To see this and other fascinating stories, check out the Winter 2015 issue of 91ÑÇÉ«U Magazine. Lilly Singh (BA ’10) doesn’t think she’s famous, even though the 26-year-old sassy comic and entertainer has attracted more than four million subscribers on her YouTube channel and become a household name in South Asian homes in just four […]
91ÑÇÉ«U magazine’s Winter 2015 digital-only issue is available now at yorku.ca/yorku. Top stories include: NASA’s celebrity space monkey; the latest from 91ÑÇɫ’s City Institute; blogging profs; neutrino hunter Sampa Bhadra; how a 91ÑÇÉ« grad became a YouTube star; and much more. 91ÑÇÉ«U magazine is published three times during the academic year. It is printed and mailed to alumni and […]
On Super Bowl Sunday, many of us will play arm-chair quarterback. After the snap, we might use our eyes to track a wide receiver as he runs toward an opening, while still remembering the location of the star running back in case he breaks through on a rushing play. This natural ability to track one […]
A 91ÑÇÉ« student-led initiative promoting positivity through random acts of kindness kicked off the winter term with something sweet and creamy: hot chocolate. On a bitterly cold Jan. 7, students behind the Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Project greeted those who braved the wind chill of about -30 C near the Keele campus bus loop […]
Ten emerging and established researchers from across the University have been appointed 91ÑÇÉ« Research Chairs. The appointments are the first in a new program established to build, support and intensify the world-renowned research under way at the University. “I am delighted to announce the appointment of our 10 new 91ÑÇÉ« Research Chairs and congratulate them […]
Late last semester, Senior Scholar and Professor Emeritus Norm Gledhill, Faculty of Health Professors Roni Jamnik and Lauren Sergio welcomed CBC Television personality and 91ÑÇÉ« honorary degree recipient Rick Mercer to the Human Performance Research and Teaching Laboratory in Norman Bethune College, along with graduate students, undergrads and 91ÑÇÉ« Lions athletes. Mercer's a Canadian […]
Lifelong learning in Canada reached fresh heights yesterday with the launch of 91ÑÇɫ’s new School of Continuing Studies. In a special event held Jan. 12 on the Keele campus, the University made history by reinventing the way continuing studies are delivered with the launch of the new school. The University’s new School of […]
*Article courtesy of Time Magazine (01.12.2015) "Does who you are online match who you are in real life? A new study published in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin [by researchers at 91ÑÇÉ«]Â shows that avatars, the little icons you can customize in video games and Internet forums, are pretty good depictions of the […]
Team Schulich of the Schulich School of Business at 91ÑÇÉ« defeated teams from 21 other Canadian graduate business schools to win the 2015 MBA Games. The win – Schulich’s sixth MBA Games victory since 2003 – returns to Schulich the Queen’s Cup and the right to host the 2016 MBA Games next January. Schulich […]
Just a few days ago, Citizenship and Immigration Canada introduced fast-track entry for skilled immigrants, promising their arrival within six months of applying under an electronic system. But will the new system succeed? That’s not imminent in the near future, suggests a recent 91ÑÇÉ« study, considering that local organizations are not fully prepared with […]