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
Breast cancer and heart disease may have common roots
December 20, 2011
Women who are at risk for breast cancer may also be at greater risk for heart disease, new research from the University of Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital has found.
Breaking Research Top Stories, Research, Medicine, Cardiovascular, Health, CancerSaving lives, one death at a time
December 19, 2011
In their quest to track health patterns across populations, epidemiologists often call themselves “disease detectives.” Not the University of Toronto's Dr. Prabhat Jha.
Breaking Research Research, Features, Medicine, HealthA new home for Santa Claus?
December 15, 2011
After the many years of commuting on Christmas Eve, jolly old St. Nicholas is reconsidering his home at the North Pole. Given his job description, extreme isolation has lost its appeal.
Breaking Research Research, Features, RotmanU of Toronto experiment named top breakthrough of 2011 by Physics World
December 15, 2011
Professor Aephraim Steinberg and colleagues at the Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control at the University of Toronto had the top physics breakthrough of the year according to Physics World m
Breaking Research Top Stories, Research, Physics, Faculty of Arts & ScienceScanning the Arctic skies
December 15, 2011
Researchers from the University of Toronto's Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics are taking the search for other worlds to a new frontier: the Canadian Arctic.
Breaking Research Research, Astronomy, Faculty of Arts & Science, Top StoriesU of T faculty honoured by American Association for the Advancement of Science
December 13, 2011
Ten University of Toronto researchers have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest science society and publisher of the prestigious journal, Science.
Breaking Research Top Stories, Research, Medicine, Engineering, Awards, Faculty of Arts & ScienceWorld science community abuzz as latest Higgs boson results announced
December 13, 2011
The international team of researchers that has been smashing high-energy protons together inside the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to re-create the conditions at the time of the Big Bang announced new evidence today pointing to an observation of... Breaking Research Top Stories, Research, Physics, Faculty of Arts & Science
2011 Steacie Prize awarded for nanotechnology-enabled disease diagnosis
December 13, 2011
Professor Shana Kelley of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy is the winner of the 2011 Steacie Prize, marking the third consecutive year that a University of Toronto professor has received this prestigious award.
Breaking Research Awards, Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, Research, Top StoriesFormer architecture dean recognized for excellence as educator
December 12, 2011
Professor Emeritus George Baird, former dean of the University of Toronto's John H.
Top Stories, Teaching, Awards, Faculty of Arts & ScienceU of T student named Ontario Rhodes Scholar
December 12, 2011
Steven Wang, a graduate of Trinity College at the University of Toronto, has been named an Ontario Rhodes Scholar for 2012.
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