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flickr photo of the Sunrise propane explosion
January 2, 2017

When the Sunrise Propane plant exploded in August 2008, killing plant worker Parminder Saini, police, fire and ambulance were called first – and…

photo of engineering students
December 8, 2016

In 2018, Canada will issue a new banknote bearing the likeness of Viola Desmond, a businesswoman and black civil-rights activist. Joining her on the…

Photo of Molly Shoichet
December 7, 2016

U of T Professor Molly Shoichet, Canada Research Chair in Tissue Engineering, will talk about the power of regenerative medicine in an online…

Photo of installation
December 6, 2016

Engineering undergraduate students marked the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women by designing and constructing an…

Photo of Geoffrey Hinton
December 5, 2016

U of T's Geoffrey Hinton is one of the world’s leading computer scientists, vice-president engineering fellow at Google, and the architect of an…

Photo of Professor Zheng-Hong Lu
November 21, 2016

Four Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering professors, Kamran Behdinan, Zheng-Hong Lu, Jeffrey Packer and Yu Sun, have been elected…

Photo of Stephanie Gaglione
November 21, 2016

Stephanie Gaglione, who is majoring in chemical engineering at the University of Toronto, has been selected as a 2017 Rhodes Scholar,…

October 11, 2016

The National Academy of Engineering has honoured two University of Toronto undergrads – Rachel Andrade and Clara Stoesser – with a…

Jonathan Rose with two students
September 27, 2016

University of Toronto engineering professor Jonathan Rose has been recognized by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations…

September 26, 2016

Fourth-year Engineering Science student Jeremy Wang is about to embark on an out-of-this-world journey. He is one of just ten students — only three of…

Aerovelo team poses with the Eta vehicle
September 26, 2016

On September 14, 2016, a team founded by U of T Engineering alumni broke their own world record for fastest human-powered vehicle on earth when their…

Photos from U of T Hatchery Demo Day
September 15, 2016

A robotic exoskeleton for children with physical disabilities, an electronic “smart skin” that helps surgeons avoid errors and a meal…