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From York to Yale: Faculty of Science professor named Fulbright winner
A long-time York University professor will join the Ivy League this fall, having been awarded a prestigious visiting professorship at Yale University. Dawn Bazely, a University Professor in the Depart
September 11, 2024 | 8:58 am
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Two incoming York U engineering students receive prestigious $100K+ Schulich Leader scholarships
Students entering the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University were among the 13th cohort of Schulich Leaders, recipients of Canada’s largest, most prestigious Science, Technology, Engineerin
September 9, 2024 | 1:00 pm
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York U physicist, Newton apple-tree guardian, available for comment ahead of Gravity Day
York University’s Newton apple tree has had a storied existence, with lineage that is thought to go back to Sir Isaac Newton’s original discovery of gravity in the 1600s and the apple tree that infamo
September 5, 2024 | 11:12 am
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Gravity of famous Newton apple tree not lost on York researchers as they plant descendants
York’s Newton tree descendant was the first in Ontario to take root and blossom. It’s now joined by two more seedlings. A thunk to the head, so the myth goes, planted the seed for Sir Isaac Newton’s l
September 5, 2024 | 5:45 am
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York education experts talk creeping privatization of public education, 123s and ABCs
With students returning to the classroom next week, experts from York University’s Faculty of Education are available to talk about how public education is increasingly relying on private dollars and
August 29, 2024 | 3:00 pm