Media Releases
Featured, Media Releases, Stories
York University sips from the cup of fair trade, receives silver designation
York University is full of beans – fair trade coffee beans – excited about its new fair trade silver designation and its ability to offer sustainably produced coffee, chocolate, tea and more across it
May 8, 2024 | 10:01 am
Featured, Media Releases, Stories
Avoiding disaster, a riskier proposition as weather extremes swirl ever larger
Droughts, historic flooding, the possibility to beat last year’s worst wildfire season on record, stronger hurricanes and shifting tornado corridors, and that’s just in Canada. It may be Emergency Pre
May 6, 2024 | 9:00 am
Featured, Media Releases, Stories
Social-media break has huge impact on young women’s body image: York U study
There’s a large and growing body of evidence pointing to potentially negative impacts of social media on mental health, from its addictive nature to disruptions in sleep patterns to effects on body im
April 30, 2024 | 4:00 pm
Featured, Media Releases, Stories, Uncategorized
COVID-19 booster immunity lasts much longer than primary series alone, York-led study shows
A new study coming out of York University’s Centre for Disease Modelling in the Faculty of Science shows that immunity after a COVID-19 booster lasts much longer than the primary series alone. These f
April 18, 2024 | 11:00 am
Featured, Media Releases, Stories
Honey bees experience multiple health stressors out-in-the-field
It’s not a single pesticide or virus stressing honey bees, and affecting their health, but exposure to a complex web of multiple interacting stressors encountered while at work pollinating crops, foun
April 17, 2024 | 11:32 am