Want to be in the know about the important stuff happening at U of T? This is your destination for news on university and alumni events and activities happening right now.
Scientists at the University of Toronto have devised a cheap and rapid method of testing for numerous…
The University of Toronto will join The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, with a USD 22.5 million grant…
Two University of Toronto alumni are joining 90 of the world’s most academically brilliant and socially committed…
There’s a popular myth about universities as ivory towers full of fat-cat academics and loopy students asking…
On February 28th dozens of alumni and friends gathered at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Congratulations to Dr. Bernard Choi for his Gold Medal award. Dr. Choi won the Gold Medal from…
University Professor Geoffrey Hinton and two of his graduate students from the Department of Computer Science have…
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…
Meric Gertler, a world-renowned expert on urban issues, will be the next President of the University of…
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.
In an upcoming speech, David Naylor tackles two dangerous myths in higher education, contrasting training for “job-readiness” with advanced research.
Close to 500 young alumni came to celebrate the Year of the Snake at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Father Robert Madden C.S.B., Died peacefully at St Michael’s Hospital on February 16, 2013 after a brief…
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…
With an eye to developing globally oriented thinkers and innovators, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation and the…
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…
Are you considering a donation to the University of Toronto this holiday season? Please read this important information.
Would you or an alumna/alumnus you know like to help shape the future of the University of…
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.”
An international research team including scientists from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine has discovered a…
Daraius M. Bharucha and Stefano Fornazzari San Martín received the Governor General Award for Teaching Excellence for…
The Campaign for the University of Toronto was celebrated recently at a gala event in Hong Kong.…
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…
In 1932, U of T Professor John Charles Fields established the Fields Medal to create an award…
The University of Toronto Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the largest gift to the law…
Sport and government dignitaries joined the university and the community in celebrating the groundbreaking Thursday for the…
in a bold and necessary response to the challenge of providing every child the opportunity to have the best start in life.
The University of Toronto today launched the Banting and Best Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a new…
The famous primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace, Dr. Jane Goodall, spoke to more than 1,100 University…
The Faculty of Medicine announced its $500-million campaign that will transform health care by training future leaders…
A number of U of T alumni are among the internationally renowned artists and speakers to celebrate…
A University of Toronto team led by Engineering Professor Yu-Ling Cheng, Director of the Centre for Global…
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.
Eugenia Duodu talks about science education the way other young activists talk about human rights and the…
Darren Joblonkay was digging at an archeological camp in southeastern Turkey when he spotted a lock of…
Dr. Farhan M. Asrar has been recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada…
A team led by astronomer David Law at U of T’s Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics,…
Already an established name as a trampoline gymnast, Rosannagh (Rosie) MacLennan began international competition at the age…
It’s the 100th anniversary of the birth of U of T’s Northrop Frye, Canada’s most distinguished literary…
A Canadian-led team of international scientists, including U of T’s Prof. Tak Mak, says its discovery of…
Alumnus Crispin Duenas is no stranger to the international stage. The former physics major represented Canada in…
A simple statistic says it all. Today, in total research output, the top two universities in the world, in order, are Harvard and Toronto.
David Peterson wept as a flash mob took over his final convocation ceremony, paying tribute to his time as Chancellor.
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…
Professor Keren Rice – one of the world’s most distinguished linguists and an international leader in the…
For most graduates, the memories of their university days are cherished and irreplaceable – a once in…
Welcome back to campus! Jumpstart your Spring Reunion experience by attending a Stress-Free Degree lecture. On June…
University of Toronto geochemist Barbara Sherwood Lollar is receiving the prestigious Eni Award for the Protection of…
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…
On June 5th, 2012, the planet Venus will pass in front of the Sun as seen from…
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…
Autism researchers at U of T have uncovered a clue to the mystery of why autism affects…
Canada’s most coveted stem cell prize is going to a University of Toronto researcher who has only been working with…
Paul Stevens, English professor and Canada Research Chair in Early Modern Literature and Culture, has been awarded…
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…
Geoffrey Hinton, one of the world’s leading researchers in machine learning and artificial intelligence, is the winner…
Victoria University President Paul Gooch helped launch Vic’s “Imagination Unbound” fundraising campaign during a ceremony at Isabel…
At the end of January, Boundless: The Campaign for the University of Toronto surpassed $1 Billion in…
More than 500 students, benefactors, volunteers, faculty and staff gathered to celebrate the launch of the $250-million…
Reaching this milestone is, in large measure, a credit to the tireless work of fundraising co-chairs Mark…
A University of Toronto professor emeritus and two former U of T professors renowned for their extraordinary…
The American Cancer Society has recognized U of T Medicine Professor Prabhat Jha with a 2012 Luther…
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…
Leading academics from around the world have rated the University of Toronto number one in Canada and…
Professor Joyce Poon of the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is working…
A wooden statue of a king, a private offering chapel, a monumental building and remains of over…
Researchers from the University of Toronto, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the University of Cambridge have…
In a Canadian first, a robotic surgical system has been used to treat early-stage lung cancer by…
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…
University of Toronto researchers won a number of the major NSERC awards, including the Herzberg Gold Medal,…
The family of Dr. John Evans, a co-founder of the MaRS science complex, is donating $10 million…
Animal mummies, discovered by a team led by Professor Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner are revealing the secrets of an…
UTM English professor Mari Ruti takes on the self-help industry in her book, The Case for Falling…
Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin announced today he will establish an elite scientific exchange program…
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…
Nearly 300 guests turned out at the Varsity Centre dome on Jan. 31 to celebrate the latest…
The University of Toronto honoured more than 250 of its award-winning researchers for their notable achievements and…
Dr. Shana Kelley has Toronto’s medical community buzzing about her invention that could change the way health…
A study led by a University of Toronto expert offers a glimpse into an ancient dinosaur nursery…
More than a third of the province’s newest appointees to the Order of Ontario have ties to…
Canadian researchers have discovered a bizarre flower-like creature which lived in an ancient sea that covered part…
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…
The University of Toronto’s Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics will search for stars and planets with…
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…
A team led by Rakesh Nayyar; University of Toronto student James Dou; and Stewart Aitchison, Dou’s research…
Three University of Toronto astronomers have discovered the largest group of young stars ever observed in our…
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…
It was a landmark discovery at the time. Now, more than 20 years later, this remarkable moment…
The University of Toronto has unveiled Boundless, the largest fundraising campaign in Canadian university history. With an…
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…
Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management, and Don Tapscott, a Rotman adjunct professor and…
The university community will gather to remember the faculty, staff, alumni and students who fell in the First…
Judge Karakatsanis (BA 1978 Vic) and Judge Moldaver (BA 1968 UC, LLB 1971) have been nominated to…
The University of Toronto is listed as the top Canadian institution in the Times Higher Education (THE)…
The University of Toronto is listed as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2012, a designation…
(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.
On April 3, 2011, Chancellor David Peterson hosted an elegant affair for U of T alumni living…
This fall, University College (UC) launches an exciting new initiative known as UC One: Engaging Toronto with…
The University of Toronto is listed as the top Canadian institution in Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s 2011…
A standoff in the U.S. over the debt ceiling. The possibility of more bailouts in Europe. Markets…
Members of U of T’s famed Blue Sky Solar Racing Team are dusting off their racing gear…
U of T archeologists in Turkey are excited about their recent discovery: a 3,000-year-old stone lion in…
(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…
All eyes are on Norway this week in the aftermath of the bombing and killings by Anders…
The conquest of Egypt by Rome gave access to supplies of papyrus, which became the basis of…
The School of Continuing Studies mourns the loss of a much loved and respected instructor. Michael Herman,…
(MD 1982), the first person to swim Lake Ontario north-to-south (1983) and south-to-north (1984), completed a 34-km…
U of T Research’s Jenny Hall has an interview with spacecraft engineer Chris Damaren of the University…
Professor Peter Singer, a world leader in health research, and opera singer Mary Lou Fallis are among…
CBC’s The National recently compiled a series of video interview clips asking convocating students what they will…
U of T and the Division of University Advancement are pleased to announce the appointment of Barbara…
Message from David Naylor, President, University of Toronto:
With another successful Spring Reunion now behind us, spring convocations just concluding, and the prospect of summer—finally—ahead, it seems timely to reflect on the past year at the University of Toronto…
(LLB 1984) will be a “Future of Cities” fellow at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, lecturing and…
Sonia Labatt holds a PhD in environmental management from the University of Toronto and is an adjunct…
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…
Distinguished volunteers and philanthropists, the Dunlaps’ significant endowed gifts to establish the Dunlap Institute of Astronomy and…
(BASc 2001, MASc 2005) is the founder and chief technology officer of Morgan Solar, a Toronto-based solar…
The U of T English professor takes on the self-help industry in her new book The Case…
At age 12, Craig Kielburger (right), with his 17-year-old brother Marc (left), founded the charity Free The…
The new Convocation Plaza has been a hit with students and their families. Photographer Caz Zyvatkauskas has…
The high commissioner of Singapore to Canada, Koh Yong Guan is one of the most esteemed public…
met in the fall of 1961 while volunteering for CUSO-VSO, the development organization that celebrated its 50th…
Canada’s 21st prime minister graduated from St. Michael’s College and from the university’s Faculty of Law. Paul…
Renowned philanthropist and developer John Daniels graduated in 1950 from the University of Toronto’s School of Architecture.…
Cindy-Lee Dennis, an associate professor at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, was recently named the Shirley…
Professor Emeritus Mladen Vranic was one of the last post-doctoral fellows to work with Dr. Charles Best.…
This year’s Convocation ceremonies will benefit from a pilot project created and developed by staff from the…
A leader in Indian social & economic development, Nilekani is co-founder of Infosys Technologies Ltd., a global…
Join us Saturday, May 28 for the U of T Alumni Association Annual General Meeting. KEYNOTE SPEAKER:…
Spring Reunion 2011 takes place May 25-29, for graduates in a year ending in 6 or 1.…
(BA 1984 Trinity), one of the world’s most popular writers, will receive an honorary doctorate of letters…
Read U of T Research’s Q & A with internationally acclaimed plant biologist (and Vice-Principal, Research at…
U of T Magazine sorts through the recently elected MPs in Ottawa and highlights some of the…
still a teenager, is the owner of web site design and consultancy kinkarso.com. Ouyang has been a…
May 9-15 is Nursing Awareness Week. U of T Research has posted a Q & A with…
(BA 1969 Trinity), outgoing leader of Canada’s Liberal party, has accepted a post as senior resident at…
Six alumni and a professor were named to the Globe and Mail‘s Top 40 Under 40 list.…
We are pleased to announce that alumni t-shirts are now on sale. You can purchase them online…
(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…
Major restoration is about to commence in a multi-stage project to repair the Soldiers’ Tower at University…
The Munk School of Global Affairs signals a new frontier of scholarship in Canada’s higher education community…
