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January 17, 2017

They beat the odds to get here, and now they are making a mark at U of T.  Out of more than 4,000 applications to the prestigious Loran…

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January 17, 2017

The entry of foreign retailers into developing countries can improve household welfare by reducing the cost of living, new research from the…

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January 16, 2017

In bursts of 140 characters or fewer, many University of Toronto students and faculty communicate their ideas to the wider world.  For some,…

January 16, 2017

Professor Maydianne Andrade is meticulous in her research on the mating habits of cannibalistic spiders. Like any renowned scientist, she lets the…

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January 16, 2017

A University of Toronto study on uncertainty in scientific research could shed light on anomalies that arose in early attempts to discover the Higgs…

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January 16, 2017

The University of Toronto’s Truth and Reconciliation Steering Committee has released its final report, calling on the University to take action in six…

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January 16, 2017

Zoe Whittall has pretty much done it all as a writer. In addition to writing novels, short stories and poetry, she’s worked as a journalist and…

January 13, 2017

One of U of T’s earliest Tamil alumni has given a historic donation of $2 million to support Tamil studies program. The gift from Ravi Gukathasan,…

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January 13, 2017

In the first-of-its-kind study, a University of Toronto-led team has identified the ways our minds perceive architecture and discovered that an…

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January 13, 2017

They were diligent, methodical, meticulous. They overcame obstacles large and small and applied available resources to try to achieve an ambitious…

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January 12, 2017

While modern science helps us understand the world around us, it’s the unexplained that really captures our imagination. University of Toronto’s…

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January 12, 2017

A new model for identifying personality traits may help organizations save money by improving the hiring process, and it could also help in evaluating…