U of T's Faculty of Dentistry aims to make admissions process 'the most positive experience possible'
February 20, 2020
In an effort to improve the experience of prospective students, the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry is taking steps to make its competitive annual admissions process a fun and friendly affair.
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U of T researchers show how a protein found in cardiac muscle helps prevent heart failure
February 20, 2020
Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that a receptor expression-enhancing protein contributes to normal heart development and function by regulating the sarcoplasmic reticulum, a network of tubules found in cardiac muscle cells.
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Three U of T undergraduate students on why they added Indigenous content to their studies
February 20, 2020
As a first-year student, Daniella Dziamba’s interest in Indigenous studies was piqued during Democracy, Dictatorship, War and Peace, an introductory political science course in the Faculty of Arts & Science.
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The unexpected link between the ozone hole and Arctic warming: U of T expert
February 19, 2020
One of the earliest climate model predictions of how human-made climate change would affect our planet showed that the Arctic would warm about two to three times more than the... Our Community Physical and Environmental Sciences, Arctic, Climate Change, The Conversation, U of T Scarborough
Paired with a smartphone, pill-sized 'heater' developed at U of T could be used to diagnose infectious disease
February 19, 2020
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a tiny “heater” – about the size of a pill – that could allow resource-limited regions around the world to test for infectious diseases without the need for specialized training or costly... Breaking Research, Our Community Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Graduate Students, Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
U of T Mississauga course turns lens – and virtual reality headsets – on East Asian cinema
February 19, 2020
Elizabeth Wijaya is one of the rare scholars who can claim a listing on IMDB, the Internet Movie Data Base.
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U of T and Sunnybrook virologists work on tools to combat coronavirus outbreak
February 19, 2020
In order to contain a virus, it’s important to know exactly what you’re dealing with – and the COVID-19 coronavirus is no different.
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U of T researcher focuses on preventing vision loss in patients with rare genetic disorder
February 18, 2020
Usher syndrome, a genetic condition that results in hearing and vision loss in childhood, affects about four out of every 100,000 Canadians and accounts for over 50 per cent of the Deafblind community.
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From the lab to the gym: U of T Mississauga physiology students receive hands-on experience
February 18, 2020
A group of undergraduate physiology students at the University of Toronto Mississauga are ditching their lab coats in favour of gym clothes.
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What is buzzer practice with 'a $9 toilet paper-holder?' U of T's Brooke MacKenzie shares her Jeopardy! secrets
February 18, 2020
On most evenings when she was growing up, Brooke MacKenzie would tune into Jeopardy! and blurt out answers along with the contestants.
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