TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2021 – York University experts on various topics — including those discussed by party leaders during the French- and English-language debates this week — are available for media interviews in the lead-up to election day: Professor Pat Armstrong in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies is available […]
Interdisciplinary investigation of the planet’s south pole points to clays being the likely culprit TORONTO, July 29, 2021 – For years scientists have been debating what might lay under the Martian planet’s south polar cap after bright radar reflections were discovered and initially attributed to water. But now, a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, led by planetary scientists from […]
TORONTO, July 7, 2021 – Today, York University announced that KPM Power Inc. will provide The Lassonde School of Engineering with a $160,000 donation to establish a bursary to benefit female-identified students and provide support for strategic programs that promote equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM fields. The new KPM Power Bursary will be split with $60,000 going to female-identified […]
Two incoming Lassonde School of Engineering students awarded coveted Schulich Leader Scholarship TORONTO, June 28, 2021 –Two graduating high school students from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are headed to York University this fall to begin their studies in engineering with the help of the Schulich Leader Scholarship program. Incoming Lassonde School of Engineering students Aryan […]
NSERC-funded initiative will enable collaborations with teachers in under-served communities TORONTO, June 9, 2021 – The Lassonde School of Engineering’s Kindergarten to Industry (K2I) Academy will bring together York University engineers and scientists, community organizations, K-12 educators and leaders to offer a new program to support Grade 9 and 10 students to choose careers in […]
TORONTO, May 6, 2021 − Canadian regulations for those entering Canada include a mandatory hotel stay for air travellers upon landing and, like any indoor space, these need stricter safety guidelines including N95 masks and safe ventilated eating areas for workers, says York University ventilation expert and mechanical engineering professor Marina Freire-Gormaly. Preventing transmission in […]
Toronto, June 5, 2020 – A York University program that brings a diversity of students from different disciplines together to work on real-life problems has received an international award from Airbus and the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC). Through the Cross-Campus Capstone Classroom (C4) project, faculty members and students from the Lassonde School of Engineering, […]
TORONTO, June 2, 2020 – A unique new program led by York University will train the engineers, researchers and entrepreneurs needed to ensure Canada has the skill in 3D printing technology that has become essential to compete globally in the manufacturing and biomedical sectors. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada will provide […]
TORONTO, May 26, 2020 – How does the brain determine what shade of colour our eyes are seeing? Vision researchers at York University have pinpointed the exact mechanism that allows the brain to do just that. In a study published in Scientific Reports, researchers at the Lassonde School of Engineering and the Center for Vision […]
Research models use data from Toronto’s Don River and Calgary’s Bow River TORONTO, November 11, 2019 – Using complex models based on artificial intelligence (AI) and data from the Don River in Toronto and Bow River in Calgary, researchers at the Lassonde School of Engineering can now predict the water levels in rivers days in advance […]