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September 8, 2017

All professors have a PhD, but in engineering only one in four PhD students become professors. A new program is helping PhD students and postdoctoral…

August 16, 2017

Fresh water, salt water, wastewater, industrial water, drinking water: all water on Earth is part of the same cycle – and every drop matters. Yet…

August 14, 2017

A team of U of T engineering researchers is mending broken hearts with an expanding tissue bandage a little smaller than a postage stamp. Repairing…

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August 9, 2017

Salma Hindy, who is pursuing a master's degree in clinical engineering at U of T, explains how she found her voice as a comedian by embracing her…

August 4, 2017

Matthew Reiner, Chris Ristevski and Mohan Pandit met on their first day at the University of Toronto, surrounded by a sea of purple-painted first-year…

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July 26, 2017

A team of U of T engineering students is providing solar-powered street lighting for a low-income neighbourhood in Mexico City. “Because it’s…

July 24, 2017

Four U of T engineering students are preparing for the flight of a lifetime. They've earned the rare chance to take an experiment they…

July 13, 2017

A new academic-industry collaboration at U of T's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering is harnessing improved sensors and artificial…

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July 11, 2017

U of T Engineering alumna Claire Kennedy has been elected chair of the University of Toronto’s Governing Council, which oversees the academic,…

June 28, 2017

Engineering Professor Michael Sefton has been appointed executive director of Medicine by Design, a University of Toronto initiative that is…

June 27, 2017

Through his research at Holland Bloorview and U of T, Professor Tom Chau has developed assistive technologies that give children and youth with…