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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…

August 19, 2016

Buzz Aldrin started as a dishwasher and eventually became one of the first two people to land on the moon. Stephen Colbert revealed that he…

Judy Goldring
August 16, 2016

“I love the place,” says Judy Goldring as she reflects on her three years as chair of the University of Toronto Governing Council. “Being on the…

Artist depiction of duck-billed dinosaurs
August 16, 2016

Imagine how much dental care you’d need if you had 300 or more teeth packed together on each side of your mouth. Duck-billed dinosaurs…

photo of Rose Wolfe with provost and former master of Massey College
August 16, 2016

On August 7, 1916, the Battle of the Somme – the bloodiest battle of World War One – was into its second month. Robert Borden was prime minister, and…

Smiling students
August 15, 2016

The students aren’t yet back but that doesn’t mean things are quiet on campus! Today, Shanghai Jiao Tong University released its latest Academic…

Michael Gervers in Ethiopia
August 15, 2016

Long before Grammy-award winning artist The Weeknd donated $50,000 to help launch Ethiopian studies at the University of Toronto, Michael Gervers was…

A sign showing the location of an Automated External Defibrillator
August 15, 2016

When a person suffers cardiac arrest, there is a one in five chance a potentially life-saving Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is nearby. But up…

liver cells
August 15, 2016

The emerging field of nanomedicine holds great promise in the battle against cancer. Particles the size of protein molecules can be customized to…

John E. Davies looks through a micrsoscope
August 15, 2016

Vaccines and antibodies have long been employed as weapons in the battle against disease. They work by boosting our immune systems to target…

August 15, 2016

University of Toronto student Tahmid Khan remains in custody in Bangladesh. Media reports say the undergrad will be held for up to six…