U of T, other universities form coalition to strengthen engagement and reduce climate-related risks in their investment portfolios
February 18, 2021
The University of Toronto is joining forces with other Canadian universities to engage with companies to address investment risks associated with climate change.
Global Lens, Our Community University of Toronto Asset Management Corp., Climate Change, Global, Meric Gertler, Sustainability
Common agricultural pesticide may be putting hummingbirds at risk: U of T study
February 18, 2021
Hummingbirds need an incredible amount of energy to flap their wings 50 times per second to maintain hovering flight.
Breaking Research, Our Community Birds, Biology, Research & Innovation, Sustainability, U of T Scarborough
U of T Trash Team and PortsToronto battle plastic pollution in Lake Ontario
February 18, 2021
It’s a collaboration founded on a shared vision: a cleaner future for Toronto’s waterways.
Our Community Cities, Faculty of Arts & Science, Great Lakes, Plastics, Sustainability, Water
Rethinking health care: U of T researcher wants to broaden medicine's foundational knowledge
February 17, 2021
Nicole Woods wants to see more expertise from fields beyond the basic sciences incorporated into medical education.
Our Community Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University Health Network
Prize-winning U of T student team uses AI to beat banana blight
February 17, 2021
Fuelled by a changing climate, plant pathogens encounter increasingly favourable conditions to spread and wreak havoc on global crop yields.
Global Lens, Our Community Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, Global, Research & Innovation, Undergraduate Students
U of T researchers reach across fields to stop a silent, killer disease
February 17, 2021
Abdominal aortic aneurysms kill people by sneak attack.
Breaking Research, Our Community Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Immunology, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Medicine by Design, Regenerative Medicine, Research & Innovation, University Health Network
Simple, accurate and evidence-based: U of T experts create women's health resource
February 16, 2021
In response to challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, three women from the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine have created an online video series and information forum focused on women’s health.
Our Community Coronavirus, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Alumni, Women
Interferon speeds recovery in some COVID-19 patients, U of T and UHN study finds
February 16, 2021
A clinical study led by University of Toronto researcher Jordan Feld and colleagues has shown that an experimental antiviral drug can significantly speed up recovery for some COVID-19 patients.
Breaking Research, Our Community Coronavirus, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Research & Innovation, University Health Network
Paradise found: 'Miltonist' John Rogers says U of T is the place to study the 17th-century poet
February 16, 2021
For John Rogers, an esteemed scholar of 17th-century poet John Milton, the University of Toronto is paradise found.
Our Community English, Faculty of Arts & Science, Poetry
'Passion, coffee and adrenaline': U of T nursing alumnus on working COVID-19's front lines
February 12, 2021
With his training as both an emergency room nurse and as a nursing officer in the military, Ryan Henderson has learned to be quick on his feet.
Global Lens, Our Community Coronavirus, Alumni, Global, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, St. Michael's Hospital