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Two York University students receive Canada’s largest STEM scholarship
York University will welcome two first-year students to campus this fall who have earned prestigious Schulich Leader scholarships for academic excellence, leadership in school and community life and e
August 23, 2016 | 10:41 am
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York U experts available on sports-related topics
TORONTO, August 5, 2016 – York University is proud of its top athletes headed to Rio for the 2016 Olympic Games, opening Aug. 5. While congratulating them on making it among the 65 athletes representi
August 5, 2016 | 2:32 pm
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York U athletes compete at 2016 Rio Games
TORONTO, Aug. 5, 2016 – As the 2016 Rio Olympic Games officially begin in Brazil, York University is proud to support four current and former students – and one honorary alumnus – all making an impac
August 5, 2016 | 11:24 am
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Melting ice sheet could expose frozen Cold War-era hazardous waste
TORONTO, Aug. 4, 2016 – Climate change is threatening to expose hazardous waste at an abandoned camp thought to be buried forever in the Greenland Ice Sheet, new research out of York University has fo
August 4, 2016 | 11:02 am
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York U, partners receive $15 million in federal funding to build new patient-centred health-tech
TORONTO, July 21, 2016 − York University and Southlake Regional Health Centre, together with the University Health Network (UHN), will work to develop new technologies to improve the health of Canadia
July 21, 2016 | 11:32 am
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Dual degree will offer York University’s Glendon College students the best of Canada and France
TORONTO, July 14, 2016 – A new partnership between York University’s Glendon College and the emlyon business school in France will offer students the opportunity to combine liberal arts with business
July 14, 2016 | 10:32 am
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Fat cells may play key role in battle against breast cancer: York U study
TORONTO, July 13, 2016 — New research led by York University Professor Michael Connor highlights how fat cells could help determine the most effective way to fight breast cancer; including using exerc
July 13, 2016 | 8:53 am
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York U astronomy expert available for comment on NASA Juno mission
TORONTO, July 4, 2016 – NASA’s Juno spacecraft, launched in August 2011, is scheduled to enter Jupiter’s orbit in an historic moment today at about 5pm, Eastern Time. Astronomers suspect that Jupiter,
July 4, 2016 | 9:28 am
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Fruit flies adjust to sudden drops in temperature; just keep buzzing about the fruit bowl
TORONTO, June 30, 2016 – Fruit flies may seem simple, but these common visitors to the fruit bowl can drastically alter their gene expression and metabolism to respond to temperature changes in their
June 30, 2016 | 8:08 am
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York U experts available on Three Amigos summit
TORONTO, June 29, 2016 — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosts Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and U.S. President Barack Obama in Ottawa today for the so-called Three Amigos summit, York Univers
June 29, 2016 | 10:54 am