Insulin 100: U of T researchers work on novel drug therapies for diabetes, other illnesses
April 16, 2021
In the 100 years since Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin as a treatment for diabetes, the process of drug discovery has changed radically – from la
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U of T community roundtable focuses on anti-Asian racism
April 16, 2021
The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts & Science recently hosted a Community Roundtable on Anti-Asian Racism and Intersectional Violence webinar in the wake of the March 16 shootings that killed six Asian women during an attack on spas... Our Community Anti-Asian Racism, Cities, Faculty of Arts & Science, Women and Gender Studies
U of T students part of first Canadian team to win prestigious urban design competition
April 16, 2021
A team of Canadian students, including two from the University of Toronto, recently took home top prize in the Urban Land Institute/ Gerald D.
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U of T and Max Planck Society establish centre to study neural science and technology
April 15, 2021
The University of Toronto has joined forces with Germany’s Max Planck Society, one of the world’s foremost scientific institutions, to establish a centre for the study of neural science and technology.
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Amid third wave, U of T’s Homer Tien takes over province’s COVID-19 vaccine task force: CBC
April 15, 2021
Homer Tien, an associate professor in University of Toronto’s department of surgery in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine,... Our Community Coronavirus, Sunnybrook Health Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
The New Normal with Maydianne Andrade (Ep. 19 part two): Scapegoat
April 15, 2021
For University of Toronto students Gigi Hoi and Alfonso Ralph Mendoza Manalo, one of the first steps in dealing with anti-Asian racism is having difficult, honest conversations.
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Commemorative stamp marks 100th anniversary of U of T’s discovery of insulin
April 15, 2021
Among the treasures in the University of Toronto’s archives are letters from grateful diabetic patients and their families addressed to Frederick Banting, who, along with Charles Best, J. J.
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U of T accepts all 56 recommendations of Anti-Black Racism Task Force
April 14, 2021
The University of Toronto’s Anti-Black Racism Task Force has delivered its... Our Community Anti-Black Racism, Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Diversity and Inclusion, Cheryl Regehr, Equity, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, Faculty of Arts & Science, Meric Gertler, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, St. George, U of T Mississauga, U of T Scarborough, Woodsworth College
Elementary school children can learn concepts that stump adults: U of T study
April 14, 2021
Story time took on a new twist in a recent study by Samuel Ronfard, a researcher at University of Toronto Mississauga.
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U of T supports launch of WHO’s vision for global diabetes prevention and management
April 14, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a comprehensive vision for the management and prevention of diabetes at a Global Diabetes Summit hosted by the WHO and the Government of Canada with the collaboration of... Global Lens, Our Community Insulin 100, Diabetes, Meric Gertler, U of T Mississauga