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Ancient text in Avestan script
August 24, 2016

The University of Toronto will now offer Avestan and Pahlavi language courses in the Faculty of Arts & Science’s Department of Near…

Katerina Mizrokhi and Melissa Vincent sit on a wall in New York City
August 24, 2016

It’s not often you meet your best friend on an internship. Katerina Mizrokhi and Melissa Vincent act as though they’ve known each other all of…

Desmond Wong sitting and smiling
August 23, 2016

The University of Toronto has hired a new librarian to work one-on-one with Indigenous students and to help grow the university’s Indigenous…

UN peacekeepers stand guard outside a restored mausoleum in Timbuktu
August 23, 2016

Earlier this week, Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi pleaded guilty at the International Criminal Court to ordering the destruction of 10 cultural…

Sarah Hillewaert sitting on a bench
August 22, 2016

From a secret language that parents don’t understand to the complexities of a not-so-simple handshake, U of T Mississauga anthropologist Sarah…

The Toronto Pan Am Centre pool
August 22, 2016

The breakout performance of 16-year-old Penny Oleksiak and the success of our women’s swim team made Canadians proud during these Olympic…

Members of Team Canada participate in Rio Olympics closing ceremonies
August 22, 2016

It was a wild ride in Rio at this year’s Summer Olympic Games. Team Canada’s stellar performance earned us 22 medals – including…

Photo of Cecelia Pye on street looking toward camera
August 22, 2016

They're the new generation of Toronto city builders.    Meet the ambitious University of Toronto students and recent grads poised to…

People watch a television news broadcast showing file footage of Thae Yong-Ho, North Korea's deputy ambassador to Britain
August 22, 2016

Last week, Thae Yong-ho, a high-ranking North Korean diplomat who was based in Britain, defected to South Korea, making him one of the most prominent…

BLM supporters with a lit up Black Lives Matter sign on a bridge in Milwaukee
August 19, 2016

When thousands of demonstrators filled Egypt’s Tahrir Square in 2011, they carried powerful revolutionary tools—smartphones. Now, a U of T Mississauga…

August 19, 2016

While working on her PhD in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, modern pentathlete Donna Vakalis fences four times…

August 19, 2016

Flossing.  You likely don’t love it. You may think everyone in the world is doing it but you. And now, thanks to a recent study suggesting…