The Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Mark Walport has officially opened a new £7.5 million interdisciplinary science teaching and learning facility at the University of York.

The University of York has achieved the Carbon Trust Standard – a mark of excellence in recognition of measuring, managing and reducing carbon emissions.

A University of York graduate has completed a commission from the University’s History Department to produce a piece of art to mark its 50th anniversary.

New undergraduate teaching laboratories and new research facilities for the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence at the University of York will officially open in York on Friday 5 September.

A joint venture (JV) partnership between Evans Property Group and the University of York has this week opened Constantine College, the third phase of accommodation and facilities totalling some 2000 student beds and £100m of investment over three new Colleges at its Heslington East campus.

A new £2m county standard athletics facility at the University of York is on track for completion by the end of the year with the appointment of contractor Thornton Sports.

A nest box with a view has been installed on the University of York’s 60-metre high boiler house chimney in a bid to attract Peregrine Falcons to the campus.

A new inflatable dome roof over tennis courts at the University of York will give the sport a welcome boost, protecting players from the elements and allowing them to enjoy tennis throughout the year.