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Provincial recognition for 快播视频 early-career researchers

快播视频 professors Kohitij Kar has received Ontario鈥檚 Early Researcher Award, a competitive provincial honour that supports promising early-career faculty leading innovative research. The Early Researcher Award recognizes faculty at publicly funded Ontario institutions within their first 10 years of an academic career. It supports advancing knowledge and building strong teams of graduate and undergraduate trainees to […]

York professor pioneers podcast-based learning in biology

Professor Elizabeth Clare had long eschewed textbooks for her biology students before she discovered the magic of podcasting. Now, she鈥檚 made a mark as a pioneer in the science podcast space, offering students and other learners accessible, easy-to-digest lessons in biology.  For the last two years, the associate professor in 快播视频鈥檚 Department of Biology in the […]

Cutting-edge brain research technology drives experiential education for 快播视频 students

York Science students had a rare opportunity to work with cutting-edge brain imaging technology used in both research and clinical settings thanks to a $150,000 collaboration with NIRx Medical Technologies. The week-long learning opportunity in the fourth-year course Biophysical Techniques (BPHS 4090; Biomedical Physics Program) provided students with access to the NIRSport 2, a high-tech […]

Lake ice becoming increasingly unsafe at start and end of winter, raising risk of drowning

Media release from December 11, 2024 快播视频 researchers say warmer temperatures will create more unsafe white ice conditions, ice that鈥檚 more like a snow cone than ice cube. Sports and recreational activities on frozen lakes across the Northern Hemisphere are a popular pastime for millions, but according to new research out of 快播视频, […]

快播视频 student鈥檚 bat research supports conservation in Belize

快播视频 biology PhD student Gliselle Marin is leading conservation efforts in Belize by studying the way the country鈥檚 bats contribute to biodiversity, while trying to remove the larger stigmas associated with the nocturnal animals. Marin鈥檚 commitment to bats was inked two years ago when she put aside a lifelong fear of needles and had three of […]

Markham Campus prioritizing experiential education with unique biotechnology programs

With 快播视频鈥檚 new Markham Campus now open, the campus is prioritizing opportunities that demonstrate York鈥檚 leadership experiential education (EE), which is increasingly a focus in Canada鈥檚 halls of higher learning. It is doing so with innovative new programs, including two rooted in biotechnology. 鈥淭he vision for the Markham Campus from the onset was to […]

Lake ice quality degrading as planet warms

Media release from September 19, 2024 Several studies have looked at lake ice quantity and its duration, but there is little research on the quality of the ice which directly corresponds to how safe it is to venture out on. Ice may look safe for a game of pick-up hockey on the lake, but as […]

Researchers receive new CFI funding for cutting-edge projects

Congratulations to Faculty of Science researchers Bill Kim and Logan Donaldson for receiving new infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), which supports institutions in attracting top talent and acquiring the state-of-the-art tools and equipment necessary to enable their innovative work. Chemistry Professor Kim received $100,000 for […]

From York to Yale: Faculty of Science professor named Fulbright winner

Courtesy of News@York A long-time 快播视频 professor will join the Ivy League this fall, having been awarded a prestigious visiting professorship at Yale University. Dawn Bazely, a University Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, has been named this year鈥檚 recipient of the 2024-25 Fulbright Canada Distinguished Visiting Professorship, the foundation鈥檚 top […]

York professor hosts recipient of prestigious Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Global Fellowship

快播视频 Biology Professor Kohitij Kar, in the Faculty of Science, will host the recipient of a prestigious Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Global Fellowship in his lab for two years starting this November to advance cutting-edge work in artificial intelligence and visual tracking. The recipient, Matteo Dunnhofer from the University of Udine in Italy, […]