Build more, pollute less: U of T research centre tackles need for sustainable infrastructure
January 19, 2023
The newest research centre at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering will develop innovative ways to meet the urgent and growing need for infrastructure – without further exacerbating the climate crisis.
Breaking Research, Global Lens, Our Community Cities, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Infrastructure, Research & Innovation, Sustainability, Sustainable Cities
Researchers use AI-powered database to design potential cancer drug in 30 days
January 19, 2023
In less than a month, researchers have used AlphaFold, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered protein structure database, to design and synthesize a potential drug to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver... Breaking Research, Our Community Acceleration Consortium, Artificial Intelligence, Cancer, Chemistry, Computer Science, Drugs, Faculty of Arts & Science, Research & Innovation
An activist and PhD student, Niloofar Ganji is making her mark in the lab – and on the streets
January 18, 2023
Niloofar Ganji works inside one of the largest child health research towers in the world – a position of privilege that’s never far from her mind.
Global Lens, Our Community Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Graduate Students, Hospital for Sick Children, Iran, Research & Innovation
Relations on the Land project to strengthen ties with Indigenous partners
January 17, 2023
A leading American philanthropic organization, the Henry Luce Foundation, is collaborating with the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts & Science to build a stronger network of support and knowledge with Indigenous partners.
Our Community Centre for Indigenous Studies, Faculty of Arts & Science, Faculty of Information, Indigenous, Religion, Research & Innovation, Woodsworth College
'Breaking down barriers': U of T opens Blue Door to external partnership opportunities
January 17, 2023
Partnering with University of Toronto has emerged as a key strategy for many companies, non-profits and government to achieve their most important goals – from furthering research and developing new products and services, to figuring out... Global Lens, Our Community Blue Door, Artificial Intelligence, Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Global, Health, Industry, International partnerships, Medicine, partnerships, Research & Innovation, Startups, Technology
‘A life-long champion of accessibility’: U of T remembers former lieutenant governor and alumnus David Onley
January 16, 2023
The University of Toronto community is mourning the loss of David Onley, a passionate advocate for disability rights and accessibility whose close relationship with the university spanned decades.
Our Community Wisdom Tettey, Accessibility, Alumni, David Onley, Meric Gertler, U of T Scarborough
Experimental physicists take step toward understanding natural quantum systems
January 16, 2023
“Suppose you knew everything there was to know about a water molecule – the chemical formula, the bond angle, etc.,” says experimental physicist Joseph Thywissen.
Our Community Faculty of Arts & Science, Physics, Quantum
Smartphone app designed by U of T researchers can significantly improve memory recall
January 16, 2023
Researchers at the University of Toronto have demonstrated that a new smartphone application helps to significantly improve memory recall, which could prove beneficial for individuals in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of... Our Community Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Arts & Science, Memory, Psychology, Research & Innovation, Startups, UTEST
Experts from around the world to attend Persian-language symposium on women and Iran's future
January 13, 2023
Experts from across the globe are preparing to discuss the ongoing women’s movement in Iran at Women, Life, Liberty: Iran’s Democratic Future, a Persian-... Global Lens, Our Community Faculty of Arts & Science, Global, Innis College, Iran, Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, Women