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May 14, 2019
U of T's Medicine by Design invests $1.2 million to advance regenerative medicine research and translation

What can a swarm of drones tell us about how our bodies make blood? Can folding strands of DNA into origami-like structures help researchers engineer…

Pediatrics, Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Fields Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Immunology, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Medicine, Medicine by Design, Molecular Genetics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Physiology, Psychiatry, Regenerative Medicine, Research & Innovation, Sunnybrook Hospital, surgery, U of T Scarborough, University Health Network, UTIAS
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May 14, 2019
Making a global impact: Four U of T projects receive Connaught Global Challenge Award

Four projects at the University of Toronto – in areas that range from seniors’ vaccinations and mitochondrial health to synthetic biology and research…

Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Connaught Global Challenge Award, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Global, Research & Innovation, Translational Research Program, U of T Mississauga, Vaccines
May 14, 2019
U of T’s Raquel Urtasun, Uber’s self-driving guru, profiled in Toronto Life

Raquel Urtasun, an associate professor in the University of Toronto’s department of computer science, says the age of self-driving cars at…

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, Graduate Students, MaRS, Research & Innovation, Self-Driving Cars
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May 14, 2019
Citizen Lab report links Iran to digital disinformation campaign: Globe and Mail

A Citizen Lab report links Iran to a global deception campaign to spread false news with primarily anti-Saudi Arabia, anti-U.S. and anti-Israel…

Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Citizen Lab, Global, Iran
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May 13, 2019
How U of T is re-thinking higher education for a changing world: President Meric Gertler in India's BW Education

From re-imagining the physical design of classrooms to encouraging students to apply knowledge to real-world problems, the University of Toronto is…

Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Cities, Graduate Students, President Gertler, Undergraduate Students
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May 13, 2019
U of T faculty member named a finalist in search for a more efficient way to crush rocks in mining industry

Whether it’s copper for electric cars or lithium for cellphones, many everyday technologies and devices are made of or rely on metals. But mining and…

Energy, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Mining, Research & Innovation, Sustainabilty
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May 13, 2019
Psychological abuse is most common form of maltreatment experienced by national team athletes, U of T study finds

The most common form of maltreatment experienced by athletes is psychological abuse, followed by neglect, a new study from the…

Athletes, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Graduate Students, Research & Innovation
Children participate in a psychology experiment at Science Rendezvous
May 13, 2019
U of T transformed into giant, open-air lab for Science Rendezvous

There is ground-breaking reseach being done every day at the University of Toronto, but it's not always on display like it was last…

Cell and Systems Biology, Chemistry, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Arts & Science, Graduate Students, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Science Rendezvous, STEM, Trinity College
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May 10, 2019
'Ask questions and try things': U of T hosts grade-school students, innovation minister at STEM-focused event

More than 1,100 inquiring minds visited the University of Toronto on Friday for Go North Youth – the largest science, technology, engineering and…

Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Research & Innovation, STEM
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May 10, 2019
U of T alumna, influencer is creator of Chinese website that looks at having fun in Toronto and beyond

University students know that if they want to taste the best barbecued pork buns in the Greater Toronto Area, Joanna Luo’s WeChat blog and…

Alumni, Cities, Global, International Students, U of T Mississauga
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May 10, 2019
U of T backs federal government’s initiative to increase equity, diversity, inclusion in higher education

The University of Toronto has expressed its support for a new federal government initiative that aims to bolster efforts by higher education…

Diversity and Inclusion, Equity, Research & Innovation, Vivek Goel
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May 10, 2019
Meet the U of T Faculty of Medicine alumnus who keeps the Raptors in the game

Howard Petroff, an alumnus of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine, is a family medicine practitioner, a lecturer in the department of…

Alumni, Faculty of Medicine, Sports