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
Wikipedia goes to university
October 26, 2011
Wikipedia has come a long way from the days when professors would warn students against using it as a reference or citable source. Today, some professors tell their students the populist encyclopedia is a good a place to start their research.
Teaching, Features, UTSC, iSchool, Digital MediaSafeguarding health at restaurants, food stores
October 26, 2011
A high-end Toronto grocery storewas recently ordered shut down temporarily due to public health violations. The event focused attention on food safety.
Top Stories, Medicine, HealthMeet Bant, a diabetes iPhone app
October 25, 2011
Bant, a U of T-designed diabetes management iPhone application, made its formal debut recently at a University of Toronto mobile health symposium.
Breaking Research Top Stories, Research, Nursing, Medicine, Health, Digital MediaBehaviour training, not meds, preferred therapy for preschoolers at risk of ADHD
October 25, 2011
Parents should look towards behavioural interventions, not medication, as the first step in treating preschoolers at risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, says new research from the University of Toronto, the Hospital
Breaking Research Health, Medicine, Research, Top StoriesOlympian Sunohara talks hockey and coaching
October 25, 2011
Vicky Sunohara (PHE 1T0) strapped on her first skates at two years old and hit the ice flying.
Student Life, Our Faculty & Staff, Varsity Blues, Physical Education, OlympicsEducation one key to preventing student suicides
October 24, 2011
Eric Windeler vividly remembers high-fiving his teenaged son Jack as Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal to give Team Canada the gold medal at the 2010 Olympics. That’s the last time he saw his son.
Student Life, Features, HealthHarsh discipline fosters dishonesty in young children
October 24, 2011
Young children exposed to a harshly punitive school environment are more inclined to lie to conceal their misbehaviour than are children from non-punitive schools, a study of three- and four-year-old West African children suggests.
Breaking Research Top Stories, ResearchDean Receives the Society of Women Engineers’ Highest Honour
October 21, 2011
Professor Cristina Amon, dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, has received the 2011 Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award, the highest award given by the Society, for her outstanding... Awards, Engineering, Our Faculty & Staff
Ministering to the minister
October 20, 2011
Frankness is a big key to a successful relationship between a cabinet minister and his or her deputy minister, according to those who should know: three former foreign ministers.
Global Lens Campus, Munk School, Global, Faculty of Arts & Science, FeaturesLiving among the chimpanzees
October 20, 2011
UTSC staff writer Andrew Westoll’s latest book, The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary, explores the fraught relationship between two great apes: humans and chimpanzees.
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