Beyond the pitch: U of T's Simon Darnell on the controversies swirling around the World Cup in Qatar
November 21, 2022
FIFA’s World Cup, the greatest show in soccer and one of the biggest sporting events on the planet, kicked off Sunday in Qatar.
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Waabi’s self-driving technology set to be road-tested, Raquel Urtasun tells Globe and Mail, Forbes
November 18, 2022
The University of Toronto’s Raquel Urtasun, a leading expert in machine learning and computer vision, is taking her startup’s self-driving technology for long-haul trucks out for a spin, with several autonomous vehicles ready to hit the roa
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Startup's tech could put an end to unsightly screen 'notches' on smartphones
November 18, 2022
OTI Lumionics, a Toronto-based company that was spun out of research from the University of Toronto, recently raised more than $75 million to expand its line of organic LED technology solutions – including screens that are uninterrupted by “... Our Community Alumni, Entrepreneneurship, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Startups
Future Sound 6ix: Faculty of Music teams up with YWCA, Nick Nurse Foundation to run music workshops for youth
November 17, 2022
When Ellie Hisama was a professor of music at Columbia University, she founded a program called “For the Daughters of Harlem: Working in Sound” that brought together young, racialized w
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Study suggests honey reduces cardiometabolic risks
November 17, 2022
Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that honey improves key measures of cardiometabolic health, including blood sugar and cholesterol levels – especially if the honey is raw and from a single floral source.
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Popular 'Cook the Books' course combines literary studies and food
November 17, 2022
It might be the only English class where you put down a pen and pick up a fork.
Our Community Academics, English, Faculty of Arts & Science, Humanities, Trinity College, Woodsworth CollegeJoe’s Basketball Diaries: U of T video series focuses on the bigger stories behind our favourite sports
November 16, 2022
From the moment you start watching Joe’s Basketball Diaries, you realize this is not your typical sports show.
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From Africana development to decarbonization: 34 U of T researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs
November 16, 2022
Thirty-four scholars at the University of Toronto have been awarded new or renewed Canada Research Chairs in fields ranging from artificial intelligence to health and history.
Our Community Leah Cowen, Sunnybrook Health Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Unity Health, Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, Cell and Systems Biology, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Canada Research Chairs, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Computer Science, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of Arts & Science, History, Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Research & Innovation, Rotman School of Management, Sociology, U of T Scarborough, University Health Network
U of T receives $35 million to modernize high containment facility
November 16, 2022
The University of Toronto has received $35 million in critical research infrastructure funding from the federal government to revitalize the Toronto High Containment Facility (THCF), an investment that positions the facility to play a significant... Our Community COVID-19, Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium, Institutional Strategic Initiatives, Leah Cowen, Sinai Health, Sunnybrook Health Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Unity Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Research & Innovation, University Health Network
How should we navigate the next pandemic? U of T researchers are finding the answers
November 15, 2022
COVID-19 is the ninth pandemic, or large-scale epidemic, the world has experienced in the past century – and it won’t be the last.
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