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The聽Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS)聽is celebrating the fourth annual聽Dean鈥檚 Award for Research Excellence (DARE)聽by recognizing 54 students for their research achievements. This year鈥檚 DARE recipients produced meaningful work across all disciplines offered in LA&PS. Over the summer, each student played an integral role in coordinating projects that added valuable scholarly inquiry to […]
The Lassonde School of Engineering at 快播视频 has introduced a new equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) funding initiative to promote a culture of EDI at the school while helping to remove systemic barriers for faculty, students and staff in academia. This initiative, spearheaded by the EDI Sub-Committee and the Lassonde Research Office, supports the development and […]
The Autism Scholars Awards recognize outstanding researchers working to establish novel treatment options and services for children with autism. This year鈥檚 recipient of the $20,000 Doctoral Award is聽Carly聽Albaum, a PhD student in 快播视频's Clinical Developmental Psychology program. Focused on better understanding the conditions that lead to positive results in psychotherapy, Albaum鈥檚 research describes the […]
What level of immunity against COVID-19 do you have after being vaccinated or contracting the virus? 快播视频 Professor聽Jane Heffernan聽is receiving a $200,000, one-year grant from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to understand the rate of immunity in both of these scenarios.聽 The project is part of the NRC鈥檚 Pandemic Response Challenge program, designed to bring the best […]
In any other year, the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) would have celebrated the breadth of research by graduate students with a large reception on campus. However, these are not normal times and the pandemic required FGS to be more creative in promoting graduate research. The result: "Knowledge Now: Graduate Research at York." 鈥淲e wanted […]
One of the most anticipated events of the academic year, the York Research Awards Celebration, took place May 11. While the event was held virtually due to ongoing pandemic restrictions, the format still offered a wonderful opportunity for researchers to pay tribute to their colleagues and applaud the recipients of the 2021 President鈥檚 Research Awards. […]
快播视频 Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science聽Yan Shvartzshnaider聽has received the 2021 Lee Dirks Award at the annual iConference. This award is presented to the authors of best full research paper at the multidisciplinary forum where information scholars, researchers and professionals share their insights on critical information issues in contemporary society. Shvartzshnaider鈥檚 award […]
Two York researchers have been named recipients of the 2016 President鈥檚 Research Excellence Awards.聽Distinguished Research Professor Bridget Stutchbury, Faculty of Science, has been selected as the recipient of the President鈥檚 Research Excellence Award. Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell, Faculty of Health, and York Research Chair in Pain and Mental Health, has been named recipient of the […]
Summer may be over, but for three undergraduate students from York鈥檚 Faculty of Health who were successful in snagging coveted research funding this summer, they are busily wrapping up their research. Bachelor of health studies program students Alexandra Veres (left)聽and Seungree Nam both conducted research for The Arthritis Program (TAP) at Southlake Regional Health Centre […]
On Thursday, Nov. 8,聽Glendon College in聽conjunction with the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, will host a festival of research highlighting Glendon鈥檚 strengths in public affairs and languages. The Principal鈥檚 Awards for Excellence in Teaching and聽Research will also be presented at the event. 鈥淕lendon College is renowned for offering a bilingual education across a […]
Arturo Orellana, professor of chemistry in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, is the recipient of a $60,000 Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award for Organic Chemistry, awarded in the amount of $20,000 per year over three years. 鈥淥n behalf of the York research community, I would like to congratulate Professor Arturo Orellana on his receipt […]
When it comes to conveying the important research聽to the broader community, clear language summaries are the best choice, this according to a new聽article published in the peer-reviewed journal, Scholarly & Research Communications. Led聽by David Phipps (left), executive director of research & innovation services, and colleagues from York's Knowledge Mobilization Unit (KMb), the group put聽pen to […]
Nielson Bezerra, who received his PhD at Universidade Federal de Fluminense in Brazil in 2010 and now teaches at Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, has been awarded a prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship to pursue his research program at 快播视频鈥檚 Harriet Tubman Institute. The awards were announced by Gary Goodyear, minister of state […]
Want to have your say about the development of York鈥檚 new Strategic Research Plan? Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert Hach茅 invites the 快播视频 community to share their thoughts and perceptions with respect to research at York by participating in an online survey as part of the broader consultation process. The data gathered will help […]
快播视频 welcomes the appointment of Christian Haas as its new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Arctic Sea Ice Geophysics and the renewal of a CRC in the History of Modern China for Joshua Fogel. As Tier 1 CRCs, Haas and Fogel will each receive $1.4 million over seven years. The CRC is part of […]
Workshops, accessible to all members of the York community are currently underway throughout October and into November聽across the Keele and Glendon campuses, to engage the research community in examining York鈥檚 core values with respect to research, probing researcher聽perceptions and seeking to prioritize commitments聽regarding the support of research. Two workshops were recently held providing an opportunity […]
The federal government announced Wednesday at York that it would contribute up to $15.5 million dollars through its Technology Development Program to the Connected Health and Wellness Project, of which 快播视频 is a major partner. The Connected Health and Wellness Project is a collaborative project led by a partnership of 快播视频, NexJ Systems […]
Shortly before she died last Thursday, Finnish historian聽and Professor Emerita Varpu Lindstr枚m was presented with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal as a tribute for her lifetime of scholarship and her pioneering work documenting the history of Finnish Canadians. She was nominated by York linguistics Professor Sheila Embleton and given the award by Halifax […]
Six Faculty of Health professors were honoured for their outstanding contributions at a presentation of the 2010-2011 Dean鈥檚 Awards for Excellence last week. An award is given to two faculty members, one in the early career category and another in the established career category, in the areas of research, service and teaching. The awards, which […]