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Meric Gertler at the podium
September 26, 2016

What is about some places that become hotbeds of innovation? What’s their secret ingredient? Can it be replicated elsewhere? The recipe for success…

photo of fair
September 23, 2016

The University of Toronto is welcoming thousands of eager high school students to its booth at the Ontario Universities’ Fair this weekend, answering…

September 23, 2016

Nintendo time with nana? How about Gods of War with grandpa? A new research project by U of T Mississauga student Amrita Maharaj and Assistant…

September 23, 2016

A new U of T initiative – Angel Lab – aims to help student startups with a focus on social justice. The University of St.…

Photo of cell map
September 22, 2016

Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Centre have created the first map that shows the global genetic interaction network of a cell. It…

September 22, 2016

No matter how hard you try, you can’t escape the 2016 U.S. presidential election. It’s everywhere – on television, in the papers, on Twitter,…

A graphic of a child silhouette with a cage and lock
September 22, 2016

Since 2010, hundreds of immigrant children in Canada have suffered from trauma and mental health illness while housed in immigration detention…

Photo of portable system
September 22, 2016

As much as 80 per cent of the cost of bringing vaccines to the developing world comes from ensuring that the medications are properly refrigerated and…

Copyright outreach librarian Graeme Slaght helps professors digitize their course material. (Photo by Romi Levine)
September 22, 2016

When 1,900 University of Toronto students sat in on their first lectures of the year, they were in for a pleasant surprise. Their professors stood…

Lynette Ong teaching to students
September 22, 2016

It’s the world’s most populous state with more than 1.38 billion inhabitants, and the second largest country geographically. It’s history dates…

Photo of students at U of T
September 21, 2016

Professors Kathleen Pritchard, Wei Yu and Peter Austin may not be household names. But in their academic fields, their research is among the most…

Renée Hložek holding a globe
September 21, 2016

Imagine a subway car with a real-life scientist on board who is ready to answer some of the most fundamental questions of the universe like: What is…