI); the integration of AI into society is one of York’s key aspirational areas. One intrepid grad student, […]
In October, a group of retired York University employees will be participating in the Scotiabank Virtual Charity Challenge, to raise money for graduate student awards at York University. “Our goal is to raise $115,000 over the next several years in order to build a sufficient endowment to fund the three Graduate Student Awards provided annually by […]