A PhD candidate launched a transdisciplinary study, with researchers from Harvard and the UN World Food Program, which looks at improving humanitarian needs assessments through a type of AI. He aims to build a new way of collecting data and a toolkit to aid an organization’s ability to respond to a crisis.
Study on microdosing psychedelics finds benefits outweigh challenges
VISTA-Lassonde team first to tackle grainy image issue with machine learning
Camera in hand, HIV stakeholders asked to capture engagement
How a belief system, with justice in mind, ends up silencing Indigenous voices
Academics’ visionary reactions to the pandemic prove we need art more than ever
How will COVID-19 change us as a global society? Will equity lose ground?
Research led by a PhD student in York’s clinical psychology program suggests that the benefits of small doses of LSD – such as enhanced mood, creativity, focus and sociability – may overshadow the challenges. While the most commonly reported drawback of microdosing was “none,” clinical studies are still required. LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide is […]
A grad student taps into a previously unexplored community in HIV service delivery and programming: the stakeholders. She puts a camera in their hands, literally, and discovers many visual metaphors for the journey of HIV – all of which have compelling implications for practice. Sarah Switzer, a PhD student (now graduate) supervised by Professor Sarah Flicker in […]
Two artists and scholars in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design respond to the coronavirus and remind us of how important the arts are to society, especially in these unparalleled times. What sector, other than the arts, could reflect so powerfully on the pandemic’s impact on our collective soul? Last March, the […]