The University of Toronto has once again been rated one of the top 25 universities in the world and first in Canada in the distinguished Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), produced annually
Innovative research rewarded
January 10, 2012
Research excellence in projects as varied as plastic solar cells, “extreme” astronomical devices to detect earth-like planets outside our solar system and the potential of music to promote healing has been recognized by the University of T
Breaking Research Research, Our Faculty & Staff, Music, Medicine, Engineering, Dentistry, Awards, Faculty of Arts & ScienceSinging for an unsung Canadian political icon
January 10, 2012
Celtic Studies and history professor David Wilson’s recent book tour in support of his two-volume biography of Irish-Canadian politician Thomas D’Arcy McGee was far from the
FeaturesDo hand sanitizers really work?
January 10, 2012
Everywhere you turn of late, it seems you’re confronted with a bottle of alcohol-based hand sanitizer. We asked Professor James Scott whether these formulations work—and if so, how?
Health, Medicine, Student Life, Top StoriesPreserving U of T's scientific heritage
January 9, 2012
This glass bottle, known as a Crookes tube, is actually a distant ancestor of the television.
Breaking Research Features, Student Life, Research, MedicineRemembering Josef Skvorecky
January 4, 2012
Celebrated writer and former U of T English and film professor Josef Skvorecky, who used a fictionalized Erindale College (now U of T Mississauga) setting in one of his most famous novels, died Jan. 3.
Our Faculty & Staff, EnglishDo minor injuries make for fuzzy minds?
January 4, 2012
When hockey players are knocked out on the ice, medical personnel often look to computerized cognition tests to determine when concussed athletes can return to play.
Breaking Research Concussion, Medicine, Physical Education, Research, Student Life, Top StoriesOrder of Canada honours U of T faculty, alumni
January 3, 2012
Three University of Toronto faculty members, nine alumni and two additional U of T benefactors have been honoured with year-end Order of Canada appointments.
Top Stories, Woodsworth College, Victoria College, University College, Trinity College, St. Michael's College, Medicine, Law, Engineering, Awards, AlumniGermanic Languages and Literatures
January 2, 2012
Four University of Toronto projects have the golden touch and six others are worthy of acclaim, say judges in the Accolades Awards competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District II.
Our Faculty & Staff, Awards, AlumniOvarian cancer study proves drug delays disease progression
January 2, 2012
Treating ovarian cancer with the drug bevacizumab (“Avastin”) delays the disease and may also improve survival, according to an international clinical trial co-led by Drs.
Breaking Research Top Stories, Research, Medicine, Health, CancerPre-surgery exam rates vary widely among hospitals
December 20, 2011
Hospitals vary greatly in the number of patients who see an internal medicine specialist before major non-cardiac surgery, with rates ranging from five per cent of patients to 90 per cent, new research from the University of Toronto
Breaking Research Research, Medicine, Health, Top Stories