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February 28

Celebrating Indigenous students and International Women's Day: Check out these March events

Volunteers serve lunch to eager people in line in the Great Hall at Hart House

February 28

Hundreds attend 18th annual Black History Month Luncheon at U of T's Hart House

Photo of Lisa Dolovich stand in the pharmacy building's atrium

February 28

Lisa Dolovich to become new dean of U of T's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

a doctor attends to an anonymous patient while another patient waits on a hospital bed in the hallway of a hospital

February 28

U of T experts speak to Globe and Mail about Canada's move to active detection of coronavirus cases

February 27

Humanz of Hip Hop: U of T's Hart House creates hip hop-focused 'human library'

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February 27

Developed by U of T researchers, first-of-its-kind skin patch aims to prevent low blood sugar in diabetes

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February 27

U of T to use new sexual violence data on Ontario universities to enhance education and supports

Two smiling women hold up bright blue tote bags that say Black Future Lawyers

February 27

U of T Faculty of Law to host Black Future Lawyers conference

February 26

U of T researchers receive Canada-UK funding to develop AI-powered microrobots to capture brain cells

February 25

Race, health and happiness: U of T researcher launches well-being podcast focused on racialized groups

Photo of LaToya Brackett and Janelle Joseph on stage

February 25

Reclaiming her time: During U of T visit, U.S. scholar gives talks on being Black in academia, sports

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February 25

Biologists at U of T open new front in crop infection battle

Group photo of the inter-faculty debating union, with Gloria carpenter standing in the back row

February 25

Black History Month: Gloria Carpenter was a pioneer who helped bring legal change to the Caribbean

Mira Chow, Jonathan Ng and Kate Cheung sit on a sofa in front of a window with plants in the background

February 24

U of T undergraduate students track variation in languages spoken by Toronto's immigrant communities

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February 24

Leukemia drugs may help patients with treatment-resistant lung cancer: U of T researchers

Come From Away cast on stage

February 24

Come From Away cast collects more than $16,000 for U of T Iranian Student Memorial Scholarship Fund

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February 24

'A password you can't change': U of T alumnus Karl Martin on how to keep biometric data safe

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February 21

Black History Month: Six members of U of T Medicine's community talk about their work, representation

Tanhum Yoreh stands on a staircase

February 21

'A sustainable life for ourselves and the planet': U of T researcher on religion's role in saving the environment

a group of students seated in chairs in a dentistry classroom surround dean Daniel Haas

February 20

U of T's Faculty of Dentistry aims to make admissions process 'the most positive experience possible'

Harsha Murthy, Frank Shin-Haw Lee and Sina Hadipour-Lakmehsari pose for a photo

February 20

U of T researchers show how a protein found in cardiac muscle helps prevent heart failure

Chiara Perry, Daniella Dziamba and Riley Yesno

February 20

Three U of T undergraduate students on why they added Indigenous content to their studies

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February 19

The unexpected link between the ozone hole and Arctic warming: U of T expert

Pranav Kadhiresan and Buddhisha Udugama hold up the pea-sized heating device

February 19

Paired with a smartphone, pill-sized 'heater' developed at U of T could be used to diagnose infectious disease

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February 19

U of T Mississauga course turns lens – and virtual reality headsets – on East Asian cinema

Photo of Robert Kozak and Samira Mubareka standing in front of a window

February 19

U of T and Sunnybrook virologists work on tools to combat coronavirus outbreak

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February 18

U of T researcher focuses on preventing vision loss in patients with rare genetic disorder

A student breathes into a machine that tests her respiratory levels

February 18

From the lab to the gym: U of T Mississauga physiology students receive hands-on experience

Alex Trebek and Brooke MacKenzie

February 18

What is buzzer practice with 'a $9 toilet paper-holder?' U of T's Brooke MacKenzie shares her Jeopardy! secrets

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February 18

Meet the Black snowshoers who walked 1,000 kilometres across Canada in 1813: U of T expert

Portrait of Rebecca Horne

February 14

Give and take: U of T researcher says its crucial for couples to talk about their needs

Portrait of Timothy Chan

February 14

U of T researcher leads push to map location of life-saving automated external defibrillators in GTA

Square One Redering of part of the Square One District development unveiled by Oxford Properties in Mississauga, Ont.

February 14

'Lost opportunity': Affordable housing needed in local development projects, U of T researcher says

The cast of Hamilton on stage

February 13

First-year course at U of T explores U.S. history through the lens of Hamilton

Portrait of Connie Carter

February 13

'Global citizen' Connie Carter creates U of T scholarship to boost Caribbean presence on world stage

Photo of Daren Smith

February 13

UTAM to reduce the carbon footprint of its long-term investments by at least 40 per cent by 2030

Members of the CERT team wearing blue hard hats and yellow vests work on pilot-scale electrolyzer equipment equipment

February 13

U of T spinoff among 10 winners of Canadian clean energy innovation competition

Christine Allen sits in front of a microphone in the CBC studio

February 12

U of T's Christine Allen talks to CBC's Metro Morning about her book club for women in STEM

February 12

Brazil's humane refugee policies: Good ideas can travel north, U of T expert says

Portrait of Tee Duke seated at a table

February 12

'It’s everyone’s responsibility': U of T Mississauga's Tee Duke on achieving Truth and Reconciliation on campus

February 12

Gender-diverse corporate boards reduce financial misconduct: U of T study

Two students at a computer terminal making edits to a Wikipedia page

February 11

Wikipedia 'edit-a-thon' at U of T helps fill online gaps in Canada's Black history

A view of the Interior of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book library looking up toward the ceiling

February 11

U of T Libraries exhibit explores enduring strength of CanLit community

February 11

As era of commercial spaceflight dawns, U of T alumna seeks to deliver health care among the stars

Photo of a flight information board at an airport showing a cancelled flight to Shanghai

February 10

Travel bans won’t help in the fight against coronavirus, U of T's Vivek Goel writes in CBC op-ed

photo of Oghogho Abigail Iyekekpolor

February 10

St. Michael's College student uses social media to celebrate diversity, build U of T community

portrait of Stefania Hurko wearing a hat

February 10

U of T's Stefania Hurko was a poet and political activist who 'believed the individual could move mountains'

Photo of Adnan Ozden, F. Pelayo García de Arquer and Joshua Wicks in the lab

February 10

'Reverse fuel cell' built by U of T researchers converts waste carbon into valuable products

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Photo of Robert Kozak and Samira Mubareka standing in front of a window

February 19

U of T and Sunnybrook virologists work on tools to combat coronavirus outbreak

Ali Punjani sits in front of a computer displaying a protein image

February 21

U of T startup's technology plays role in 'critical breakthrough' in coronavirus research

Photo of Chantal Phillips

February 21

Black History Month: Six members of U of T Medicine's community talk about their work, representation