![Professor Ali Sadeghi-Naini studying brain imagery](https://lassonde.yorku.ca/sap/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/08/achievements-hero-Ali-Research-Photo.jpg)
Achievements
We’re fiercely committed to creating positive change for our students, our communities, and the world around us by empowering creators to put ideas into action that pushes the world forward. Below are examples of how our creators are achieving the objectives of our Strategic Academic Plan.
![A close-up image of the earth from outer space](https://lassonde.yorku.ca/wp-content/uploads/Spiros-Pagiatakis-YFile.jpg)
Lassonde professor recognized for exemplary lifetime contributions to the study of Earth
Posted on Friday 26 July, 2024![A lightbulb with thought bubbles drawn around it](https://lassonde.yorku.ca/wp-content/uploads/pexels-pixabay-355948.jpg)
Fueling Discovery: Lassonde Innovation Fund (LIF) paves the way for research success
Posted on Thursday 25 July, 2024![Research Celebration awardees](https://lassonde.yorku.ca/wp-content/uploads/Research-celebration-group.png)
Lassonde research recap: Celebrating a year of notable achievements
Posted on Wednesday 24 July, 2024![Three students demonstrating their capstone project. The female student in the centre is pouring water into a funnel.](https://lassonde.yorku.ca/wp-content/uploads/5M2A1424-scaled.jpg)
Student innovation showcased at three Capstone Days in 2024
Posted on Wednesday 17 July, 2024![Students sitting at a table, tinckering with mini construction vehicle toys](https://lassonde.yorku.ca/wp-content/uploads/EDI.jpg)
Inspiring positive change: Lassonde announces new recipients of EDI Seed Funding
Posted on Wednesday 17 July, 2024![Lassonde Dean Jane Goodyer with faculty, staff and students involved in the Digital Technologies program](https://lassonde.yorku.ca/wp-content/uploads/1695406930597.jpg)
York University’s Digital Technologies program, Canada’s first fully work-integrated degree, completes first year with 100 per cent student contract renewals and new IBM partnership
Posted on Tuesday 16 July, 2024![Hosts of 'This is Lassonde' podcast. On the left is Mai and on the right is Shannon.](https://lassonde.yorku.ca/wp-content/uploads/This-is-Lassonde_hosts.jpg)
Lassonde School of Engineering receives silver 2024 CCAE Prix d’Excellence Award for podcast
Posted on Wednesday 10 July, 2024![Professor Jinjun Shan standing in his laboratory](https://lassonde.yorku.ca/wp-content/uploads/ProfessorShan2-scaled.jpg)