York students win Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

York graduate students Pierre-Yann Dubé Dolbec, Douglas Hunter and Juha Mikkonen are the 2012 recipients of Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, Canada’s most prestigious awards for doctoral research. Each will receive $50,000 per year for three years. Vanier scholars are selected for their exceptional leadership skills and for realizing the highest standards of scholarly achievement in graduate […]

Get a jump on planet-friendly events with Sustainability at York

With Earth Hour and Earth Day on the horizon, York University is getting a jump on planet-friendly events by launching new sustainability initiatives. Sustainability at York has a new website and there are two new programs, the Sustainability Ambassadors Program and the Green Office Program. “I am proud that York University continues to implement initiatives that […]

Boys shrug off pain, girls 'catastrophize': York U study

Teenage boys who experience “persistent” pain aren’t all that fazed by it – at least not compared to girls – a York University study finds.  The study, conducted at the Ontario Science Centre, looked at more than 1,000 children and adolescents from ages eight to 18. While boys and girls reported the same frequency of persistent […]