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Two University of Toronto alumni are joining 90 of the world’s most academically brilliant and socially committed…
Congratulations to Dr. Bernard Choi for his Gold Medal award. Dr. Choi won the Gold Medal from…
What Nigel Spencer has achieved with the translation of Marie Claire Blais’s Mai au bal des prédateurs…
Fresh from earning a newly minted MSc in Medical Sciences from the University of Toronto mere months…
If he’d had his way, Dani Reiss would be writing short stories in Southeast Asia. Instead, he’s…
Owen Pallett, the classical composer and indie-pop violinist, is bringing his Violin Concerto to the stage. The…
Even for a rare piano talent who has won medals at every level since 2002, this performance…
Composer and University of Toronto alumnus Mychael Danna picked up the Academy Award February 24 for Best Original Score for the film Life of Pi.
Three University of Toronto alumni are set to flip the switch on “the world’s most energy-efficient light…
University of Toronto alumna Kathleen Wynne will become Ontario premier in the next few days, the first…
Alumni Dorea Reeser, Raluca Ellis and Nigel Morton are members of the winning team in Scientific American’s…
Congratulations to Mychael Danna (MusBac1986) for his Golden Globe award for best original score in a motion…
Barbara Hannigan (MusM 1999, MusBac 1993) recently made a very successful title role debut in Berg’s Lulu,…
Current Masters student and alumni Andrew Haji (MusBacPerf 2011), Charlotte Burrage (MusM 2009, MusBacPerf 2007), and Aviva…
Three students from the University of Toronto will pursue post-graduate studies at Oxford University next year after…
As Aly Madhavji prepared for his midnight trek to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, he packed something special to him – a homemade sign that said: “U of T alumni.”
Daraius M. Bharucha and Stefano Fornazzari San Martín received the Governor General Award for Teaching Excellence for…
It’s the type of overnight theatrical success story that’s simply not supposed to happen these days. This…
U of T Alum Raymond Souster, the prolific Toronto poet who helped advance the careers of Margaret…
The University of Toronto Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the largest gift to the law…
A number of U of T alumni are among the internationally renowned artists and speakers to celebrate…
U of T alumna and trampolinist Rosie MacLennan won a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics on Saturday, cheered on by throngs of supporters across the university and around the world.
Dr. Farhan M. Asrar has been recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada…
Already an established name as a trampoline gymnast, Rosannagh (Rosie) MacLennan began international competition at the age…
Alumnus Crispin Duenas is no stranger to the international stage. The former physics major represented Canada in…
U of T Alumna Sheila Heti’s latest novel takes its place in a contemporary literary movement, writes The New Yorker.
TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian proudly announces Canadian artists, conductor Shalom Bard as the TSO’s RBC Resident…
Cristina Rizzuto is the author of a recently published poetry collection, The Music Makers (Blaurock Press). Her…
Jeffrey Skoll was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his “commitment to social causes…
The Honourable Michael H. Wilson, a former Canadian ambassador to the United States and federal Minister of…
U of T Engineering alumnus Donald R. Sadoway has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most…
Beginning this year, Bruce Pynn will provide student support for undergraduates in financial need who are pursuing…
More than 175 people gathered at the Great Hall at Hart House April 10 as the U…
When Carl Sagan gave the inaugural lecture for the Jacob Bronowski Memorial Lecture Series at New College…
Materials Science and Engineering alumnus Andrew N. Forde has been named the recipient of the 2012 Harry…
Playwrights Theatre Centre today announced that, effective December 1, 2012, Heidi Taylor (UC 9T4) will assume leadership…
Ryan Pyle‘s Canadian lecture tour, Bearing Witness: Documenting China’s Rise, launches at the Munk School for Global…
Fitness guru, New York Times bestselling author and star of ABC’s daytime talk show The Revolution, Harley Pasternak…
The family of Dr. John Evans, a co-founder of the MaRS science complex, is donating $10 million…
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences slate of nominees for the 2012 JUNO Awards is…
Dr. Tina Meisami and four of her female dental colleagues, who have been friends since studying at…
More than a third of the province’s newest appointees to the Order of Ontario have ties to…
Donald Patriquin has been accepted into the prestigious ranks of Stanford Who’s Who as a result of…
Award-winning Canadian journalist Muhammad Lila joins ABC News as the new Digital Correspondent responsible for Pakistan, Afghanistan and the…
Three University of Toronto faculty members, nine alumni and two additional U of T benefactors have been…
Swapna and Sandhya Mylabathula have drafted a private members’ bill for Parliament that proposes a national concussion awareness…
Dani Reiss, chief executive of Canada Goose Inc., was named Ontario 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of…
Following TD’s acquisition of Canada Trust Financial Services in February 2000, where Mr. Clark had been President…
Dr. Bruneau and Sister Davis are two of nine inspiring individuals who have helped shape Newfoundland and…
Two Canadian brothers to bring the Internet to billions of people around the world, from remote farming…
U of T grad Alejandra Bravo (BA in Latin American studies) is manager of leadership programs at…
Judge Karakatsanis (BA 1978 Vic) and Judge Moldaver (BA 1968 UC, LLB 1971) have been nominated to…
(BPhEd 1999, B.Ed 2000) has been appointed the new head coach of the UBC Thunderbirds women’s hockey…
(BA 1967, HonLLD 2001) will be the first Canadian to be awarded with a fellowship from the…
(BA 1994) has been elected as the 37th president of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los…
(BA 1982, Honorary Doctor of Letters 1999) has been awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, a…
Legendary Canadian film producer Tom Daly (BA 1940 UC) passed away last weekend at age 93.
(BPHE 2010) has been hired as head coach of the Varsity Blues women’s hockey team. Sunohara spent…
(B.Comm 1979 Victoria) have begun a scholarship in his memory after the Bay Street dealmaker perished in…
(MD 1982), the first person to swim Lake Ontario north-to-south (1983) and south-to-north (1984), completed a 34-km…
Professor Peter Singer, a world leader in health research, and opera singer Mary Lou Fallis are among…
(LLB 1984) will be a “Future of Cities” fellow at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, lecturing and…
The author of international bestsellers such as Outliers , What The Dog Saw, Blink and The Tipping…
(BA 1968 UC), known to many simply as ‘Rivi’, retired last September after working 39 years at…
(BASc 2001, MASc 2005) is the founder and chief technology officer of Morgan Solar, a Toronto-based solar…
met in the fall of 1961 while volunteering for CUSO-VSO, the development organization that celebrated its 50th…
(BA 1984 Trinity), one of the world’s most popular writers, will receive an honorary doctorate of letters…
U of T Magazine sorts through the recently elected MPs in Ottawa and highlights some of the…
Six alumni and a professor were named to the Globe and Mail‘s Top 40 Under 40 list.…
(BA 1986 Victoria) is co-winner of a Pulitzer prize for explanatory reporting, for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s One…
(BSc 1971 St. Mike’s, MA 1973, PhD 1981), a three-time graduate, will be the new principal of…
(BA 1981 Vic), CEO of AGF Management Limited—and benefactor to Victoria College’s Goldring Student Centre—was recognized as…
(DMA 2010) has been appointed as the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s composer-in-residence, a two-year position. His orchestral works…
(LLB 1989), ex-chief of staff to PM Stephen Harper and also to former Ontario premier Mike Harris,…
(LLD 2010) was surprised with cake, song and affection on her 90th birthday Feb. 9 as she…
(MD 1948), emeritus university professor who along with Dr. James Till was one of the fathers of…
(PhD 1974) has been named the next president of Hawai’i Pacific University. He previously was dean of…
(BA 1969 UC, PhD 1975), University Professor of English and Comparative Literature, has been named an Officer…
(BA 1995 UTM), a Serbian-Canadian painter and sculptor, is known for his use of firearms to create…
(PhD 1995) is CEO of Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar panel producers. Qu was…
(BASc 1985) was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the professionals category. Tattle…
(BA 2001 Victoria) has won the 2010 Giller Prize for her debut novel, The Sentimentalist. The book…
