A major international conference focusing on the growing impact of Renewable Resources will take place at the University of York, in the UK, next September.

Medical students from the Hull York Medical School (HYMS) will give pupils' teddy bears a health check on Friday at their first Teddy Bear Hospital at St Mary's Primary School.

Scientists at the University of York used a 'protein time capsule' to confirm the earliest record of human activity in Northern Europe.

Joanna Mowbray's sculpture, Beyond and Within, will have a new home at the University of York from Wednesday. The sculpture, made from hot rolled steel and standing nearly 4 metres tall, will be located in the grounds of Wentworth College on the Heslington campus.

Human rights activist Rabbi Abraham Cooper will discuss the lessons society can learn, in the modern era of terrorism, from the life and work of Holocaust survivor and Nazi-hunter, Simon Wiesenthal, at this year's Heslington Lecture at the University of York.

Think of prostate cancer as a dandelion in a lawn - pull the leaves off the weed and the root still remains, allowing it to regenerate.

For musician Neil Sorrell, it was one of his most unusual assignments - to create 15 minutes of music, using only the sounds of glass.

A delegation of senior Chinese Government officials, who will be helping to run the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, is visiting the University of York this week to pick up tips from leading academics and civil servants from across the UK on sports and event management.

A research centre at the University of York dedicated to realising the potential of plant-based renewable resources to make products needed by society, has been awarded one of The Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education.

An administrator with 20 years experience in the NHS is to be the new Director of Facilities Management at the University of York.

The University of York is to lead a new group set up to explore the potential of products from the biosphere to reduce the global economy's dependence on fossil reserves and oil.

Professor Lord Parekh is to give the 2005 Morrell Address on Toleration at the University of York.

Three young scientists in the University of York's Department of Chemistry have developed a gel that could spare cancer patients some of the unpleasant and dangerous side-effects of radiotherapy.

Medical students at the Hull York Medical School are to run a clinic at the University of York which could ultimately save the lives of leukaemia patients.

Expanding one of the UK's most important markets in the Asia-Pacific region will be the focus of talks at the University of York this week, between academics, business leaders and civil servants from the UK and Singapore.

Campaigns to improve public health run the risk of failing to engage the socio-economic groups who stand to benefit most from them, according to a University of York academic.

A University of York student has organised an exhibition in the city this week, to celebrate the creativity of local people with learning disabilities.

A leading figure in medical education will insist that 'life is not a rehearsal' when she presents the Hull York Medical School (HYMS) Annual Lecture next week.

The University of York is to help small and medium-sized businesses in Yorkshire to take maximum advantage of their IT investment by laying on the first of a series of new easily accessible E-learning courses.

Two of University of York's Colleges are celebrating their 40th anniversaries.

The Bank of England is one of several high profile employees at the first ever York Finance Fair. The fair will give University of York students advice on how to gain their first foothold on the employment ladder.

The European CAPANINA research consortium, led by the University of York, has made a significant step forward in perfecting a revolutionary broadband system following high altitude trials in northern Sweden.

The University of York has been ranked 34th in a league table of the world's top 100 universities for biomedicine in a table published in the Times Higher Education Supplement.

Academics, students and the public will step back in time with a series of lectures and exhibitions at the University of York to mark Black History Month.

A leading international scientist has joined the University of York's Department of Chemistry to further strengthen its capability for world class research into liquid crystals - the Fourth State of Matter.

A group of students from the University of York is heading to the Big Apple to take part in next month's New York City Marathon to raise money for a Yorkshire charity.

Was the Virgin Queen a member of an obscure religious sect called the Family of Love? Did a mysterious woman raid Shakespeare's tomb at dead of night?

The University of York has maintained its position among the elite of UK academic institutions in the new Sunday Times University Guide.

Fahad Ijaz Sheikh is thankful for the broad range of scholarships available to help international students of the highest academic calibre to study at the University of York, one of the UK 's best universities.

A University of York scientist has won the world's most prestigious award for the excellence of his research into carbohydrates.

Academics from the University of York's Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) have been called in by the Government of Afghanistan and the World Bank to evaluate the country's flagship reconstruction programme.

GP fundholding was abolished in 1999 amid concerns that it helped to foster a two-tier health service. This year in an apparent volte face the government reintroduced delegated budgets to individual GP practices under the banner of Practice Based Commissioning.

An overwhelming majority of students at the University of York are happy with their courses, according to a major new national survey.

After seven years blazing a trail as a Science City, York is leading the way in the drive to make science, technology and innovation the UK's primary weapon to secure its position in an increasingly competitive global market.

Six English cities are to play a pivotal role as science, technology and innovation spearhead the Government's drive to make sure the UK thrives in an increasingly competitive global market.

Scientists at the University of York have been awarded nearly £500,000 to help to establish a centre in the Atlantic Ocean to monitor gases in the atmosphere.

York has become one of the first universities in the UK to produce a comprehensive tactile map to make it easier to get around the campus for visually impaired students and visitors.

The Government has commissioned a major new programme of research by the University of York's Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) into choice and independence in social care.

Academics at the University of York are helping to transform the way science is taught in secondary schools in England and Wales.

It is 100 years since Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity revolutionised our understanding of the universe. To celebrate the centenary, the University of York will be holding a family fun-day on its Heslington campus on Saturday 3 September.

They may be disciplines at opposite ends of the intellectual spectrum, but science and art will converge at the University of York next month in a quest to discover common ground.

City of York Council's Waste Collection team, the University of York and waste management company Yorwaste have joined forces to reduce waste and encourage recycling.

Scientists at the University of York, who have developed revolutionary miniaturised tools for chemical and biological analysis, have won a major injection of growth capital to produce them commercially.

Key workers play an important role in improving the quality of life of disabled children and their families, according to researchers at the University of York.

National and local health policy is leading to significant changes in the skill mix of the health care workforce with nurses substituting for doctors and less qualified staff substituting for registered nurses. However, without a firm evidence base, these policy changes are little more than a large social experiment with poor evaluation of its risks, costs and benefits.

Members of the fast-growing Zamar gospel choir at the University of York, fresh from working with Glastonbury act London Community Gospel Choir, are to feature in the prestigious tenth international Manchester Jazz Festival later this week.

Researchers at the University of York have played a leading role in a scientific breakthrough which will help to combat one of the world's most lethal tropical diseases.

Work at the University of York is helping to link Earth with deep space missions. Professor Alister Burr, Professor of Communications, and the Communications Research Group in the Department of Electronics, have been collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA) on communications links with spacecraft on deep space missions.

York graduates celebrate high achievements

The University of York is to award honorary degrees to a Nobel Prize winner, leading academics including one of its former Vice-Chancellors, and a woman who has championed social issues in the city for half a century.

As the G8 attempt to tackle the underlying causes of global poverty, researchers at the University of York are making important advances in combating a major neglected disease of the developing world, leishmaniasis.

Virtual Research collaboration is being taken to a new level with the first international, interdisciplinary computer Grid. It has been established by the Worldwide Universities Network -- at five sites in three countries more than 5,000 miles apart.

HYMS has become part of the multi-million dollar programme of research into HIV funded by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates.

Pupils at a York secondary school will have the chance to use some of the most sophisticated microscopes in Europe to inspire them to become scientists of the future.

Music education at the University of York will take a radical new turn with the appointment of two seminal jazz musicians.

Chemists from the University of York will throw light on the secrets of supermolecules at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition next month.

Aneurin (Nye) Bevan, Minister for Health in the post-War Attlee Government and one of the architects of Britain's Welfare State, harboured a dark secret, according to new research by a University of York historian.

The total cost of the Iraq War for the UK, the USA, Iraq and other nations is likely to top US$1.25 trillion dollars, according to a University of York academic.

It took two years of painstaking research across two continents, and the help of the FBI, but a University of York academic has solved one of the enduring mysteries of 'The Waste Land'.

Is democracy threatened? The citizens of York speak out...

A leading York academic is set to enter TV and radio studios, newsrooms, publishing houses and the public lecture circuit to highlight the benefits and relevance of science and engineering.

The University of York has appointed Simon Newton as its Director of Enterprise and Innovation to play a crucial role in building the institution's links with commerce and industry.

Scientists at the University of York are warning that dramatic changes may soon occur in Africa's vegetation in response to global warming.

By popular demand, the Earthwatch Balloon Debate is coming to the University of York to put the UK's biodiversity under the spotlight.

Up to 70 elderly people will be going to the University of York next week to take afternoon tea with students some 50 years their junior.

Professor Alastair Fitter has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society - the leading honour for British and Commonwealth scientists.

Pruning has always been an essential weapon in the gardener's armoury and coppicing dates back to the Middle Ages as a method of harvesting wood.

One of Europe's most important centres for the study of the human brain is to be officially opened at the University of York.

A new £2 million investment in a company, whose research is helping to speed up drug development, demonstrates the University of York's growing success in encouraging innovation and support for science-based and high technology businesses.

An exciting innovation to promote collaboration between Nanoscience researchers in Europe is being developed by the Nanoquanta Network of Excellence, in which the University of York is a partner.

Students at the University of York are giving people the chance to experience the flavour and culture of Africa without the cost of a plane ticket.

Local residents will have the opportunity to join students and staff on free IT "taster" sessions during Adult Learners' Week at the University of York.

A former University of York Economics student has joined a select band by winning a major American research prize.

Academics based in a new research institute at the University of York will plot ways in which the world can manage the impact of climate change.

A pioneering new research and teaching centre that will be the academic flagship of the University of York's proposed campus extension has secured £12 million in financial support.

The twin of a York graduate, who was a victim of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, has established three scholarships in memory of his brother at the University of York, where they both studied.

A new approach to teaching science, which academics at the University of York have developed, is set to become a cornerstone of the new National Curriculum to be introduced in September 2006.

A new research resource centre at the University of York will promote innovative collaborative approaches to the study of social sciences.

Calcium and vitamin D supplements taken by thousands of older women to reduce the risk of fractures may be ineffective, according to University of York researchers.

A new spinout company specializing in the development of a new generation of solvents which are non-toxic, non-flammable and biodegradable has been formed by the University of York.

Greg Dyke, University of York Chancellor, turns out for a staff and alumni five-a-side football team when 2,000 students take part in the annual 'Roses' weekend of sporting battles between York and Lancaster Universities.

Paediatricians, health visitors, midwives and child development experts will attend a conference, on Thursday 28 April, to launch two new Public Health Collaborating Centres based at the University of York.

Despite only being in existence for less than two years, the Hull York Medical School (HYMS) has come second in the subject category of the 2005 Guardian University rankings.

A new home for more than seven centuries of North of England history will be officially opened at the University of York on Friday 22 April 2005.

Former Yorkshire railway workers, evacuees, and servicemen and women are among those being interviewed by students from the University of York to capture a bygone era of travel.

An American academic, who identified the scribe who worked for Chaucer and copied the two most authoritative texts of the Canterbury Tales, has been appointed as the University of York's first Professor in Medieval English Palaeography.

A founder of the University of York's Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) is to be honoured at a major conference in her memory.

Plants have a problem - they can neither run away from something that is nasty nor move towards something that is nice.

The University of York has welcomed the decision by City of York Council to support proposals for a £500 million extension to its Heslington campus.

The University of York has outlined easy to understand and generous bursaries, which will provide financial support for UK students from low income backgrounds.

Students from the University of York are taking to the stage to help direct the ambitious summer and autumn seasons at the Stagecoach Youth Theatre in York's Monkgate.

More than 200 children from the Yorkshire area are being given the opportunity to take a closer look at the world around them in a National Science Week project called Adventures in Bioscience.

Politicians in Wales are facing tough decisions as they seek to reduce the impact of its population on the environment, according to new research by the academics at the University of York.

Teenagers are to hit the trail to greater scientific knowledge at the University of York this week.

Researchers at the University of York have made it possible for an international team of scientists to extract and sequence protein from a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal fossil discovered in Shanidar Cave in Iraq.

The Second Hull York Medical School research conference showcasing research from around the region will take place at York Racecourse on Thursday 10 March.

Researchers at the University of York are investigating a new method of organising care for some of the three million adults in the UK who suffer from clinical depression.

Finance staff at the University of York usually make their figures add up to millions - £140million, to be exact, the University's annual income.

A new £1.4 million investment will extend interactive learning for thousands of students at the University of York.

A filmmaker and screenwriter with a background in experimental and art house movies, mainstream screenwriting, and fringe theatre has been appointed as the University of York's inaugural Professor of Film and Television.

A filmmaker and screenwriter with a background in experimental and art house movies, mainstream screenwriting, and fringe theatre has been appointed as the University of York's inaugural Professor of Film and Television.

Researchers at the University of York are trying to discover why so many heart attack victims in the UK fail to take part in potentially life-saving cardiac rehabilitation.

The European Union has awarded the Yorkshire Cancer Research Unit at the University of York €9.7million (£6.6 million) to study the next generation of Gene Therapy.

A team of world-leading researchers headed by Professor John Goodby, an authority on liquid crystals, has moved to the University of York's Department of Chemistry.

Students in Media Technology at the University of York will soon have an unprecedented glimpse behind the scenes of an award-winning British feature film.

Pioneering University of York scheme shows how exciting education can be

The Higher Education Funding Council for England has awarded four York-based institutions nearly £1 million to encourage more people to go into higher education.

A new building, which will be a focus for world-leading advances in analytical and synthetic chemistry, will be opened officially at the University of York on Monday 7 February.

Early trials of a revolutionary broadband system have been carried out successfully by the European CAPANINA research consortium, led by the University of York.

Staff at the University of York are becoming "virtual" good neighbours to housebound older people by shopping for them online.

In the space of two days, the University of York's new NeuroImaging Centre is taking delivery of two powerful brain scanners.

A study led by researchers at the University of York has found that star ratings, introduced in the NHS in 2001 to grade the performance of acute hospitals, are widely believed to be based on inaccurate or incomplete information.

A new grant of nearly £1 million will help academics and volunteers to create a national database of scores of historic parks, gardens and landscapes in England and Wales.

Homesick settlers who introduced the European Fox into Australia in an attempt to replicate a slice of rural England, got more than they bargained for.

The White Rose University Consortium (White Rose), the UK's most successful university collaboration, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Julian White as its new Chief Executive. He will take up the position on 01 February 2005 and will be based at the University of Sheffield.

Ultra-realistic surround sound is a step closer for everyone, thanks to a breakthrough by University of York academics, who have developed a cheap and efficient method to compute the way individuals hear things.

Mike Smithson will join the University of York as Director of Development on 1 June. He will lead the University's fundraising and alumni relations staff, and work with a new Development Board chaired by Greg Dyke, to raise funds for the University.

Researchers at the University of York have taken a significant step towards answering a question that has haunted the teaching of English for more than a century.

A team of researchers from three universities, led by the University of York’s Department of Health Sciences, is studying the role of information technology (IT) in the decisions nurses make about patient care.

For centuries, the medical value of maggots has been known to physicians but their therapeutic qualities were forgotten in the face of the irresistible march of antibiotics.

Computer technology, that is revolutionising the design of products ranging from footwear to toys, is to be demonstrated at the University of York.

Archaeologists from across the world are gathering in York today to discuss subjects ranging from smuggling in the Caribbean to the raising and conservation of the Mary Rose and late 19th-century graffiti in Yorkshire Wolds farmyards.

Metal detection on historic sites has become so popular that enthusiasts are unearthing more items of archaeological interest than the professionals.