Study finds delirium after stroke linked to poorer outcomes for patients
January 19, 2012
Up to 30 per cent of patients hospitalized after a stroke develop delirium – a sudden state of confusion – and are five times more likely to die as a result, according to a new study from the University of Toronto and St.
Breaking Research Top Stories, Research, Stroke, Medicine, HealthUniversity of Toronto/Royal Ontario Museum scientists discover unusual 'tulip' creature
January 18, 2012
A bizarre creature that lived in the ocean more than 500-million years ago has emerged from the famous Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies.
Breaking Research Student Life, Research, Faculty of Arts & Science, Top StoriesIceland, icons and equality
January 18, 2012
There they sat in the Upper Library at Massey College: a journalist, an artist and an academic, preparing to discuss women’s rights, iconic images and the stark beauty of Iceland.
Features, Trinity College, ArtsPro athletes are wise to bolster their star status, say researchers
January 17, 2012
Basketball fans in Cleveland may disagree, but two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Lebron James’ decision to play with a higher-profile Miami Heat team and all-star teammates shows sound marketing and career-management acumen, according to newly-... Breaking Research Top Stories, Research, Rotman
Beyond Sound
January 17, 2012
Q. What do inflatable dolls, mallets and hydraulophones have in common?
A. They’ll all be featured in compositions performed during the University of Toronto’s New Music Festival, Jan. 22 to Feb. 5.
Features, Student Life, Music, Arts, AlumniResearch focuses on youth, chronic illness and employment
January 13, 2012
Like any 28 year old, Arif Jetha, a fourth-year PhD candidate at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health, is worrying about his future.
Breaking Research Top Stories, Student Life, Research, Medicine, HealthCapturing U of T's history online
January 12, 2012
Move over, Wikipedia, U of T’s Senior College is creating an online University of Toronto encyclopedia.
Breaking Research Research, Features, CampusOur Vampires, Ourselves
January 11, 2012
The primary focus of the class might not be Twilight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer or The Vampire Diaries, but the resurging popularity of vampires has certainly helped stimulate interest in Our Vampires, Ourselves, a first
Top Stories, Teaching, Student Life, English, Faculty of Arts & ScienceStudents explore the legacy of Uganda’s child soldiers
January 11, 2012
A passion for humanitarian work recently prompted a pair of University of Toronto undergraduate students to investigate the plight of child soldiers in Uganda.
Breaking Research Top Stories, Student Life, Research, Global, Faculty of Arts & ScienceNew findings could lead to a test and therapy for kidney failure caused by E. coli
January 10, 2012
Ever since the water supply in Walkerton, Ont., was contaminated by E.
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